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The official symbolism of the colors is black symbolizes battlefields, white is for deeds, green is for the meadows, and red is for the blood of Kuwait's enemies.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Criteria: Awarded to members of the Military Coalition who served in support of Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm in one or more of the following areas between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993: Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, that portion of the Arabian Sea that lies north of 10 degrees north latitude and west of 68 degrees east longitude, as well as the total land areas of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. To be eligible, a service member must have been:\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e       (1) attached to or regularly serving for one or more days with an organization participating in ground\/shore (military) operations;\u003cbr\u003e       (2) attached to or regularly serving for one or more days aboard a naval vessel directly supporting military operations;\u003cbr\u003e       (3) actually participating as a crew member in one or more aerial flights directly supporting military operations in the areas designated above;\u003cbr\u003e       (4) serving on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days. These time limitations may be waived for members participating in actual combat operations.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   The Government of Kuwait offered the Kuwait Liberation Medal to members of the Armed Forces of the United States by letter dated 16 July 1994. The medal was accepted by Secretary of Defense William J. 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The Saudi version is also senior in precedence, owing to its having been authorized for wear years before the Kuwaiti version was offered.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n [edit] Description\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The Saudi version of the Kuwait Liberation Medal consists of a silver star of fifteen rounded points (with shorter rounded points between them) surmounted by a gilt medallion which contains a wreath tied at its based and a crown at its top. In the center of the gilt medallion is a silver representation of the Earth, over which is superimposed a gilt representation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Above the gilt medallion are the crossed swords and palm tree taken from the Royal Cypher. Beneath the gilt medallion is a swallow-tailed scroll with its ends folded back and point upward so they follow the contour of the gilt medallion. On the scroll are the words, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT in English, and the same inscription above it in Arabic.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The ribbon bar to the medal bears a gilt device consisting of crossed swords (point up) superimposed over a palm tree. This device is taken from the Royal Cypher. The device is not used on the suspension ribbon to the actual medal.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Service must have been performed in support of Operation Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait, between 17 January 1991 to 28 February 1991. 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Awarded to members of the Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) who, effective 1 January 1996, fulfilled designated service requirements within any three-year period of service in the Organized Marine Corps Reserve. For the period 1 July 1925 through 31 December 1995, inclusive, a four-year period of service is required. The following are specific requirements of eligibility for this medal:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (1) Attendance with a SMCR unit to include duty in an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) billet in Training Category A at four consecutive annual field training periods. A period of active duty for training which was authorized to be performed in lieu of a regular annual field training period will fulfill this requirement.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (2) Effective 24 April 1961, attendance with an SMCR unit, to include duty in an IMA billet in Training Category A, of 90 percent of all scheduled drills each year for 4 consecutive years. Eligibility for the medal prior to that date is based on 80 percent attendance of all scheduled drills. (Approved pirate duty or equivalent instruction-or-duty may be credited in lieu of drills.)\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (3) In the case of officers and noncommissioned officers (sergeant or above), it is the responsibility of the commanding officer (or the Commander, Marine Corps Reserve Support Command (MCRSC) in the case of IMA Category A) to determine that the individual's service and performance of duty warrant the award. Enlisted personnel in grade corporal and below must have obtained for the first 4-year period, a combined average of conduct and proficiency markings of 4.0 or above. For subsequent 4-year periods, enlisted personnel must have obtained a combined average of conduct and proficiency markings of 4.5 or above. When it is evident that the individual who otherwise fulfills the eligibility criteria is not deserving of this award because of a repeated record of valid indebtedness or other acts which are not in keeping with the high moral standards required of all Marines, commanding officers (or the Commander of MCRSC in the case of IMA Category A) will make appropriate recommendations to CMC (MHM) stating the reasons.