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Silver Star

February 16, 2024

This article is about United States military decoration. For other uses, see Silver Star (disambiguation).

The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.

Silver Star Medal
TypePersonal Valor Decoration
Awarded forGallantry in action against an enemy of the United States
Presented by
EligibilityUnited States Armed Forces personnel, foreign allied personnel and civilians serving alongside U.S. military personnel in combat
StatusCurrently awarded
Established
  • 9 July 1932 (1932-07-09): Army Citation Star (SS) (Retroactive to 15 April 1861)
  • 19 July 1942 (1942-07-19): Silver Star Medal
  • 7 August 1942: Navy, SSM (Retroactive to 6 December 1942)
  • 16 December 1942: Army, SS (Retroactive to 6 December 1941)
First awardedAugust 1932 (WWI Army Silver Star conversion)
Precedence
Next (higher)Army: Distinguished Service Medal (Army)
Naval Service: Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Air and Space Forces: Distinguished Service Medal (Air and Space Forces)
Coast Guard: Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
Next (lower)Defense Superior Service Medal
Army Captain Gregory Ambrosia receiving the Silver Star from Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

History edit

The Silver Star Medal (SSM)[5] is the successor award to the "Citation Star" (3⁄16 silver star) which was established by an Act of Congress on July 9, 1918, during World War I. On July 19, 1932, the Secretary of War approved the conversion of the "Citation Star" to the SSM with the original "Citation Star" incorporated into the center of the medal.

Authorization for the Silver Star Medal was placed into law by an Act of Congress for the U.S. Navy on August 7, 1942, and an Act of Congress for the U.S. Army on December 15, 1942. The current statutory authorization for the medal is Title 10 of the United States Code, 10 U.S.C. § 7276 for the U.S. Army, 10 U.S.C. § 8294 for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, and 10 U.S.C. § 9276 for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.

The U.S. Army awards the medal as the "Silver Star". The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard award the medal as the "Silver Star Medal".[6] Since 21 December 2016, the Department of Defense (DoD) refers to the decoration as the "Silver Star Medal".[5]

Award criteria edit

The Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry, so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards: the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, or the Coast Guard Cross.[7] The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in action against an enemy of the United States, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.[5]

The Silver Star Medal is awarded for singular acts of valor or heroism over a brief period, such as one or two days of a battle.[5]

Air Force pilots and combat systems officers and Navy/Marine Corps naval aviators and flight officers flying fighter aircraft, are often considered eligible to receive the Silver Star upon becoming an ace (i.e., having five or more confirmed aerial kills), which entails the pilot and, in multi-seat fighters, the weapons system officer or radar intercept officer, intentionally and successfully risking his life multiple times under combat conditions and emerging victorious.[8] However, during the Vietnam War, the last conflict to produce U.S. fighter aces: an Air Force pilot and two navigators/weapon systems officers (who were later retrained as Air Force pilots), a naval aviator and a naval flight officer/radar intercept officer who had achieved this distinction, were eventually awarded the Air Force Cross and Navy Cross, respectively, in addition to SSMs previously awarded for earlier aerial kills.[citation needed]

Unit award equivalent

Appearance edit

The Silver Star Medal is a gold five-pointed star, 1+1⁄2 inches (38 mm) in circumscribing diameter with a laurel wreath encircling rays from the center and a 3⁄16 inch (4.8 mm) diameter silver star superimposed in the center. The pendant is suspended from a rectangular shaped metal loop with rounded corners. The reverse has the inscription FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION. The ribbon is 1+3⁄8 inches (35 mm) wide and consists of the following stripes: 7⁄32 inch (5.6 mm) Old Glory red (center stripe); proceeding outward in pairs 7⁄32 inch (5.6 mm) white; 7⁄32 inch (5.6 mm) ultramarine blue; 3⁄64 inch (1.2 mm) white; and 3⁄32 inch (2.4 mm) ultramarine blue.[9]

