Executive Order 9323

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Executive Order 9323 by President of the United States Amendment of Executive Order No. 8809 of June 28, 1941, Establishing the Good Conduct Medal

Executive Order 9324→

Signed by President  Franklin D. Roosevelt  March 31, 1943

Federal Register  page & date: 8 FR 4225, April 3, 1943

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

Executive Order No. 8809 of June 28, 1941, establishing the Good Conduct Medal, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

‘‘There is hereby established the Good Conduct Medal, which shall include suitable appurtenances. Such medal may be awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity, under such regulations as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, to those enlisted men of the Army of the United States who on or after August 27, 1940, had or shall have honorably completed three years of active Federal military service, or who after December 7, 1941, have or shall have honorably served one year of active Federal military service while the United States is at war.’’

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The White House,

March 31, 1943.

Notes

Amends:

• Executive Order 8809, June 28, 1941;

See Related:

• Executive Order 10444, April 10, 1953
• Transfer Order 30 of the Secretary of Defense dated December 10, 1948 (13 FR 8163)

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