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (4) SMCR members, including IMA Category A, when called to active duty in time of war or national emergency may be credited while on active duty with the annual field training and required drill attendance when they have served not less than 1 month on active duty during each qualification year. Such active service may be credited only for the purpose of qualification for the medal or bronze star toward which the reservist is working at the time of mobilization. When the reservist's 4-year period is completed, active duty subsequently performed may not be credited toward the issuance of a medal or star. If the period of active duty is of such duration that the reservist is ordered to inactive status prior to completion of the reservist's 4-year period, the time spent on active duty may be credited toward the award of medal or star, but credit for active duty will not be allowed for any 4-year period which began with the reservist on active duty. Once a medal or star is earned after mobilization, the reservist must return to drill and training status in the SMCR (including IMA category \"A\") before a new qualification period begins.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (5) When a member of the SMCR is unable to attend drills due to absence from the place of drill, or for causes beyond his\/her control, exclusive of sickness, the reservist should request a leave of absence for such period, in order that the absence from the regular drill period will not count against the record of attendance for eligibility for the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (6) Retroactive to 12 January 1961, the medal will also be awarded to those officers prohibited by the rotation system, due to the lack of billets, from serving in the SMCR (including service as an IMA category A) for a 4-year period, provided they have met the following criteria:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n         Completed any continuous 5 anniversary years of satisfactory Federal service in the Marine Corps Reserve (including IMA Training Categories A, B, C, and D) as defined by regulations, which includes a minimum of 2 consecutive years of satisfactory participation as a member of an SMCR unit, or as an IMA Category A, during which attendance at drills and periods of annual field training meets the requirements cited in above.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (7) Any period of qualifying service beginning with SMCR membership interrupted by duty with the Active Reserve (AR) Programs shall not be considered a break in the said period of 4 consecutive years for eligibility. Furthermore, any such period of active duty may be credited with the annual field training and required drill attendance for the purpose of completing qualification only for the medal or bronze star toward which the reservist was working at the time of active duty in the AR Program.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     (8) When enlisted Marine Corps reservists are assigned to active duty in the AR Programs, they must elect whether to continue their eligibility for the SMCRM for which they have accumulated qualifying service or commence qualifying service for the Good Conduct Medal. Officers may continue to earn qualifying service toward SMCRM. Under no circumstances will a reservist start a commencement date for the SMCRM while on the AR Program. 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This commendation is awarded by the Navy Secretary to any ship, aircraft, detachment, or other unit of the United States Navy or Marine Corps which has since 6 December 1941 distinguished itself in action against the enemy with outstanding heroism but not sufficient to justify award of the Presidential Unit Citation (United States). \u003cbr\u003e\r\n    \u003cbr\u003e\r\n    To justify this award, the unit must have performed service of a character comparable to that which would merit the award of a Silver Star Medal, or achievement of like caliber in a non-combat situation, to an individual. 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Personnel who earned the medal for general service during the eligible time period are awarded the medal without device.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Members of the United States Armed Forces entitled to the Philippine Liberation Medal were usually also eligible to receive the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, often with a service star, for participation in the freeing of the Philippines.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Upon its creation, the Philippine Liberation Medal was awarded as the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and it was not until July 1945 that a full-sized medal had been established. 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The person's conduct, while in captivity, must have been honorable. This medal may be awarded posthumously to the surviving next of kin of the recipient.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n   \u003cbr\u003e\r\n   The medal was designed by Jay C. 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With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was established by George Washington's then the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army's by order from his Newburgh, New York headquarters on August 7, 1782. The Badge of Military Merit was only awarded to three Revolutionary War soldiers and from then on as its legend grew, so did its appearance. Although never abolished, the award of the badge was not proposed again officially until after World War I.