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Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)

February 15, 2024

The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)[2] is a military decoration of the United States Army that is presented to soldiers who have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility. The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service that is clearly exceptional. The exceptional performance of normal duty will not alone justify an award of this decoration.

U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal
TypeDistinguished service medal
Awarded forDistinguished themself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility.
Presented byUnited States Department of the Army[1]
EligibilityUnited States Army soldiers
StatusCurrently awarded
EstablishedJanuary 2, 1918
First awardedJanuary 12, 1918
Precedence
Next (higher)Department of Defense: Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal
EquivalentNaval Service: Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Air and Space Forces: Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Coast Guard: Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
Public Health Service: Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal
Next (lower)Silver Star Medal

The Army's Distinguished Service Medal is equivalent to the Naval Service's Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Air and Space Forces' Distinguished Service Medal, and the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal. Prior to the creation of the Air Force's Distinguished Service Medal in 1960, United States Air Force airmen were awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Medal.

Description edit

  • The coat of arms of the United States in Gold surrounded by a circle of Dark Blue enamel, 1 ½ inches in diameter, bearing the inscription "FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MCMXVIII".
  • On the reverse is a scroll for the name of the recipient (which is to be engraved) upon a trophy of flags and weapons. The medal is suspended by a bar attached to the ribbon.[3]

Ribbon edit

  • The ribbon is 1+3⁄8 inches (35 mm) wide and consists of the following stripes:
  1. 5⁄16 inch (7.9 mm) Scarlet 67111;
  2. 1⁄16 inch (1.6 mm) Ultramarine Blue 67118;
  3. 5⁄8 inch (16 mm) White 67101;
  4. 1⁄16 inch (1.6 mm) Ultramarine Blue;
  5. 5⁄16 inch (7.9 mm) Scarlet.
  • Additional awards of the Distinguished Service Medal are denoted by oak leaf clusters.

Criteria edit

The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the United States Army, has distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility.

The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service which is clearly exceptional. Exceptional performance of normal duty will not alone justify an award of this decoration. For service not related to actual war, the term "duty of a great responsibility" applies to a narrower range of positions than in time of war and requires evidence of a conspicuously significant achievement. However, justification of the award may accrue by virtue of exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of high positions of great importance. Awards may be made to persons other than members of the Armed Forces of the United States for wartime services only, and only then under exceptional circumstances with the express approval of the president in each case.[4]

Components edit

  • The following are authorized components of the Distinguished Service Medal and applicable specifications:
  1. Decoration (regular size): MIL-D-3943/7.
    1. NSN for decoration set: 8455-00-444-0007.
    2. NSN for replacement medal is 8455-00-246-3830.
  2. Decoration (miniature size): MIL-D-3943/7. NSN 8455-00-996-5008.
  3. Ribbon: MIL-R-11589/52. NSN 8455-00-252-9922.
  4. Lapel Button (metal replica of ribbon bar): MIL-L-11484/4. NSN 8455-00-253-0809.

History of the Distinguished Service Medal edit

The Distinguished Service Medal was authorized by Presidential Order dated January 2, 1918, and confirmed by Congress on July 9, 1918. It was announced by War Department General Order No. 6, 1918-01-12, with the following information concerning the medal: "A bronze medal of appropriate design and a ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof, to be awarded by the President to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself, or who, since 04-06-1917, has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility in time of war or in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States." The Act of Congress on July 9, 1918, recognized the need for different types and degrees of heroism and meritorious service and included such provisions for award criteria. The current statutory authorization for the Distinguished Service Medal is Title 10, United States Code, Section 3743.[5]

Recipients edit

See also: Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
  • Among the first awards of the Distinguished Service Medal for service in World War I, were those to the Commanding Officers of the Allied Armies:
  1. Marshal Ferdinand Foch
  2. Marshal Joseph Joffre
  3. General Philippe Petain of France
  4. General Louis Franchet d'Espèrey of France
  5. General Sir Arthur Currie of Canada
  6. General Sir John Monash of Australia
  7. Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Britain
  8. General Armando Diaz of Italy
  9. General Cyriaque Gillain of Belgium
  10. General John Joseph Pershing of the United States
  11. Field Marshal Živojin Mišić of Serbia

More than 2,000 awards were made during World War I, and by the time the United States entered World War II, approximately 2,800 awards had been made. From July 1, 1941, to June 6, 1969, when the Department of the Army stopped publishing awards of the DSM in Department of the Army General Orders, over 2,800 further awards were made.[6]

Prior to World War II the DSM was the only decoration for non-combat service in the U.S. Army. As a result, before World War II the DSM was awarded to a wider range of recipients than during and after World War II. During World War I awards of the DSM to officers below the rank of brigadier general were fairly common but became rare once the Legion of Merit was established in 1942.

