RetirementCeremony for Lieutenant Milton J. Long Ends Over 34 Years Service At A Ceremony Conducted By His Son, Captain Gregory Long, At The Ward Memorial Armory In Wooster Ohio. Captain Long Is The Commanding Officer Of The 447th Mp Company.
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Ltc Milton J. Long Aus (Ret)
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Congress authorizes Korean Defense Service Medal
Criteria for the award of and procedures to claim entitlement to the Korean Defense Service Medal, authorized by Congress in February, were announced this week.
The new medal, said a Pentagon spokeswoman, is America's way "of recognizing the tremendous accomplishments of service members who served in Korea from July 28, 1954 to a future undetermined date."
To qualify for the medal, service members must have served in support of the defense of the Republic of Korea. The area of eligibility encompasses all land area of the Republic of Korea, and the contiguous water out to 12 nautical miles and all air spaces above the land and water areas.
Service members must have been assigned, attached or mobilized to units operating in the area of eligibility and have been physically deployed in the area of eligibility for 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days or meet one of the following criteria:
Have been engaged in actual combat during an armed engagement, regardless of the time in the area of eligibility;
Was wounded or injured in the line of duty and required medical evacuation from the area of eligibility; and
Participated as a regularly assigned air crew member flying sorties into, out of, within or over the area of eligibility in support of military operations. Each day that one or more sorties were flown in accordance with these criteria counts as one day toward the 30 or 60-day requirement.
Personnel who served in operations and exercises conducted in the area of eligibility are considered eligible for the award as long as the basic time criteria is met. Due to the extensive time period for medal eligibility, the nonconsecutive service period for eligibility remains cumulative throughout the entire period.
The military may award the medal posthumously. Only one award of the medal is authorized for any individual.
According to DoD, more than 40,000 service members have been on South Korean land or adjacent waters each year since the July 1953 cease-fire establishing the DMZ.
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Published in U S Legacies Magazine June 2004
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