[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54134-54135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20276]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


Office of the Secretary; Medal of Honor Flag Design Competition

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Pub. L. 107-248, Section 8143, this notice 
is published to collect designs from the public for a Medal of Honor 
Flag. The Medal of Honor is the Nation's highest military award for 
valor in action against an enemy force, which can be bestowed upon an 
individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. The 
President shall provide for presentation of the flag to each person to 
whom a MOH is awarded after the date of this enactment. The Medal of 
Honor Flag Design Committee is being established in consonance with the 
public interest. The committee will review and evaluate all designs 
submitted in response to the provision set by this law.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all designs submitted on or 
before October 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Designs shall be submitted to: Office of the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Personnel & Readiness), Attention: ODUSD (MPP) (OEPM), 4000 
Defense pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTC Tim Donohue, (703) 614-2798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A panel of eight members made up of 
representatives from each Service (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force 
and Coast Guard), one Office of Secretary Defense staff, one historian, 
and one representative from the Medal of Honor Society, will review and 
evaluate all designs submitted in response to the provision set by this 
law. The panel will made a final recommendation on the Medal of Honor 
Flag to the Principal Deputy to the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, once the evaluation process has been 
completed.


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    Dated: September 1, 2004.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-20276 Filed 9-3-04; 8:45 am]
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