Until the first award of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal in 1965, United States Air Force personnel received this award as well, as was the case with several other Department of the Army decorations until the Department of the Air Force fully established its own system of decorations.

Notable recipients edit

Because the Army Distinguished Service Medal is principally awarded to general officers, a list of notable recipients would include nearly every general, and some admirals, since 1918, many of whom received multiple awards, as well as a few civilians and sergeants major prominent for their contributions to national defense.

General Martin Dempsey, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds the record for receiving the greatest number of awards of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, at six. He also received three awards of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal as well as one award each of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, and the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal, for a total of twelve Distinguished Service Medals.

Generals of the Army Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower are tied with five awards each received of the Army Distinguished Service Medal. They also each received one award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, for a total of six DSMs each.

General Lucius D. Clay (Four Star) received three Army DSM awards for his service that included Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces (European Theater) and Military Governor of Germany. During his tenure, Gen. Clay solved his greatest challenge: the Soviet Blockade of Berlin, which was imposed in June 1948. Gen. Clay triggered the Berlin Airlift, which served the city residents during the harsh winter of 1948–1949. He is also a recipient of the Legion of Merit.

General Norman Schwarzkopf received two awards of the Army DSM and one award each of the Defense DSM, Navy DSM, the Air Force DSM and the Coast Guard DSM, for a total of six DSMs.

General Lloyd Austin received four awards of the Army DSM and five awards of the Defense DSM for a total of nine DSMs.

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U.S. Air Force majors; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an army colonel; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel (later Air Force Brigadier General); Colonel Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines; Colonel (later Major General) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War; and Major Maude C. Davison, who led the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System. Among notable civilian recipients are Harry L. Hopkins, Robert S. McNamara and Henry L. Stimson.

Notable American and foreign recipients include:

United States Army edit

United States Navy edit

United States Marine Corps edit

United States Air Force edit

Note – includes Army Air Service, Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces

Civilians edit

Foreigners edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "ASSIST-QuickSearch Document Details". quicksearch.dla.mil.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Service Medal (Army) Heraldry". United States Army Institute of Heraldry. from the original on September 16, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "Distinguished Service Medal". edocket.access.gpo.gov.
  5. ^ 10 U.S.C. § 3743
  6. ^ George H. Apgar (1995), Awards of the US Army Distinguished Service Medal 1942-1969, Planchet Press
  7. ^ "Valor awards for Vernon E. Megee". valor.militarytimes.com.
  8. ^ War Expenditures: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 3. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 2731. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  9. ^ "Hugh Frayne Dies After Operation in New York". The Scranton Times. July 13, 1934. p. 27. Retrieved January 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. 
  10. ^ "Judge E. B. Parker, Debt Expert, Dies". The Evening Star. October 30, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. 
  11. ^ "The Gazette". The Edinburgh Gazette. The Edinburgh Gazette. July 18, 1919. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