Ribbon devices

Second and subsequent awards of the Silver Star Medal are denoted by bronze or silver oak leaf clusters in the Army and Air Force and by gold or silver 5⁄16 inch stars in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.[5][10][11]

Recipients edit

 
Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown receives the Silver Star from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, 2008

The Department of Defense does not keep extensive records for the Silver Star Medal. Independent groups estimate that between 100,000 and 150,000 SSMs have been awarded since the decoration was established.[12] Colonel David Hackworth who was awarded ten SSMs while serving in the Army during the Korean War and Vietnam War, is likely to be the person awarded the most SSMs.[13] General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was awarded seven SSMs for his service in France in World War I from February to November 1918 as a colonel and then brigadier general. Donald H. Russell, a civilian Vought F4U Corsair technical support engineer attached to a Marine Corps fighter wing, received the SSM for his actions aboard USS Franklin after the carrier was attacked by a Japanese dive bomber in March 1945.[14] In the fall of 1944, President Roosevelt's close adviser Harry Hopkins, the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow W. Averell Harriman and a military attaché presented the SSM to Soviet Red Army artillery officer Alexei Voloshin, who was the first to cross the Dnieper with his battery[15][page needed] and was one of four junior Red Army officers who received the award.[16]

Female recipients edit

Three Army nurses that served in World War I were cited in 1919 and 1920 with Citation Stars for gallantry in attending to the wounded while under artillery fire in July 1918. In 2007, it was discovered that they had never been awarded their Citation Stars. The three nurses (Army nurses served without rank until 1920) were awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously:[17][18]

  • Jane Rignel – Mobile Hospital No. 2, 42nd Division, for gallantry in "giving aid to the wounded under heavy fire" in France on July 15, 1918
  • Linnie Leckrone – Shock Team No. 134, Field Hospital No. 127, 32nd Division, for gallantry while "attending to the wounded during an artillery bombardment" in France on July 29, 1918
  • Irene Robar – Shock Team No. 134, Field Hospital No. 127, 32nd Division, for gallantry while "attending to the wounded during an artillery bombardment" in France on July 29, 1918

An unknown number of servicewomen received the award in World War II. Four Army nurses serving in Italy during the war—First Lieutenant Mary Roberts, Second Lieutenant Elaine Roe, Second Lieutenant Rita Virginia Rourke, and Second Lieutenant Ellen Ainsworth (posthumous)—became the first women recipients of the Silver Star, all cited for their bravery in evacuating the 33rd Field Hospital at Anzio on February 10, 1944.[19] Later that same year, Corporal Maggie Leones, a Filipino who later immigrated to the United States, received the medal for clandestine activities on Luzon;[20][21][22][23] as of 2016, she is the only female Asian to receive a Silver Star.[24]

The next known servicewomen to receive the Silver Star were Army National Guard Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester in 2005, for gallantry during an insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq[19] and Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown in March 2008, for extraordinary heroism as a combat medic in the War in Afghanistan.[19]

