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xvi, 339 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm. |
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Reference series |
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Reference series (United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History)
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| Note |
Jacket cover title: United States Air Force combat medals, streamers, and campaigns. |
| Form |
Mode of access via the Air Force History web site. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-319) and index. |
| Summary |
This volume documents the combat service of the USAF and its predecessor organizations, as recognized by the award of combat service medals to individuals and service or campaign streamers to air units. Separate sections feature descriptions and color photos of the medals and streamers; concise accounts of each campaign in the theater are illustrated with color maps.--[book jacket]. |
| Contents |
Mexican service -- Service medal and streamer -- Mexican Expedition Campaign: March 14, 1916 - February 7, 1917 -- World War I service -- Victory medal and streamers -- World War I campaigns -- 1. Somme Defensive: March 21 - April 6, 1918 -- 2. Lys: April 9 - 27, 1918 -- 3. Champagne-Marne: July 15 - 18, 1918 -- 4. Aisne-MarneL July 18 - August 6, 1918 -- 5. Somme Offensive: August 8 - November 11, 1918 -- 6. Oise-Aisne: August 18 - November 11, 1918 -- 7. St. Mihiel: September 12 - 16, 1918 -- 8. Meuse-Argonne: September 26 - November 11, 1918 -- World War II Service -- American theater, World War II service -- Campaign medal and streamers -- Antisubmarine, American Theater: December 7, 1941 - September 2, 1945 -- Asiatic-Pacific theater, World War II service -- Campaign medal and streamers -- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaigns -- 1. Central Pacific: December 7, 1941 - December 6, 1943 -- 2. Philippine Islands: December 7, 1941 - May 10, 1942 -- 3. East Indies: January 1 - July 22, 1942 -- 4. Papua: July 23, 1942 - January 23, 1943 -- 5. Aleutian Islands: June 3, 1942 - August 24, 1943 -- 6. Guadacanal: August 7, 1942 - February 21, 1943 -- 7. Northern Solomons: February 22, 1943 - November 21, 1944 -- 8. Bismark Archipelago: December 15, 1943 - November 27, 1944 -- 9. Eastern Mandates: December 7, 1943 - April 16, 1944 -- 10. Western Pacific: April 17, 1944 - September 2, 1945 -- 11. New Guinea: January 24, 1943 - December 31, 1944 -- 12. Leyte: October 17, 1944 - July 1, 1945 -- 13. Luzon: December 15, 1944 - July 4, 1945 -- 14. Southern Philippines: February 27 - July 4, 1945 -- 15. Burma: 1942: December 7, 1941 - May 26, 1942 -- 16. India-Burma: April 2, 1942 - January 28, 1945 -- 17. Central Burma: January 29 - July 15, 1945 -- 18. China Defensive: July 4, 1942 - May 4, 1945 -- 19. China Offensive: May 5 - September 2, 1945 -- 20. Ryukus: March 26 - July 2, 1945 -- 21. Air Offensive, Japan: April 17, 1942 - September 2, 1945 -- 22. Antisubmarine, AP Theater : December 7, 1941 - September 2, 1945 -- 23. Air Combat, AP Theater: December 7, 1941 - September 2, 1945 -- European-African-Middle Eastern theater, World War II service -- Campaign medal and streamers -- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater campaigns -- 1. Air Combat, EAME Theater: December 7, 1941 - September 2, 1945 -- 2. Antisubmarine, EAME Theater: December 7, 1941 - September 2, 1945 -- 3. Egypt-Libya: June 11, 1942 - February 12, 1943 -- 4. Algeria-French Morocco: November 8 - 11, 1942 -- 5. Tunisia: November 12, 1942 - May 13, 1943 -- 6. Sicily: May 14 - August 17, 1943 -- 7. Naples-Foggia: August 18, 1943 - January 21, 1944 -- 8. Anzio: January 22 - May 24, 1944 -- 9. Rome-Arno: January 22 - September 9, 1944 -- 10. North Apennines: September 10, 1944 - April 4, 1945 -- 11. Po Valley: April 5 - May 8, 1945 -- 12. Air Offensive, Europe: July 4, 1942 - June 5, 1944 -- 13. Normandy: June 6 - July 24, 1944 -- 14. Northern France: July 25 - September 14, 1944 -- 15. Southern France: August 15 - September 14, 1944 -- 16. Rhineland: September 15, 1944 - March 21, 1945 -- 17. Ardennes-Alsace: December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945 -- 18. Central Europe: March 22 - May 11, 1945 -- Korean Service -- Service medal and streamers -- Korean campaigns -- 1. UN Defensive: June 27 - September 15, 1950 -- 2. UN Offensive: September 16 - November 2, 1950 -- 3. CCF Intervention: November 3, 1950 - January 24, 1951 -- 4. 