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The Distinguished Service Medal DSM 2 is a military decoration of the United States Army that is presented to soldiers who have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service that is clearly exceptional The exceptional performance of normal duty will not alone justify an award of this decoration U S Army Distinguished Service MedalTypeDistinguished service medalAwarded forDistinguished themself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility Presented byUnited States Department of the Army 1 EligibilityUnited States Army soldiersStatusCurrently awardedEstablishedJanuary 2 1918First awardedJanuary 12 1918Service ribbonPrecedenceNext higher Department of Defense Defense Distinguished Service MedalDepartment of Homeland Security Homeland Security Distinguished Service MedalEquivalentNaval Service Navy Distinguished Service MedalAir and Space Forces Air Force Distinguished Service MedalCoast Guard Coast Guard Distinguished Service MedalPublic Health Service Public Health Service Distinguished Service MedalNext lower Silver Star MedalThe Army s Distinguished Service Medal is equivalent to the Naval Service s Navy Distinguished Service Medal Air and Space Forces Distinguished Service Medal and the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal Prior to the creation of the Air Force s Distinguished Service Medal in 1960 United States Air Force airmen were awarded the Army s Distinguished Service Medal Contents 1 Description 1 1 Ribbon 2 Criteria 3 Components 4 History of the Distinguished Service Medal 5 Recipients 5 1 Notable recipients 5 2 United States Army 5 3 United States Navy 5 4 United States Marine Corps 5 5 United States Air Force 5 6 Civilians 5 7 Foreigners 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksDescription editThe coat of arms of the United States in Gold surrounded by a circle of Dark Blue enamel 1 inches in diameter bearing the inscription FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MCMXVIII On the reverse is a scroll for the name of the recipient which is to be engraved upon a trophy of flags and weapons The medal is suspended by a bar attached to the ribbon 3 Ribbon edit The ribbon is 1 3 8 inches 35 mm wide and consists of the following stripes 5 16 inch 7 9 mm Scarlet 67111 1 16 inch 1 6 mm Ultramarine Blue 67118 5 8 inch 16 mm White 67101 1 16 inch 1 6 mm Ultramarine Blue 5 16 inch 7 9 mm Scarlet Additional awards of the Distinguished Service Medal are denoted by oak leaf clusters Criteria editThe Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to any person who while serving in any capacity with the United States Army has distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service which is clearly exceptional Exceptional performance of normal duty will not alone justify an award of this decoration For service not related to actual war the term duty of a great responsibility applies to a narrower range of positions than in time of war and requires evidence of a conspicuously significant achievement However justification of the award may accrue by virtue of exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of high positions of great importance Awards may be made to persons other than members of the Armed Forces of the United States for wartime services only and only then under exceptional circumstances with the express approval of the president in each case 4 Components editThe following are authorized components of the Distinguished Service Medal and applicable specifications Decoration regular size MIL D 3943 7 NSN for decoration set 8455 00 444 0007 NSN for replacement medal is 8455 00 246 3830 Decoration miniature size MIL D 3943 7 NSN 8455 00 996 5008 Ribbon MIL R 11589 52 NSN 8455 00 252 9922 Lapel Button metal replica of ribbon bar MIL L 11484 4 NSN 8455 00 253 0809 History of the Distinguished Service Medal editThe Distinguished Service Medal was authorized by Presidential Order dated January 2 1918 and confirmed by Congress on July 9 1918 It was announced by War Department General Order No 6 1918 01 12 with the following information concerning the medal A bronze medal of appropriate design and a ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof to be awarded by the President to any person who while serving in any capacity with the Army shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself or who since 04 06 1917 has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility in time of war or in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States The Act of Congress on July 9 1918 recognized the need for different types and degrees of heroism and meritorious service and included such provisions for award criteria The current statutory authorization for the Distinguished Service Medal is Title 10 United States Code Section 3743 5 Recipients editSee also Category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal United States Among the first awards of the Distinguished Service Medal for service in World War I were those to the Commanding Officers of the Allied Armies Marshal Ferdinand Foch Marshal Joseph Joffre General Philippe Petain of France General Louis Franchet d Esperey of France General Sir Arthur Currie of Canada General Sir John Monash of Australia Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig of Britain General Armando Diaz of Italy General Cyriaque Gillain of Belgium General John Joseph Pershing of the United States Field Marshal Zivojin Misic of SerbiaMore than 2 000 awards were made during World War I and by the time the United States entered World War II approximately 2 800 awards had been made From July 1 1941 to June 6 1969 when the Department of the Army stopped publishing awards of the DSM in Department of the Army General Orders over 2 800 further awards were made 6 Prior to World War II the DSM was the only decoration for non combat service in the U S Army As a result before World War II the DSM was awarded to a wider range of recipients than during and after World War II During World War I awards of the DSM to officers below the rank of brigadier general were fairly common but became rare once the Legion of Merit was established in 1942 Until the first award of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal in 1965 United