KOREA DEFENSE SERVICE MEDALDisplay Recognition Go KOREA OCCUPATION MEDALDisplay Recognition Go KOREA SERVICE MEDAL (BELGIUMFOR ALLIED VOLUNTEERSDisplay Recognition Go KOREA SERVICE MEDAL (FRANCE)FOR ALLIED (U.N.) PERSONNELDisplay Recognition Go KOREA SERVICE MEDAL (KOREAFOR ALLIED (U.N.) PERSONNELDisplay...
In mid-August 1952, in the first major Marine ground action in western Korea, the 1st Marine Division began its successful defense of Outpost Bunker Hill. Two months later, during the Battle for the “Hook,” the division again defended a segment of the United Nations Main Line of Resistance...
The only other thing that they would have in common is they both sacrificed their lives in the process of earning the medal. U.S. Army soldiers were the overwhelming recipients with 44, followed by the USMC with 9, U.S. Navy with 2, and the USAF with 1. ...