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To Join the VFW you must have served in the following Campaigns
| Campaign Medal | Military Service | Period During Which Issued |
| Expeditionary | Navy Marine Corps |
12 Feb. 1874 Indeterminate |
| Spanish Campaign | Army | 11 May 1898 16 Aug. 1898 |
| Navy | 20 Apr. 1898 10 Dec. 1898 |
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| Army of Cuban Occupation | Army | 18 July 1898 20 May 1902 |
| Army of Puerto Rican Occupation | Army | 14 Aug. 1898 10 Dec. 1898 |
| Philippine Campaign | Army | 04 Feb. 1899 31 Dec. 1913 |
| Navy | 04 Feb.1899 15 Sept. 1906 |
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| China Campaign | Army | 20 June 1900 27 May 1901 |
| China Relief Expedition | Navy | 05 Apr. 1900 27 May 1901 |
| Army of Cuban Pacification | Army | 06 Oct. 1906 01 Apr. 1909 |
| Cuban Pacification | Navy | 12 Sept. 1906 01 Apr. 1909 |
| Mexican Service | Army | 12 Apr. 1911 16 June 1919 |
| Navy | 12 Apr. 1914 07 Feb. 1917 |
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| First Nicaraguan Campaign | Navy | 29 July 1912 14 Nov. 1912 |
| 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 |
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| Army of Occupation of Germany | Army | 12 Nov. 1918 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 |
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| Germany (West Berlin) | 09 May 1945 02 Oct. 1990 |
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| Austria | 09 May 1945 27 July 1955 |
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| Korea | 03 Sept. 1945 29 June 1949 |
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| Japan | 03 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 |
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| Navy Occupation Service Medal | Italy | 08 May 1945 15 Dec. 1947 |
| Trieste | 08 May 1945 26 Oct. 1954 |
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| Germany (except West Berlin) | 08 May 1945 05 May 1955 |
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| Austria | 08 May 1945 25 Oct. 1955 |
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| Asiatic Pacific | 02 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 |
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| 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 |
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| Quemoy & Matsu Island | 23 Aug. 1958 01 June 1963 |
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| Taiwan Straits | 23 Aug. 1958 01 Jan. 1959 |
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| Congo | 14 July 1960 01 Sept. 1962 23-27 Nov. 1964 |
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| Laos | 19 Apr. 1961 07 Oct. 1962 |
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| Vietnam | 01 July 1958 03 July 1965 |
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| Cuba | 24 Oct. 1962 01 June 1963 |
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| Dominican Republic | 28 Apr. 1965 21 Sept. 1966 |
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| Korea | 01 Oct. 1966 30 June 1974 |
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| Cambodia | 29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973 |
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| Thailand (in direct
support of Cambodia Operation) |
29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973 |
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| Operation Eagle Pull-Evacuation of Cambodia | 11-13 Apr. 1975 | |
| Operation Frequent Wind-Evacuation of Vietnam | 29-30 Apr. 1975 | |
| Mayaguez Operation | 15 May 1975 | |
| Operation Urgent Fury-Grenada | 23 Oct. 1983 21 Nov. 1983 |
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| Lebanon | 01 June 1983 01 Dec. 1987 |
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| Libyan Operation- El Dorado Canyon |
12-17 Apr. 1986 | |
| Persian Gulf-Operation Earnest Will | 24 July 1987 02 Aug. 1990 |
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| Panama-Operation Just Cause | 20 Dec. 1989 31 Jan. 1990 |
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| Somalia-United Shield-Operation Restore Hope | 05 Dec. 1992 31 Mar. 1995 |
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| Haiti-Operation Uphold Democracy | 16 Sept. 1994 31 Mar. 1995 |
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| Operation Southern Watch (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Gulf of Oman W of 62" E Long, Yeman, Egypt, Jordan |
01 Dec. 1995 Indeterminate |
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| El Salvador | 01 Jan. 1981 01 Feb. 1992 |
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| Bosnia-Operation Joint Endeavor(Bosnia, Croatia, the Adriatic Sea & airspace) | 20 Nov. 1995 20 Dec. 1996 |
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| Operation Joint Guard (Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) |
20 Dec. 1996 June 20, 1998 |
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| Operation Vigilant Sentinel (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait) | 01 Dec. 1995 1 Sept., 1997 |
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| Operation Northern Watch (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf W of 56" E Long., and Incirlik AB, Turkey (only pers. TDY to ONW) | 01 Jan. 1997 Indeterminate |
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| Operation Maritime Intercept operations(Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman W of 62" E Long, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan) | 01 Dec. 1995 Indeterminate |
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| Operation Joint Forge - (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) | 21 Jun. 1998 Indeterminate |
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| Operation Desert Thunder (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea support | 11 Nov. 1998 22 Dec. 1998 |
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| Operation Desert Fox (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Gulf of Oman, USF Red Sea support | 16 Dec. 1998 22 Dec. 1998 |
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| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal | Thailand Military Operation | 16 May 1962 10 Aug. 1962 |
| Cuban Military Operation | 03 Jan. 1961 23 Oct. 1962 |
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| Iranian, Yemen & Indian Ocean Operation | 08 Dec. 1978 06 June 1979 21 Nov. 1979 20 Oct. 1981 |
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| Lebanon | 20 Aug. 1982 31 May 1983 |
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| Libyan Expedition | 20 Jan. 1986 27 June 1986 |
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| Persian Gulf | 01 Feb. 1987 23 July 1987 |
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| Panama - (pre and post invasion) | 01 Apr. 1988 19 Dec. 1989 01 Feb. 1990 13 June 1990 |
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| Liberia(Operation Sharp Edge) | 05 Aug. 1990 21 Feb. 1991 |
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| Rwanda (Operation
Distant Runner) (11th Marine Expeditionary Unit USS Peleliu) |
07-18 Apr. 1994 | |
| Vietnam Service Medal | 04 July 1965 28 Mar. 1973 |
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| 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 -Apr. 11, 1991 30 Nov. 1995 |
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| Combat Action Ribbon | 01 Mar. 1961 Indeterminate |
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| Combat Infantry Badge & Combat Medical Badge | 06 Dec. 1941 Indeterminate |
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| Korean
Service (no campaign medal issued) |
Service on the Korean
Peninsula, or in its territorial waters for thirty (30), consecutive or sixty (60) nonconsecutive days. |
30 June 1949 26 June, 1950. 28 July, 1954 - 20, Sep, 1966 01 Jul, 1974 - Open |
| Kosovo Campaign Medal (KCM) | Allied Force | 24 Mar. 1999 10 June 1999. |
| Joint Guardian | 11 June 1999 indeterminate. |
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| Allied Harbour | 4 April 1999 1 Sept 1999. |
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| Sustain Hope Shining Hope |
4 April 1999 10 July 1999. |
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| Noble Anvil | 24 Mar. 1999 20 July 1999. |
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| Kosovo Task Force Hawk | 5 April 1999 24 June 1999. |
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| Kosovo Task Force Saber | 31 Mar 1999 8 July 1999. |
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| Kosovo Task Force Falcon | 11 June 1999 indeterminate. |
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| Kosovo Task Force Hunter | 1 April 1999 1 Nov 1999. |
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| Kosovo Air Campaign Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Slovenia, Adriatic & Ionian Seas |
24 Mar. 1999 10 June, 1999. |
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| Kosovo Defense Campaign Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Adriatic Seas |
11 June 1999 indeterminate. |