Notable recipients edit

Main category: Recipients of the Silver Star

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (PDF). Department of the Army. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ (PDF). Department of the Navy. 18 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ (PDF). Department of the Air Force. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Coast Guard Military Medals and Awards Manual" (PDF). Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e (PDF). Department of Defense Technical Information Center. 21 December 2016. pp. 14–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Fact Sheet: Silver Star Medal". U.S. Air Force. 3 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Section 578.12 – Silver Star". Code of Federal Regulations. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  8. ^ Bergquist, Carl (12 April 2008). . Maxwell Air Force Base. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  9. ^ . The Institute of Heraldry. Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  10. ^ (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard. May 2008. pp. 1-13 a, 2-3 5., 1-16 "a". Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2009.
  11. ^ "SecNav Instruction 1650.1H: Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual". Department of the Navy. 22 August 2006. pp. 1–8, 123. 1., 1–22.
  12. ^ "Silver Star Medal". Home of Heroes. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  13. ^ Hackworth, Col. David H. (December 2002). "Look Truth Right in the Eye". Military.com (Interview). Interviewed by Fred L. Schultz and Gordon Keiser. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  14. ^ "First Civilian Wins Navy Silver Star" (PDF). The New York Times. 7 November 1945. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  15. ^ Panzer Killers: Anti-Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front.
  16. ^ . Molodeznoe.tv. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  17. ^ Prior, Richard M.; Marble, William Sanders (1 May 2008). "The Overlooked Heroines: Three Silver Star Nurses of World War I". Military Medicine. 173 (5): 493–498. doi:10.7205/milmed.173.5.493. PMID 18543572.
  18. ^ "Daughter Accepts Silver Star Her World War I Nurse Mother Earned". United States Army. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  19. ^ a b c Abrashi, Fisnik (9 March 2008). "Medic Stationed in Afghanistan Becomes 2nd Woman to Be Awarded Silver Star". Fox News. Associated Press.
  20. ^ Drummond, Tammerlin (17 June 2016). "Filipina Silver Star winner, Richmond resident Magdalena Leones dies at 95". East Bay Times. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Magdalena Leones". Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  22. ^ Nuval, Leonardo Q. (1996). Remember Them Kindly: Some Filipinos During World War II. Claretian Publications. p. 31. ISBN 978-971-501-678-0.
  23. ^ Guillermo, Emil (5 July 2016). "Magdalena Leones, Filipina WWII Silver Star Recipient Who Aided MacArthur, Dies in California". NBC News. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  24. ^ "Only Filipina WWII US Silver Star recipient dies at 95". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Makati City. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018. Filipino WWII veterans and her family members mourn the passing of Cpl. Magdalena Estoista Leones, 95, who entered the history books as the only Asian female to have been awarded the Silver Star in World War II for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
  25. ^ "Battle joined: Army panel backs WWII vet's posthumous bid for Medal of Honor". Fox News. 4 November 2015.
  26. ^ O'Donnell, Maureen. "William J. Cullerton". Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  27. ^ "Barry McCaffrey". Military Times Hall Of Valor. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  28. ^ "Barry McCaffrey". Military Times Hall Of Valor. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  29. ^ "List of Silver Star Recipients". American War Library.
