[Title 32 CFR 578.48]
[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. 578.48 - Army of Occupation Medal.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE32002-07-012002-07-01false578.48Sec. 578.48NATIONAL DEFENSEDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYPERSONNELDECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES
Sec. 578.48  Army of Occupation Medal.

    Established by section I, WD General Orders 32, 1946:
    (a) Requirements. Service for 30 consecutive days at a normal post 
of duty (as contrasted to inspector, visitor, courier, escort, passenger 
status, temporary duty, or detached service) while assigned to any of 
the following armies of occupation:
    (1) Army of Occupation of Germany (exclusive of Berlin) between May 
9, 1945, and May 5, 1955. (Service between May 9, and November 8, 1945, 
will be counted only if the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign 
Medal was awarded for service prior to May 8, 1945.)
    (i) Service for the prescribed period with an organization which has 
been designated in Department of the Army general orders as having met 
the requirements for the Berlin airlift device on an individual basis in 
orders issued by appropriate field authority will qualify the individual 
for the award.
    (ii) The orders announcing the award of the Berlin airlift device 
will specifically award the Army of Occupation Medal to persons not 
otherwise eligible therefor.
    (2) Army of Occupation of Austria between May 9, 1945, and July 27, 
1955. (Service between May 9, and November 8, 1945, will be counted only 
if the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded for 
service prior to May 9, 1945.)
    (3) Army of Occupation of Berlin between May 9, 1945, and a terminal 
date to be announced later. (Service between May 9, and November 8, 
1945, will be counted only if the European-African-Middle Eastern 
Campaign Medal was awarded for service prior to May 9, 1945.)
    (4) Army of Occupation of Italy between May 9, 1945, and September 
15, 1947, in the compartment of Venezia Giulia E Zara or Province of 
Udine, or with a unit in Italy as designated in DA General Orders 4, 
1947. (Service between May 9, and November 8, 1945, will be counted only 
if the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded for 
service prior to May 9, 1945.)
    (5) Army of Occupation of Japan between September 3, 1945, and April 
27, 1952, in the four main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shokoku, and 
Kyushu, the surrounding small islands of the Japanese homeland, the 
Ryukyu Islands, and the Bonin-Volcano Islands. (Service between 
September 3, 1945, and March 2, 1946, will be counted only if the 
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for service prior to 
September 3, 1945. In addition, service which meets the requirements for 
the Korean Service Medal as prescribed in Sec. 578.48b will not be 
counted in determining eligibility for this medal.)
    (6) Army Occupation of Korea between September 3, 1945, and June 29, 
1949, inclusive. (Service between September 3, 1945, and March 2, 1946, 
will be counted only if the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded 
for service prior to September 3, 1945.)
    (b) Description. The medal of bronze is 1\1/4\ inches in diameter. 
On the obverse the Remagen Bridge abutments below the words ``Army of 
Occupation.'' On the reverse Fujiyama with a low hanging cloud over two 
Japanese junks above a wave scroll and the date ``1945.'' The medal is 
suspended by a ring from a silk moire ribbon 1\3/8\ inches in length and 
1\3/8\ inches in width composed of a white stripe (\3/16\ inch), black 
band (\1/2\ inch), red band (\1/2\ inch), and white stripe (\3/16\ 
inch).
    (c) Clasps--(1) Requirements. A clasp appropriately inscribed will 
be issued with each award of the Army of Occupation Medal to denote the 
area in which occupation duty was rendered.
    (2) Description. The clasp is a bronze bar \1/8\ inch in width and 
1\1/2\ inches in length with the word ``Germany'' or ``Japan'' inscribed 
thereon.
    (d) Berlin airlift device--(1) Requirements. Service for 90 
consecutive days with a unit credited with participation in the Berlin 
airlift, or awarded the device by competent field authority on an 
individual basis.
    (2) Description. The Berlin airlift device is a gold colored metal 
miniature

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of a C-54 type aircraft of \3/8\-inch wing span, other dimensions 
proportionate.

[17 FR 912, Jan. 31, 1952, as amended at 20 FR 8190, Nov. 1, 1955]