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The Silver Star Medal (SSM) [5] is the successor award to the Citation Star which was established by an Act of Congress on 9 July 1918, during World War I.On 19 July 1932, the Secretary of War approved the conversion of the Citation Star to the SSM with the original Citation Star incorporated into the center of the medal.
Silver Star Medal. On July 19, 1932, the United States Secretary of War approved the Silver Star Medal to replace the Citation Star (3 ⁄ 16 inch "Silver Star"). [3] The Silver Star Medal is a large gold hue gilt-bronze star which displays a 3 ⁄ 16" Silver Star in the center of the medal hung from a red, white, and blue ribbon.
Pages in category "Recipients of the Silver Star" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,871 total.
Capt. Lacie "Sonic" Hester, an F-15E instructor weapons systems officer, is the first Air Force woman to receive the Silver Star and only the 10th female service member ever to receive the award.
The Silver Star is the third-highest military decoration that can be awarded by the United States.It is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States and may be awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the armed forces, distinguishes himself or herself by extraordinary heroism.
Brown receives the Silver Star from Vice President Dick Cheney in March 2008.. Monica Lin Brown (born 24 May 1988) [4] is a United States Army sergeant and medic who became the first woman during the War in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the United States military's third-highest medal for valor in combat.
The National Personnel Records Center-NPRC (or veteran's service branch), is the U.S. federal agency that generally takes and responds to retroactive award requests from U.S. Army veterans (and other Vietnam veterans) and or updating their personal military records to show the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross (RVN) and or unit award credit ...
The Navy Commendation Star to the World War I Victory Medal was authorized to any person who had been commended by the Secretary of the Navy for performance of duty during the First World War. A 3 ⁄ 16 inch silver star was worn on the World War I Victory Medal, identical in appearance to the Army's Citation Star. Unlike the Army's version ...