  30. ^ Williams, Rudi (25 March 2004). "Korean War Double Hero Reflects on Life". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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This article is about United States military decoration For other uses see Silver Star disambiguation The Silver Star Medal SSM is the United States Armed Forces third highest military decoration for valor in combat The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States Silver Star MedalTypePersonal Valor DecorationAwarded forGallantry in action against an enemy of the United StatesPresented byUnited States Department of the Army 1 United States Department of the Navy 2 United States Department of the Air Force 3 United States Department of Homeland Security 4 EligibilityUnited States Armed Forces personnel foreign allied personnel and civilians serving alongside U S military personnel in combatStatusCurrently awardedEstablished9 July 1932 1932 07 09 Army Citation Star SS Retroactive to 15 April 1861 19 July 1942 1942 07 19 Silver Star Medal 7 August 1942 Navy SSM Retroactive to 6 December 1942 16 December 1942 Army SS Retroactive to 6 December 1941 First awardedAugust 1932 WWI Army Silver Star conversion Service ribbonPrecedenceNext higher Army Distinguished Service Medal Army Naval Service Navy Distinguished Service Medal Air and Space Forces Distinguished Service Medal Air and Space Forces Coast Guard Coast Guard Distinguished Service MedalNext lower Defense Superior Service MedalArmy Captain Gregory Ambrosia receiving the Silver Star from Navy Admiral Michael Mullen Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Contents 1 History 2 Award criteria 3 Appearance 4 Recipients 4 1 Female recipients 4 2 Notable recipients 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Silver Star Medal SSM 5 is the successor award to the Citation Star 3 16 silver star which was established by an Act of Congress on July 9 1918 during World War I On July 19 1932 the Secretary of War approved the conversion of the Citation Star to the SSM with the original Citation Star incorporated into the center of the medal Authorization for the Silver Star Medal was placed into law by an Act of Congress for the U S Navy on August 7 1942 and an Act of Congress for the U S Army on December 15 1942 The current statutory authorization for the medal is Title 10 of the United States Code 10 U S C 7276 for the U S Army 10 U S C 8294 for the U S Navy and U S Marine Corps and 10 U S C 9276 for the U S Air Force and U S Space Force The U S Army awards the medal as the Silver Star The U S Navy Marine Corps Air Force Space Force and Coast Guard award the medal as the Silver Star Medal 6 Since 21 December 2016 the Department of Defense DoD refers to the decoration as the Silver Star Medal 5 Award criteria editThe Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards the Distinguished Service Cross the Navy Cross the Air Force Cross or the Coast Guard Cross 7 The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in action against an enemy of the United States while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party 5 The Silver Star Medal is awarded for singular acts of valor or heroism over a brief period such as one or two days of a battle 5 Air Force pilots and combat systems officers and Navy Marine Corps naval aviators and flight officers flying fighter aircraft are often considered eligible to receive the Silver Star upon becoming an ace i e having five or more confirmed aerial kills which entails the pilot and in multi seat fighters the weapons system officer or radar intercept officer intentionally and successfully risking his life multiple times under combat conditions and emerging victorious 8 However during the Vietnam War the last conflict to produce U S fighter aces an Air Force pilot and two navigators weapon systems officers who were later retrained as Air Force pilots a naval aviator and a naval flight officer radar intercept officer who had achieved this distinction were eventually awarded the Air Force Cross and Navy Cross respectively in addition to SSMs previously awarded for earlier aerial kills citation needed Unit award equivalentAir Force Gallant Unit Citation Army Valorous Unit Award Coast Guard Coast Guard Unit Commendation Navy Marine Corps Navy Unit CommendationAppearance editThe Silver Star Medal is a gold five pointed star 1 1 2 inches 38 mm in circumscribing diameter with a laurel wreath encircling rays from the center and a 3 16 inch 4 8 mm diameter silver star superimposed in the center The pendant is suspended from a rectangular shaped metal loop with rounded corners The reverse has the inscription FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION The ribbon is 1 3 8 inches 35 mm wide and consists of the following stripes 7 32 inch 5 6 