States Air Force personnel received this award as well as was the case with several other Department of the Army decorations until the Department of the Air Force fully established its own system of decorations Notable recipients edit Because the Army Distinguished Service Medal is principally awarded to general officers a list of notable recipients would include nearly every general and some admirals since 1918 many of whom received multiple awards as well as a few civilians and sergeants major prominent for their contributions to national defense General Martin Dempsey former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff holds the record for receiving the greatest number of awards of the Army Distinguished Service Medal at six He also received three awards of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal as well as one award each of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal and the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal for a total of twelve Distinguished Service Medals Generals of the Army Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower are tied with five awards each received of the Army Distinguished Service Medal They also each received one award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for a total of six DSMs each General Lucius D Clay Four Star received three Army DSM awards for his service that included Commanding General U S Army Forces European Theater and Military Governor of Germany During his tenure Gen Clay solved his greatest challenge the Soviet Blockade of Berlin which was imposed in June 1948 Gen Clay triggered the Berlin Airlift which served the city residents during the harsh winter of 1948 1949 He is also a recipient of the Legion of Merit General Norman Schwarzkopf received two awards of the Army DSM and one award each of the Defense DSM Navy DSM the Air Force DSM and the Coast Guard DSM for a total of six DSMs General Lloyd Austin received four awards of the Army DSM and five awards of the Defense DSM for a total of nine DSMs Among notable recipients below flag rank are X 1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X 15 test pilot Robert M White who both received the DSM as U S Air Force majors Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson the U 2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis director Frank Capra decorated in 1945 as an army colonel actor James Stewart decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel later Air Force Brigadier General Colonel Wendell Fertig who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines Colonel later Major General John K Singlaub who led partisan forces in the Korean War and Major Maude C Davison who led the Angels of Bataan and Corregidor during their imprisonment by the Japanese and Colonel William S Taylor Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System Among notable civilian recipients are Harry L Hopkins Robert S McNamara and Henry L Stimson Notable American and foreign recipients include This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 United States Army edit General of the Armies John J Pershing Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces General of the Army George C Marshall US Army Chief of Staff two awards General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers five awards General of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe five awards General of the Army Omar N Bradley Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff four awards General John Abizaid Commander US Central Command General Creighton Abrams US Army Chief of Staff five awards General Lloyd Austin Commander US Central Command four awards General Julius W Becton Jr African American combat veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars General J H Binford Peay III Commander US Central Command two awards General Tasker H Bliss US Army Chief of Staff General George W Casey Jr US Army Chief of Staff two awards General Richard E Cavazos Commander United States Army Forces Command FORSCOM two awards General Peter W Chiarelli US Army Vice Chief of Staff General Mark W Clark Commander of the United Nations Command four awards General Lucius D Clay Commanding General European Theater and Military Governor of Germany three awards General J Lawton Collins US Army Chief of Staff four awards General Bantz J Craddock Commander US European Command General Malin Craig US Army Chief of Staff three awards General Martin E Dempsey Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff six awards General Oliver W Dillard African American infantry officer and combat veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars two awards General Ann E Dunwoody First female US Army four star general United States Army Materiel Command two awards General John W Foss Commander Training and Doctrine Command three awards General Tommy Franks Commander US Central Command two awards General John Galvin NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alfred Gruenther NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe four awards General Alexander Haig NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Carter Ham Commander of United States Africa Command General John J Hennessey Commander United States Readiness Command General John L Hines US Army Chief of Staff General Harold K Johnson US Army Chief of Staff two awards General George Joulwan NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Lyman L Lemnitzer NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe four awards General Peyton C March US Army Chief of Staff General Edward C Meyer US Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff four awards General Lauris Norstad NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General George S Patton Commander US 3rd Army three awards General David Petraeus Commander International Security Assistance Force three awards General Colin Powell Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff two awards General Dennis Reimer US Army Chief of Staff General Matthew B Ridgeway US Army Chief of Staff four awards General Bernard W Rogers NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Peter Schoomaker US Army Chief of Staff three awards General Norman Schwarzkopf Commander of Operation Desert Storm three awards