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Vietnam War Era Service
Appreciation Recognition
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Vietnam War Era Service
Appreciation Recognition
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Sample Recognition:
Displayed: Army.
All Five Service Branches, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard,
Marine and Navy are Applicable.
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Military Branches
All Military Service branches are applicable:
Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy
Pictured: Shadowbox Patch is available
You have four display types to choose from:
Black & White (No Color)
Heavy Bond Enclosure
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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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Issue Requirements
You must submit the following:
NOTICE WARNING!
Email Questions, or Phone: 1-562-422-4100 (Pacific Time Zone) |
Personnel Branch
Processing and Delivery
| Style | Admin | Shipping | Total | Full Color .PDF (Printable) | $7.50 | Emailed | $7.50 | Published Document only (Full Color) | $14.00 | $10.50 USPS | $24.50 | Published Document in Heavy Bond Enclosure (Full Color) | $19.00 | $10.50 USPS | $29.50 | Full Color Printable Certificates on CD-Rom (minimum 20 Certificates) |
$7.50 | $7.50 | By Count |
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You may order your Recognition by...
(* Upon reception of required documentation)
Complete and MAIL this APPLICATION FORM.
Don't forget to include an unaltered COPY of your DD-214 or other military issued document(s).
DISPLAY RECOGNITION APPLICATION FORM
Click here for answers to common questions
Email: Recognition InquiryTelephone: 1-562-422-4100 (Pacific Time Zone)
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Click for larger imageThe Vietnam War Era Recognition is authorized to all military personnel who served on Active, Guard or Reserve duty between 17 September 1950 and 30 April 1975, in recognition of support combatting the spread of communism during that portion of the Cold War Era that involved military operations in Vietnam.
Emblem
The Indochina Theater design incorporates elements of the United States Vietnam War Service Medal, The United States Armed Forces Medal, The United States National Defense Service Medal, and The American Campaign Medal.
The East-West facing Eagle represents the dual-service contribution of military service in Vietnam, The United States or Europe confronting the global spread of Communism. Both Eagles riding atop and protecting the other's back respresents mutual support for safeguarding of the other's forces.
Ribbon: Indochina Theater
The closed top of the Indochina Theater ribbon represents the armed containment of Communism on the battlefields of the Vietnam Theater of Operations.
Ribbon: American-European-Pacific Theater
The open top of the American-European Theater ribbon represents the mobile readiness of American and European Theater forces to contain any incident of armed Communist aggression.
No medal has yet been cast for this Military Service Appreciation award. The medal's original design is in the public domain.
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