mm Old Glory red center stripe proceeding outward in pairs 7 32 inch 5 6 mm white 7 32 inch 5 6 mm ultramarine blue 3 64 inch 1 2 mm white and 3 32 inch 2 4 mm ultramarine blue 9 Ribbon devicesSecond and subsequent awards of the Silver Star Medal are denoted by bronze or silver oak leaf clusters in the Army and Air Force and by gold or silver 5 16 inch stars in the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard 5 10 11 Recipients edit nbsp Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown receives the Silver Star from then Vice President Dick Cheney 2008The Department of Defense does not keep extensive records for the Silver Star Medal Independent groups estimate that between 100 000 and 150 000 SSMs have been awarded since the decoration was established 12 Colonel David Hackworth who was awarded ten SSMs while serving in the Army during the Korean War and Vietnam War is likely to be the person awarded the most SSMs 13 General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was awarded seven SSMs for his service in France in World War I from February to November 1918 as a colonel and then brigadier general Donald H Russell a civilian Vought F4U Corsair technical support engineer attached to a Marine Corps fighter wing received the SSM for his actions aboard USS Franklin after the carrier was attacked by a Japanese dive bomber in March 1945 14 In the fall of 1944 President Roosevelt s close adviser Harry Hopkins the U S Ambassador in Moscow W Averell Harriman and a military attache presented the SSM to Soviet Red Army artillery officer Alexei Voloshin who was the first to cross the Dnieper with his battery 15 page needed and was one of four junior Red Army officers who received the award 16 Female recipients edit Three Army nurses that served in World War I were cited in 1919 and 1920 with Citation Stars for gallantry in attending to the wounded while under artillery fire in July 1918 In 2007 it was discovered that they had never been awarded their Citation Stars The three nurses Army nurses served without rank until 1920 were awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously 17 18 Jane Rignel Mobile Hospital No 2 42nd Division for gallantry in giving aid to the wounded under heavy fire in France on July 15 1918 Linnie Leckrone Shock Team No 134 Field Hospital No 127 32nd Division for gallantry while attending to the wounded during an artillery bombardment in France on July 29 1918 Irene Robar Shock Team No 134 Field Hospital No 127 32nd Division for gallantry while attending to the wounded during an artillery bombardment in France on July 29 1918An unknown number of servicewomen received the award in World War II Four Army nurses serving in Italy during the war First Lieutenant Mary Roberts Second Lieutenant Elaine Roe Second Lieutenant Rita Virginia Rourke and Second Lieutenant Ellen Ainsworth posthumous became the first women recipients of the Silver Star all cited for their bravery in evacuating the 33rd Field Hospital at Anzio on February 10 1944 19 Later that same year Corporal Maggie Leones a Filipino who later immigrated to the United States received the medal for clandestine activities on Luzon 20 21 22 23 as of 2016 update she is the only female Asian to receive a Silver Star 24 The next known servicewomen to receive the Silver Star were Army National Guard Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester in 2005 for gallantry during an insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq 19 and Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown in March 2008 for extraordinary heroism as a combat medic in the War in Afghanistan 19 Notable recipients edit Main category Recipients of the Silver StarJohn Adair Joseph H Albers David Aldape John R Alison Darr H Alkire Leslie Bull Allen Royal B Allison Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr Samuel E Anderson Bernard L Austin Lloyd Austin William Brantley Aycock Richard Brew Peter Badcoe two awards John Bahnsen five awards Vernon Baker Robert H Barrow Olinto Barsanti Cesar Basa Harry F Bauer Charles Alvin Beckwith David Bellavia Upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2019 Rafael Celestino Benitez Everett Ernest Blakely Albert Blithe Larry Scrappy Blumer Royal L Bolling William Bonacci three awards Richard Bong Paul Boesch Bruce Godfrey Brackett Omar Bradley Neville Brand Maurice L Britt Monica Lin Brown Frank W Browne Hubert Buchanan Phil