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n On October 10, 1927, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Pelot Summerall directed that a draft bill be sent to Congress \"to revive the Badge of Military Merit\". The bill was withdrawn and action on the case ceased on January 3, 1928, but the office of the Adjutant General was instructed to file all materials collected for possible future use. A number of private interests sought to have the medal reinstituted in the Army. One of these was the board of directors of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum in Ticonderoga, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n On January 7, 1931, Summerall's successor, General Douglas MacArthur, confidentially reopened work on a new design, involving the Washington Commission of Fine Arts. This new design was issued on the bicentennial of George Washington's birth. Elizabeth Will, an Army heraldic specialist in the Office of the Quartermaster General, was named to redesign the newly revived medal, which became known as the Purple Heart. Using general specifications provided to her, Will created the design sketch for the present medal of the Purple Heart. Her obituary, in the February 8, 1975 edition of the Washington Post newspaper, reflects her many contributions to military heraldry.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n Sign on Interstate 35 designating the Purple Heart Trail.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The Commission of Fine Arts solicited plaster models from three leading sculptors for the medal, selecting that of John R. Sinnock of the Philadelphia Mint in May 1931. By Executive Order of the President of the United States, the Purple Heart was revived on the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth, out of respect to his memory and military achievements, by War Department General Orders No. 3, dated February 22, 1932. The Purple Heart award is a heart-shaped medal within a gold border, containing a profile of General George Washington. Above the heart appears a shield of the coat of arms of George Washington (a white shield with two red bars and three red stars in chief) between sprays of green leaves. The reverse consists of a raised bronze heart with the words FOR MILITARY MERIT below the coat of arms and leaves. The ribbon is 1 and 3\/8 inches (35 mm) wide and consists of the following stripes: white 67101; purple 67115; and white 67101. As with other combat medals, multiple awards are denoted by award stars for the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or oak leaf clusters for the Army and Air Force.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The criteria were announced in a War Department circular dated February 22, 1932 and authorized award to soldiers, upon their request, who had been awarded the Meritorious Service Citation Certificate, Army Wound Ribbon, or were authorized to wear Wound Chevrons subsequent to April 5, 1917, the day before the United States entered World War I. The first Purple Heart was awarded to MacArthur. During the early period of American involvement in World War II (December 7, 1941 - September 22, 1943), the Purple Heart was awarded both for wounds received in action against the enemy and for meritorious performance of duty. With the establishment of the Legion of Merit, by an Act of Congress, the practice of awarding the Purple Heart for meritorious service was discontinued. By Executive Order 9277, dated December 3, 1942, the decoration was extended to be applicable to all services and the order required that regulations of the Services be uniform in application as far as practicable. This executive order also authorized the award only for wounds received. AR 600-45, dated September 22, 1943, and May 3, 1944 identify circumstances required to meet in order to be eligible for the Purple Heart for military and civilian personnel during World War II era.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n Purple Heart Memorial, Westland, Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Executive Order 10409, dated February 12, 1952, revised authorizations to include the Service Secretaries subject to approval of the Secretary of Defense. Executive Order 11016, dated April 25, 1962, included provisions for posthumous award of the Purple Heart. Executive Order 12464, dated February 23, 1984, authorized award of the Purple Heart as a result of terrorist attacks or while serving as part of a peacekeeping force subsequent to March 28, 1973.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The Senate approved an amendment to the 1985 Defense Authorization Bill on June 13, 1985 which changed the precedence from immediately above the Good Conduct Medal to immediately above the Meritorious Service Medals. Public Law 99-145 authorized the award for wounds received as a result of friendly fire. Public Law 104-106 expanded the eligibility date, authorizing award of the Purple Heart to a former prisoner of war who was wounded before April 25, 1962. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85) changed the criteria to delete authorization for award of the Purple Heart Medal to any civilian national of the United States while serving under competent authority in any capacity with the Armed Forces. This change was effective May 18, 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n During World War II, nearly 500,000 Purple Heart medals were manufactured in anticipation of the estimated casualties resulting from the planned Allied invasion of Japan. To the present date, total combined American military casualties of the sixty-five years following the end of World War II - including the Korean and Vietnam Wars - have not exceeded that number. In 2003, there were still 120,000 of these Purple Heart medals in stock.[3] There are so many in surplus that combat units in Iraq and Afghanistan are able to keep Purple Hearts on-hand for immediate award to wounded soldiers in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The \"History\" section of the November 2009 edition of National Geographic estimated the number of purple hearts given as below. Above the estimates, the text reads, \"Any tally of Purple Hearts is an estimate. Awards are often given during conflict; records aren't always exact\".