General John Shalikashvili Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Hugh Shelton Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff three awards General Eric Shinseki US Army Chief of Staff two awards General Joseph Stilwell Commander of the China Burma India Theater General Maxwell D Taylor US Army Chief of Staff General James Van Fleet Commander US 8th Army in Korea General Jonathan M Wainwright Commander Allied Forces Philippines General Walton Walker Commander US 8th Army in Korea two awards General William Westmoreland US Army Chief of Staff four awards General Earle G Wheeler Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff two awards Lieutenant General A C Roper Vice Commander U S Element North American Aerospace Defense Command and Deputy Commander U S Northern Command Lieutenant General John B Coulter three awards Lieutenant General Harris W Hollis Commanding General 9th and 25th Infantry Divisions in South Vietnam Lieutenant General Henry E Emerson Commander XVIII Airborne Corps Lieutenant General Charles Flynn 25th Infantry Division Lieutenant General Mark P Hertling Commanding General of US Army Europe Lieutenant General Kenneth W Hunzeker Lieutenant General John C H Lee Commanding General Army Service Forces Europe WWII Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett Lieutenant General Edward J O Neill with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster in lieu of subsequent award of medal Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez Commanding General V Corps two awards Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army Lieutenant General William Wilson Quinn Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor Lieutenant General Nadja West 44th Surgeon General of the United States Army Major General Gladeon M Barnes Chief of Research and Engineering Major General Chester V Clifton Military Aide to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson Major General William E Cole Commander 351st Field Artillery 1917 18 Major General William J Donovan founder of the Office of Strategic Services Major General James L Dozier deputy chief of staff at NATO s Southern European land forces Major General Lawrence J Fuller deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Major General Charles M Gettys commanding general 23rd Infantry Division Major General George W Goethals engineer of the Panama Canal Major General William C Gorgas Surgeon General of the Army Major General Patrick J Hurley Major General Edward Mann Lewis Major General Henry Balding Lewis Major General Robert McGowan Littlejohn Major General Viet Xuan Luong United States Army Japan Major General Franklin Lane McKean Commander 96th ARCOM Fort Douglas Major General Mason M Patrick Major General Maurice Rose commanding general 3rd Armored Division Major General John K Singlaub Major General Arthur R Wilson Major General Cedric T Wins Brigadier General Sherwood Cheney chief of the Army Transport Service during World War I Brigadier General Charles G Dawes Vice President of the United States Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps and first female US Army general Brigadier General Frank T Hines director of the Veterans Administration Brigadier General Howard Knox Ramey Brigadier General Frank Merrill Brigadier General Greg Parker Brigadier General Russell W Volckmann Colonel Frank Capra movie director received as a colonel Army of the United States in WW II Colinel Laurie Buckhout political candidate and business executive Colonel Harvey Williams Cushing neurosurgeon Colonel Horatio B Hackett Assistant administrator of the Public Works Administration noted architect and businessman football official and player Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby director of the Women s Army Corps during World War II Colonel Herbert H Lehman Governor of New York and United States Senator Colonel Floyd James Thompson The longest held prisoner of war in American history Major David A Reed U S Senator for Pennsylvania 1922 for service as a major in World War I Major Forsyth Wickes socialite philanthropist and collector Chaplain Francis P Duffy chaplain of the Fighting 69th Major Herbert O Yardley cryptologist Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel A Dailey Command Sergeant Major Adam Nash Command Sergeant Major John P McDwyerUnited States Navy edit Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Admiral William F Halsey Commander of the 3rd Fleet Admiral William S Benson Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William J Crowe Jr Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral William Fechteler Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Albert Gleaves Commander of the Asiatic Fleet Admiral Jonathan Greenert Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas C Kinkaid Commander Sixteenth Fleet Admiral William V Pratt Chief of Naval Operations Admiral U S Grant Sharp Jr Commander US Pacific Command Admiral Raymond A Spruance Commander of the 5th Fleet later Ambassador to the Philippines Admiral Harold Rainsford Stark Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Carlisle Trost Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Henry B Wilson Commander of the Atlantic Fleet Vice Admiral Robert L Ghormley Vice Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt with oak leaf cluster Rear Admiral Hilary P Jones Rear Admiral Charles P PlunkettUnited States Marine Corps edit General Paul X Kelley General Vernon E Megee 7 General Peter Pace Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Graves B Erskine Major General Smedley Butler Major General John A LejeuneUnited States Air Force edit Note includes Army Air Service Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces General of the Air Force Hap Arnold commander of the Army Air Forces General Jimmy Doolittle General Edwin W Rawlings General Joseph McNarney General Hoyt S Vandenberg Air Force Chief of Staff and Director of Central Intelligence General George C Kenney General Curtis Lemay Air Force Chief of Staff General Carl Spaatz Air Force Chief of Staff General Michael E Ryan Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault with oak leaf cluster Leader of the Flying Tigers Major General Billy Mitchell USAAC Military air power prophet Brigadier General Chuck