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Order of the Bayonet
Display Recognition
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Order of the Bayonet
Display Recognition
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Sample Display Recognition:
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You have four display types to choose from:
Black & White (No Color)
Heavy Bond Enclosure
or EnDurable Acrylux© Frame
or Classic Deluxe Frame
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Heavy Bond Enclosure Colors: Regal, Black, Navy Trimmed in Appearance Gold Ready for Mantle or Shelf Display |
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EnDurable Acrylux© Frame Colors: Chocolate Brown or Black Trimmed in Appearance Gold Ready for Wall or Shelf Display Classic Deluxe |
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Issue Requirements
You must submit the followind:
This Display Recognition is available ONLY to authorized recipients who possess orders, or authorization form, or release documentation that confirms award eligibility. (See "Issue Requirements"). To obtain either a Display or a Display Recognition for your authorized award you will be required to provide military-issued documentation authorizing your award. There are no exceptions. You must NOT submit a military issued document or photocopy that:
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Processing and Delivery
| Style | Admin | Shipping | Total | Full Color .PDF (Printable) | $7.50 | Emailed | $7.50 | Document only (Full Color) | $14.00 | $11.60 | $25.60 | Heavy Bond Enclosure (Full Color) | $19.00 | $11.60 | $30.60 |
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You may apply for your Display Recognition using a...
(* Upon reception of required documentation)
Complete and MAIL this APPLICATION FORM.
Don't forget to include an unaltered COPY of your DD-214, WD AGO 53-55 or other pre-arranged document(s).
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Email: Order of the Bayonet Display Recognition InquiryTelephone: 1-562-422-4100 (Pacific Time Zone)
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Order of the Bayonet
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Authorized to members of the 7th Infantry Division for personal Performance of duties deemed by a commander to be Above and Beyond the call.
"Bayonet" was the code name stamped by General MacArthur for his secret movement of the 7th Infantry Division to Korea as a lead unit of his Inchon operation, 10-19 September 1950. MacArthur intended the 7th ID's arrival in Korea to be a "fiercly mortal and deeply penetrating bayonet stab into the very heart of the enemy" due to its composite makeup of various gung-ho unit elements newly assigned to the re-fitted 7th ID that resembled MacArthur's composite "Rainbow Division" he commanded during WW1. Upon arriving in Korea the 7th replaced its WW1/WW2 nickname, "Hourglass", with "Bayonet". The successful Inchon landings that quickly penetrated deeply into enemy held territory and fought many man-to-man battles with fleeing North Korean and Chinese soldiers prompted MacArthur to order his PR staff to refer to the 7th ID as his "Bayonet Soldiers" when reporting their successes to war correspondents.