H Bucklew Arleigh Burke Jess Cain Modesto Cartagena Alwyn Cashe Upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2021 Johnny Checketts Llewellyn Chilson three awards David Christian two awards Nestor Chylak Wesley Clark Max Cleland Lynn Compton Garlin Murl Conner four awards 25 John Thomas Corley eight awards Alan Ace Cozzalio two awards Louis Cukela William J Cullerton 26 Roy M Davenport Juan Cesar Cordero Davila Benjamin O Davis Jr Ray Davis Oliver W Dillard James H Doolittle Wayne A Downing two awards Hugh A Drum Jesus S Duran upgraded to the Medal of Honor 2014 Charles Durning Graves B Erskine Gary L Ellingwood Douglas Fairbanks Jr Joseph A Farinholt Geoffrey Cheney Ferris Bernard Fisher Wayne Fisk Martin H Foery Ronald Fogleman John W Foss two awards Mayhew Foster Guy Gabaldon upgraded to the Navy Cross 1960 Francis Gambacorta James M Gavin Hobart R Gay Jerauld R Gentry John J Gilligan Luigi Giorgi Italian serviceman Mathew L Golsteyn John W Goode David E Grange Jr three awards David L Grange three awards Charles H Green Cdr 3rd Bn RAR John Campbell Greenway William Guarnere Ed Guthman Horatio B Hackett David Hackworth ten awards Hugh William Hadley Alexander Haig Andrew Haldane two awards Robert Halperin Iceal Hambleton Edward Hardin James C Harding John Harllee Tom Harmon Raymond Harvey Carlos Hathcock Vern Haugland first civilian award Sterling Hayden Leo D Hermle three awards Diego E Hernandez Leigh Ann Hester Clifford B Hicks Thomas Taro Higa David Lee Tex Hill Tony Hillerman Lucius Roy Holbrook Gordon Pai ea Chung Hoon Joe R Hooper two awards Robert L Howard Clifton James Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg Lyndon B Johnson Phil Johnson Sam Johnson two awards James L Jones James Taggart Kerr two awards John Kerry Jonny Kim Robert Kingston two awards Joseph Kittinger two awards Charles C Krulak Chris Kyle Henry Louis Larsen three awards Ben Lear John C H Lee Kurt Chew Een Lee Homer Litzenberg Elliott Loughlin two awards Douglas MacArthur seven awards Victor Maghakian two awards Fred K Mahaffey three awards Peyton C March Richard Marcinko George Marshall Richard Marshall Barry McCaffrey two awards 27 28 John McCain Rob Roy McGregor three awards Herbert Raymond H R McMaster 29 Sid McMath John McNulty two awards William A McNulty William K MacNulty Merrill A McPeak Charles B McVay III Richard J Meadows two awards Ray Melikian three awards Robert Mellard two awards Charles L Melson Daniel J Miller Michael A Monsoor Cliff Montgomery Audie Murphy two awards Michael P Murphy upgraded to MOH Raymond Murray four awards Bismarck Myrick Oliver North Henry Ringling North Levi Oakes Mike O Callaghan Eric T Olson Jorge Otero Barreto two awards Mohamed Oufkir Roy Earl Parrish Moultrie Patten George S Patton George Patton IV Keith Payne Endicott Peabody John J Pershing Basil L Plumley two awards Pascal Poolaw four awards Nick Popaditch Milton C Portmann Charles E Potter Geronimo Pratt Tommy Prince Francis Gary Powers Ralph Puckett two awards Chesty Puller Lewis Burwell Puller Jr Agustin Ramos Calero William Wilson Quinn Kyle Ramberg Edward F Rector Stephen C Reich Rick Rescorla Robert B Rheault Karl W Richter Matthew Ridgway two awards Antonio Rodriguez Balinas Pedro Rodriguez two awards 30 Robert Rosenthal Barney Ross James N Rowe Dick Rutan Alfredo M Santos Paul Saunders Harold Schrier Leonard T Schroeder Jr Robert L Scott Nate Self Arthur D Simons Rodger W Simpson H Norman Schwarzkopf Ben Schwartzwalder Sidney Shachnow Charles Bradford Smith Frederick W Smith Oliver Prince Smith Charles L Somers Ronald Speirs Michael G Stahl two awards Brian Stann James Stockdale four awards George L Street III Samuel D Sturgis Jr Richard K Sutherland Thomas Tigue Richard Tilghman Pat Tillman Michel Thomas Floyd James Thompson William F Train II Matt Urban two awards James Van Fleet three awards Paul K Van Riper two awards Humbert Roque Versace Nicolas Walsh two awards John T Walton Rawleigh Warner Jr Billy Waugh Jim Webb Haskell Wexler Kevin Wheatley Joshua Wheeler Charles Willeford James E Williams two awards Royce Williams Jocko Willink Theodore H Winters Jr three awards Jerauld Wright Tahsin Yazici Chuck Yeager two awards Alan Yoshida Elton Younger Albert C Zapanta Douglas A ZembiecSee also editList of Australian Silver Star recipientsReferences edit Army Regulation 600 8 22 Military Awards PDF Department of the Army 11 January 2018 Archived from the original