Yeager Legendary test pilot Colonel Bernt Balchen USAF Legendary Norwegian American pilot and arctic explorer Captain John Birch USAAF Missionary guerilla leader and namesake of the John Birch Society Brigadier General Darr H AlkireCivilians edit Grace Banker chief telephone operator of mobile for the American Expeditionary Forces Bernard Baruch chairman War Industries Board 1918 Evangeline Booth General of the Salvation Army Maude Cleveland Woodworth chief of the home communication and casualty service Red Cross at Brest France 8 Jacqueline Cochran Aviator and founder of the Women Airforce Service Pilots WASPs Henry Pomeroy Davison director of the American Red Cross Jane Delano Founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service James Forrestal Secretary of Defense Hugh Frayne chairman labor division of the War Industries Board 9 Harry Augustus Garfield U S Fuel Administrator Harry Hopkins Presidential aide Edward N Hurley chairman American Shipping Board Robert McNamara Secretary of Defense Edwin B Parker member of the War Industries Board and arbiter with Germany Austria and Hungary following World War I 10 Hannah J Patterson resident director of the Women s Committee of the Council of National Defense Anna Howard Shaw head of the Women s Committee of the Council of National Defense Edward R Stettinius director general of purchases for the War Department John F Stevens Engineer of the Panama Canal and the Great Northern Railway Henry L Stimson Secretary of WarForeigners edit Edmund Allenby 1st Viscount Allenby General later Field Marshal British Army HM Albert I King of Belgians Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke field marshal British Army Pietro Badoglio general Italian Army William Birdwood 1st Baron Birdwood general British Indian Army during secondment to Australian Army later promoted to Field Marshal Julian Byng 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy General later Field Marshal British Army Sir Winston Churchill KG OM PC CH FRS British Minister of Munitions later Prime Minister Harry Crerar lieutenant general Canadian Army Andrew Cunningham 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Admiral of the Fleet Royal Navy Sir Arthur Currie lieutenant general British Army commanding Canadian Corps Georges de Bazelaire major general VII Army Corps of the French Army during World War I Sir Francis de Guingand major general British Army Jean de Lattre de Tassigny general French Army later a Marshal of France Sir Miles Dempsey general British Army Sir John Dill field marshal British Army Ferdinand Foch Marshal of France French Army Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig field marshal British Army Arthur T Harris air chief marshal Royal Air Force later a Marshal of the Royal Air Force Chiang Kai shek general Chinese Army Mariano Goybet general French Army Charles Mangin general French Army Paul Maistre general French Army Sir Richard McCreery general British Army Lord Alfred Milner British Secretary of State for War Zivojin Misic field marshal Serbian Army Sir John Monash general Australian Army Bernard Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein field marshal British Army Sir Frederick E Morgan lieutenant general British Army Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma admiral Royal Navy later Admiral of the Fleet Henri Petain Marshal of France French Army Alexander Pokryshkin Marshal of the Soviet Air Force Charles Portal 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Robertson 1st Baronet field marshal British Army Frederick Sykes Chief of the Air Staff United Kingdom Arthur Tedder 1st Baron Tedder air chief marshal Royal Air Force later Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Henry Worth Thornton major general British Army American born Gerald Trotter brigadier general British Army Sir Thomas Montgomery Cuninghame 10th Baronet of Corsehill brevet lieutenant colonel military attache British Army 11 Maxime Weygand general French Army Harold St John Loyd Winterbotham BritishSee also editAwards and decorations of the United States military Awards and decorations of the United States Army Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Coast and Geodetic Survey Distinguished Service Medal Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service MedalReferences edit Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on January 11 2018 Retrieved January 10 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link ASSIST QuickSearch Document Details quicksearch dla mil Distinguished Service Medal Army Heraldry United States Army Institute of Heraldry Archived from the original on September 16 2023 Retrieved September 16 2023 Distinguished Service Medal edocket access gpo gov 10 U S C 3743 George H Apgar 1995 Awards of the US Army Distinguished Service Medal 1942 1969 Planchet Press Valor awards for Vernon E Megee valor militarytimes com War Expenditures Hearings Before Subcommittee No 3 Washington DC US Government Printing Office 1920 p 2731 Retrieved September 24 2023 Hugh Frayne Dies After Operation in New York The Scranton Times July 13 1934 p 27 Retrieved January 12 2024 via Newspapers com nbsp Judge E B Parker Debt Expert Dies The Evening Star October 30 1929 p 1 Retrieved January 13 2024 via Newspapers com nbsp The Gazette The Edinburgh Gazette The Edinburgh Gazette July 18 1919 Retrieved June 19 2014 Major General Franklin L McKean https ocsalumni org at biz dir franklin l mckean External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Distinguished Service Medal United States Army Department of the Army Regulation 600 8 22 Military Awards 2006 12 11 Effective date 2007 01 11 Department of the Army Regulation 670 1 Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia 2005 02 03 Effective date 2005 03 03 US Army Institute of Heraldry Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal Criteria Background and Images Archived 2007 12 16 at the Wayback Machine Noteworthy NCOs Congressional Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Service Medal Issued by The War Department 1919 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Distinguished Service Medal U S Army amp oldid 1204513434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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