\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n     World War I: 320,518\u003cbr\u003e\r\n     World War II: 1,076,245\u003cbr\u003e\r\n     Korean War: 118,650\u003cbr\u003e\r\n     Vietnam War: 351,794\u003cbr\u003e\r\n     Persian Gulf War: 607\u003cbr\u003e\r\n     Afghanistan War: 7,027 (as of 5 June 2010)\u003cbr\u003e\r\n     Iraq War: 35,321 (as of 5 June 2010)\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Per United States Army regulation 600-8-22, the Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Services after April 5, 1917, has been wounded or killed. Specific examples of services which warrant the Purple Heart include any action against an enemy of the United States; any action with an opposing armed force of a foreign country in which the Armed Forces of the United States are or have been engaged; 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; as a result of an act of any such enemy of opposing armed forces; or as the result of an act of any hostile foreign force. After 28 March 1973, as a result of an international terrorist attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary of the Army, or jointly by the Secretaries of the separate armed services concerned if persons from more than one service are wounded in the attack. After 28 March 1973, as a result of military operations while serving outside the territory of the United States as part of a peacekeeping force.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The Purple Heart differs from all other decorations in that an individual is not \"recommended\" for the decoration; rather he or she is entitled to it upon meeting specific criteria. A Purple Heart is authorized for the first wound suffered under conditions indicated above, but for each subsequent award an oak leaf cluster is awarded. Not more than one award will be made for more than one wound or injury received at the same instant. A \"wound\" is defined as an injury to any part of the body from an outside force or agent sustained under one or more of the conditions listed above. A physical lesion is not required; however, the wound for which the award is made must have required treatment by a medical officer and records of medical treatment for wounds or injuries received in action must have been made a matter of official record. When contemplating an award of this decoration, the key issue that commanders must take into consideration is the degree to which the enemy caused the injury. The fact that the proposed recipient was participating in direct or indirect combat operations is a necessary prerequisite, but is not sole justification for award. The Purple Heart is not awarded for non-combative injuries.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Enemy-related injuries which justify the award of the Purple Heart include injury caused by enemy bullet, shrapnel, or other projectile created by enemy action; injury caused by enemy placed land mine, naval mine, or trap; injury caused by enemy released chemical, biological, or nuclear agent; injury caused by vehicle or aircraft accident resulting from enemy fire; concussion injuries caused as a result of enemy generated explosions.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Injuries or wounds which do not qualify for award of the Purple Heart include frostbite or trench foot injuries; heat stroke; food poisoning not caused by enemy agents; chemical, biological, or nuclear agents not released by the enemy; battle fatigue; disease not directly caused by enemy agents; accidents, to include explosive, aircraft, vehicular, and other accidental wounding not related to or caused by enemy action; self-inflicted wounds (e.g., a soldier accidentally fires their own gun and the bullet strikes their leg), except when in the heat of battle, and not involving gross negligence; post-traumatic stress disorders; and jump injuries not caused by enemy action.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n It is not intended that such a strict interpretation of the requirement for the wound or injury to be caused by direct result of hostile action be taken that it would preclude the award being made to deserving personnel. Commanders must also take into consideration the circumstances surrounding an injury, even if it appears to meet the criteria. In the case of an individual injured while making a parachute landing from an aircraft that had been brought down by enemy fire; or, an individual injured as a result of a vehicle accident caused by enemy fire, the decision will be made in favor of the individual and the award will be made. As well, individuals wounded or killed as a result of \"friendly fire\" in the \"heat of battle\" will be awarded the Purple Heart as long as the \"friendly\" projectile or agent was released with the full intent of inflicting damage or destroying enemy troops or equipment. Individuals injured as a result of their own negligence, such as by driving or walking through an unauthorized area known to have been mined or placed off limits or searching for or picking up unexploded munitions as war souvenirs, will not be awarded the Purple Heart as they clearly were not injured as a result of enemy action, but rather by their own negligence.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n From 1942 to 1997, civilians serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents and the like were eligible to receive the Purple Heart. About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a posthumous Army Purple Heart after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n The most recent Purple Hearts presented to civilians occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996 about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the award for their injuries.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n In 1997, however, at the urging of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Congress passed legislation prohibiting future awards of the Purple Heart to civilians. Today, the Purple Heart is only for those men and women in uniform. 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