PDF on 11 January 2018 Retrieved 28 September 2018 SecNav Instruction 1650 1H Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual PDF Department of the Navy 18 September 2010 Archived from the original PDF on 18 September 2010 Retrieved 28 September 2018 Air Force Guidance Memorandum for Air Force Instruction AFI 36 2803 The Air Force Military Awards and Decorations Program PDF Department of the Air Force Archived from the original PDF on 9 October 2018 Retrieved 4 August 2018 Coast Guard Military Medals and Awards Manual PDF Department of Homeland Security Retrieved 4 August 2018 a b c d e Department of Defense Manual 1348 33 Volume 3 PDF Department of Defense Technical Information Center 21 December 2016 pp 14 16 Archived from the original PDF on 9 February 2017 Retrieved 13 May 2016 Fact Sheet Silver Star Medal U S Air Force 3 August 2010 Section 578 12 Silver Star Code of Federal Regulations Government Printing Office Retrieved 9 October 2012 Bergquist Carl 12 April 2008 Korean War pilot receives Silver Star 56 years later Maxwell Air Force Base Archived from the original on 6 June 2011 Retrieved 10 March 2009 Silver Star The Institute of Heraldry Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army Archived from the original on 28 October 2012 Retrieved 1 July 2012 COMDTINSTM1650D Coast Guards Medals and Awards PDF U S Coast Guard May 2008 pp 1 13 a 2 3 5 1 16 a Archived from the original PDF on 25 August 2009 SecNav Instruction 1650 1H Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual Department of the Navy 22 August 2006 pp 1 8 123 1 1 22 Silver Star Medal Home of Heroes Retrieved 16 December 2008 Hackworth Col David H December 2002 Look Truth Right in the Eye Military com Interview Interviewed by Fred L Schultz and Gordon Keiser Retrieved 9 October 2012 First Civilian Wins Navy Silver Star PDF The New York Times 7 November 1945 p 12 Retrieved 8 May 2019 Panzer Killers Anti Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front Rosguard celebrates the parade with 100 year old front line soldier holder of the highest awards of the USSR and the USA Molodeznoe tv Archived from the original on 1 March 2020 Retrieved 1 March 2020 Prior Richard M Marble William Sanders 1 May 2008 The Overlooked Heroines Three Silver Star Nurses of World War I Military Medicine 173 5 493 498 doi 10 7205 milmed 173 5 493 PMID 18543572 Daughter Accepts Silver Star Her World War I Nurse Mother Earned United States Army 2 August 2007 Retrieved 9 October 2012 a b c Abrashi Fisnik 9 March 2008 Medic Stationed in Afghanistan Becomes 2nd Woman to Be Awarded Silver Star Fox News Associated Press Drummond Tammerlin 17 June 2016 Filipina Silver Star winner Richmond resident Magdalena Leones dies at 95 East Bay Times Retrieved 18 June 2016 Magdalena Leones Military Times Hall of Valor Retrieved 18 June 2016 Nuval Leonardo Q 1996 Remember Them Kindly Some Filipinos During World War II Claretian Publications p 31 ISBN 978 971 501 678 0 Guillermo Emil 5 July 2016 Magdalena Leones Filipina WWII Silver Star Recipient Who Aided MacArthur Dies in California NBC News Retrieved 15 March 2018 Only Filipina WWII US Silver Star recipient dies at 95 Philippine Daily Inquirer Makati City 21 June 2016 Retrieved 15 March 2018 Filipino WWII veterans and her family members mourn the passing of Cpl Magdalena Estoista Leones 95 who entered the history books as the only Asian female to have been awarded the Silver Star in World War II for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States Battle joined Army panel backs WWII vet s posthumous bid for Medal of Honor Fox News 4 November 2015 O Donnell Maureen William J Cullerton Military Times Hall of Valor Retrieved 25 January 2013 Barry McCaffrey Military Times Hall Of Valor Retrieved 4 August 2018 Barry McCaffrey Military Times Hall Of Valor Retrieved 4 August 2018 List of Silver Star Recipients American War Library Williams Rudi 25 March 2004 Korean War Double Hero Reflects on Life United States Department of Defense Retrieved 6 February 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Silver Star Silver Star database at MilitaryTimes com Archive org not searchable Military Times Hall of Valor Searchable Awards and Decorations Air Force Personnel Center Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Silver Star amp oldid 1194546606, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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