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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OF THE UNITED STATES
Membership Qualifications
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Haitian Campaign Navy 09 July 1915 06 Dec. 1915 01 Apr. 1919 15 June 1920 Dominican Campaign Navy 04 May 1916 05 Dec. 1916 World War I Victory (with Battle or Service clasp including Siberia and European Russia) Army 06 Apr. 1917 01 Apr. 1920 Navy 06 Apr. 1917 30 Mar. 1920 Army of Occupation of Germany Army 12 Nov. 19 1 8 11 July 1923 Second Nicaraguan Campaign Navy 27 Aug. 1926 02 Jan. 1933 Yangtze Service Navy 03 Sept. 1926 21 Oct. 1927 01 Mar. 1930 31 Dec. 1932 China Service Navy 07 July 1937 07 Sept. 1939 02 Sept. 1945 01 Apr. 1957 American Defense Service (with Foreign service clasp) Army-Navy 08 Sept. 1939 07 Dec. 1941 American Campaign
(30 consecutive days or 60 days non- consecutive duty outside continental limits of the United States) Army-Navy 07 Dec.1941 02 Mar. 1946 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Army-Navy 07 Dec. 1941 02 Mar. 1946 European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Army-Navy 07 Dec. 1941 08 Nov. 1945 Army of Occupation (30 consecutive days) Italy 09 May 1945 15 Sept. 1947 Germany (except West Berlin) 09 May 1945 05 May 1955 Germany (West Berlin) 09 May 1945 02 Oct. 1990 Austria 09 May 1945 27 July 1955 Korea 03 Sept. 1945 29 June 1949 Japan 03 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 Navy Occupation Service Medal Italy 08 May 1945 15 Dec.1947 Trieste 08 May 194526 Oct. 1954 Germany (except West Berlin) 08 May 1945 05 May 1955 Austria 08 May l945 25 Oct. 1955 Asiatic Pacific 02 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 Korean Service Medal Army, Navy, Air Force 27 June 1950 27 July 1954 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Berlin 14 Aug. 1961 01 June 1963 Lebanon 01 July 1958 01 Nov. 1958 Quemoy & Matsu Island 23 Aug. 1958 01 June 1963 Taiwan Straits 23 Aug. 1958 01 Jan. 1959
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Congo 14 July 1960 01 Sept.1962 23-27 Nov. 1964 Laos 19 Apr. 1961 07 Oct. 1962 Vietnam 01 July 1958 03 July 1965 Cuba 24 Oct. 1962 01 June l963 Dominican Republic 28 Apr. 1965 21 Sept. 1966 Korea 01 Oct. 1966 30 June 1974 Cambodia 29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug.1973 Thailand (in direct support of Cambodia Operation) 29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973 Evacuation of Cambodia 11-13 Apr. 1975 Evacuation of Vietnam 29-30 Apr. 1975 Mayaguez Operation 15 May 1975 Grenada Operation 23 Oct. 1983 21 Nov. 1983 Lebanon 01 June 1983 01 Dec. 1987 Libyan Operation-El Dorado Canyon 12-17 Apr. 1986 Persian Gulf-Operation Earnest Will 24 July 1987 02 Aug. 1990 Panama - Operation Just Cause 20 Dec. 1989 31 Jan. 1990 Somalia - Operation Restore Hope 05 Dec. 1992 31 Mar. 1995 Haiti- Operation Uphold Democracy 16 Sept. 1994 31 Mar. 1995 Operation Southern Watch (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Arabian Gulf, Red Sea) 01 Dec. 1995 Indeterminate El Salvador 01 Jan. 1981 01 Feb. 1992 Bosnia - Operation Joint Endeavor 20 Nov. 1995 20 Dec.1996 Operation Joint Guard 20 Dec.1996 Indeterminate Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
Thailand Military Operation 16 May 1962 10 Aug. 1962 Cuban Military Operation 03 Jan. 1961 23 Oct. 1962 Iranian, Yemen & Indian Ocean Operation 08 Dec. 1978 06 June 1979 21 Nov. 1979 20 Oct. 1981 Lebanon 20 Aug.1982 31 May 1983 Libyan Expedition 20 Jan. 1986 27 June 1986 Persian Gulf 01 Feb. 1987 23 July 1987 Panama (pre and post invasion) 01 Apr. 1988 19 Dec.1989 01 Feb. 1990 13 June 1990 Liberia (Operation Sharp Edge) 05 Aug. 1990 21 Feb. 1991 Rwanda (Operation Distant Runner) 07-18 Apr. 1994 (11th Marine Expeditionary Unit USS Peleliu) Vietnam Service Medal 04 July 1965 28 Mar. 1973 Southwest Asia Service Medal (Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm) Combat areas of operation only 02 Aug. 1990 30 Nov. 1995 Personnel assigned to support units serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan 17 Jan. 1991 30 Nov. 1995 Combat Action Ribbon 01 Mar. 1961 Indeterminate Combat Infantry Badge & Combat Medical Badge 06 Dec.1941 Indeterminate Service on the Korean Peninsula, or in its territorial waters for thirty (30) consecutive or sixty (60) nonconsecutive days from 30 June 1949 to a date indeterminate. |