[Title 32 CFR 578.48d]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Chapter V - DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY]
[Subchapter F - PERSONNEL]
[Part 578 - DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES]
[Sec. 578.48d - United Nations Service Medal.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE32002-07-012002-07-01false578.48dSec. 578.48dNATIONAL DEFENSEDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYPERSONNELDECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES
Sec. 578.48d  United Nations Service Medal.

    Established by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 483 (V), 
December 12, 1950. Presidential acceptance for the United States Armed

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Forces announced by the Department of Defense November 27, 1951 
(directive number 110.23-3).
    (a) Requirements. (1) Personnel to qualify must be:
    (i) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States dispatched to 
Korea or adjacent areas for service on behalf of the United Nations in 
the action in Korea; or
    (ii) Other personnel dispatched to Korea or adjacent areas as 
members of paramilitary and quasimilitary units designated by the United 
States Government for service in support of United Nations action in 
Korea and certified by the United Nations Commander-in-Chief as having 
directly supported military operations there.
    Note: Personnel awarded the Korean Service Medal automatically 
establish eligibility for the United Nations Service Medal.
    (2) Service. (i) Service shall be for periods provided in this 
section between June 27, 1950, inclusive, and a terminal date to be 
announced later by the Secretary General of the United Nations, under 
either of the following conditions:
    (a) Within the territorial limits of Korea or the waters immediately 
adjacent thereto or in the air over Korea or over such waters; or
    (b) With a national contingent designated by the United States 
Government for service in support of the United Nations action in Korea 
and certified by the United Nations Commander-in-Chief as having 
directly supported military operations in Korea.
    (ii) The service prescribed must have been performed while serving 
with any unit as provided in paragraph (a)(1) of this section as 
specified hereunder:
    (a) While on an assignment to such unit for any period between the 
dates specified in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section; or
    (b) While attached to such unit for a period of 30 days consecutive 
or nonconsecutive, between the dates specified in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of 
this section; or
    (c) While on active combat against the enemy under conditions other 
than those prescribed in paragraphs (a)(2)(ii) (a) and (b) of this 
section, if a combat decoration has been awarded or an individual 
certificate testifying to such combat service has been furnished by the 
commander of an independent force or a division, ship, or air group, or 
comparable or higher unit.
    (b) Description. The medal is of bronze alloy 1.4 inches in 
diameter. On the obverse is the emblem of the United Nations (a polar 
projection map of the world, taken from the North Pole, embraced in twin 
olive branches). On the reverse, within a rim, is the inscription ``For 
Service in Defense of the Principles of the Charter of the United 
Nations.'' The medal is suspended from a silk ribbon 2 inches in length 
and 1.33 inches in width, consisting of 17 stripes, 9 of United Nations 
blue and 8 of white, alternating, each stripe 0.08 inch in width. A bar 
1.5 inches in length and 0.25 inch in width, bearing the word ``Korea,'' 
constitutes a part of the suspension of the medal from the ribbon.
    (c) Exclusions. No personnel of the United Nations or of its 
specialized agencies or of any national government service other than as 
prescribed above, and no International Red Cross personnel engaged for 
service under the United Nations Commander-in-Chief with any United 
Nations relief team in Korea shall be eligible for the award of the 
medal.

[17 FR 914, Jan. 31, 1952, as amended at 18 FR 3046, May 27, 1953; 18 FR 
4218, July 18, 1953]