1st UN Counteroffensive: January 25 - April 21, 1951 -- 5. CCF Spring Offensive: April 22 - July 8, 1951 -- 6. UN Summer-Fall Offensive: July 9-November 27, 1951 -- 7. Second Korean Winter: November 28 - April 30, 1952 -- 8. Korea, Summer-Fall 1952: May 1 - November 30, 1952 -- 9. Third Korean Winter: December 1, 1952 - April 30, 1953 -- 10. Korea, Summer 1953: May 1 - July 27, 1953 -- Vietnam Service -- Service medal and streamers -- Vietnam campaigns -- 1. Vietnam Advisory: November 15, 1961 - March 1, 1965 -- 2. Vietnam Defensive: March 2, 1965 - January 30, 1966 -- 3. Vietnam Air: January 31 - June 28, 1966 -- 4. Vietnam Air Offensive: June 29, 1966 - March 8, 1967 -- 5. Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II: March 9, 1967 - March 31, 1968 -- 6. Vietnam Air/Ground: January 22 - July 7, 1968 -- 7. Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III: April 1 - October 31, 1968 -- 8. Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV: November 1, 1968 - February 22, 1969 -- 9. Tet 69/Counteroffensive: February 23 - June 8, 1969 -- 10. Vietnam Summer/Fall 1969: June 9 - October 31, 1969 -- 11. Vietnam Winter/Spring 1970: November 1, 1969 - April 30, 1970 -- 12. Sanctuary Offensive: May 1 - June 30, 1970 -- 13. Southwest Monsoon: July 1 - November 30, 1970 -- 14. Commando Hunt V: December 1, 1970 - May 14, 1971 -- 15. Commando Hunt VI: May 15 - October 31, 1971 -- 16. Commando Hunt VII: November 1, 1971 - March 29, 1972 -- 17. Vietnam Ceasefire: March 30, 1972 - January 28, 1973 -- Appendices -- 1. Armed Forces Expeditionary Service -- 2. Combat devices -- Glossary -- Notes on sources -- Index. |
| Subject |
United States. Air Force -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
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United States. Air Force -- History.
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United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
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Luftwaffe.
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Orden (Ehrenzeichen)
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Geschichte (1917-1990)
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USA.
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Armed Forces -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
(OCoLC)fst01351802
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| Indexed Term |
United States Air Force History |
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United States Air Force Medals, badges, decorations, etc |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History.
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| Added Title |
United States Air Force combat medals, streamers, and campaigns |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Warnock, A. Timothy. Air Force combat medals, streamers, and campaigns. Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., 1990 (OCoLC)551477557 |
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Online version: Warnock, A. Timothy. Air Force combat medals, streamers, and campaigns. Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., 1990 (OCoLC)607768430 |
| ISBN |
0912799668 |
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9780912799667 |
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0160268028 |
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9780160268021 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000007548763 |
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GBVCP 113345593 |
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GEBAY 1797482 |
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NLGGC 296061735 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0422-M-01 |
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0422-M-01 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 301.82/5:M 46 |
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