Executive Order 10179

←Executive Order 10178

Executive Order 10179 by President of the United States Establishing the Korean Service Medal

Executive Order 10180→

Signed by President  Harry S. Truman  November 8, 1950

Federal Register  page & date: 15 FR 7665, November 11, 1950

See the Notes section for a list of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

1. There is hereby established the Korean Service Medal, with suitable appurtenances, for award, under such regulations as the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force may severally prescribe, and subject to the provisions of this order, to members of the armed forces of the United States who during any period between June 27, 1950, inclusive, and a terminal date to be fixed by the Secretary of Defense shall have served within the area or areas of military operations in the Korean theater.
   
   
2. The regulations prescribed by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force pursuant to paragraph 1 hereof shall be uniform so far as practicable and shall be approved by the Secretary of Defense.
   
   
3. The term ‘‘Korean theater’’, as used in paragraph 1 hereof, shall be defined in the regulations prescribed pursuant to the said paragraph.
   
   
4. No person shall be entitled to more than one award of the Korean Service Medal.
   
   
5. The Korean Service Medal may be awarded posthumously.
   
   

Harry S. Truman 

The White House,

November 8, 1950.

Notes

Amended by:

• Executive Order 10429, January 17, 1953
• Executive Order 13286, February 28, 2003

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