European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
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| Founder: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Foundation year: | 1942 |
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| Carrying method: | on the band on the left side of the chest |
The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was a military award of the US armed forces , which was introduced on November 6, 1942 on the basis of an Executive Order (9265) from Franklin D. Roosevelt . The introduction of this order was intended to honor the soldiers who had served in the European theater of the Second World War, including North Africa and the Middle East . An edition of the order took place between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946. Service star and an arrowhead were awarded as an attachment to the medal. The first recipient of the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was Dwight D. Eisenhower .
The embossing of the medal shows a scene from the landing in Normandy . The narrower stripes on the ribbon represent Germany (right), Italy (left) and the USA (central). The broader brown and green stripes are supposed to symbolize the different regions in which the fighting took place. They stand for beach, meadow, forest and mountains.
The equivalent for the Pacific War was the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal .
Campaigns
| Campaigns | ||||||
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| Name of the campaign | Beginning | The End | ||||
| Egypt-Libya | June 11, 1942 | February 12, 1943 | ||||
| Air offensive Europe | 4th July 1942 | June 5, 1944 | ||||
| Algeria-French Morocco | November 8, 1942 | November 11, 1942 | ||||
| Tunisian campaign | November 12, 1942 | May 13, 1943 | ||||
| Sicily | May 14, 1943 | August 17, 1943 | ||||
| Naples Foggia | August 18, 1943 | January 21, 1944 | ||||
| Anzio | January 22, 1944 | May 24, 1944 | ||||
| Rome -Arno | January 22, 1944 | September 9, 1944 | ||||
| Normandy | June 6, 1944 | July 24, 1944 | ||||
| Northern France | July 25, 1944 | September 14, 1944 | ||||
| South France | August 15, 1944 | September 14, 1944 | ||||
| Campaign against the position of the Goths | September 10, 1944 | April 4, 1945 | ||||
| Rheineland | September 15, 1944 | March 21, 1945 | ||||
| Battle of the Bulge | December 16, 1944 | January 25, 1945 | ||||
| Western Allies invade Germany | March 22, 1945 | May 11, 1945 | ||||
| Spring offensive in Italy | April 5, 1945 | May 8, 1945 | ||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Executive Order 9265 - American, European-African-Middle Eastern and Asiatic-Pacific campaign medals of November 6, 1942 in the Federal Register 9106, 3 CFR, 1938-1943 Comp., Page 1224; accessed on March 23, 2015.