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OLC is Oak Leaf Cluster
It shows that the serviceman was awarded the Army Achievement Medal six times.
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It often means the native state/country from where the man came from.
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It could mean that they were awarded the Legion of Merit. See the link to the right for a memo on the meaning of the award published by the Department of the Army.
BSM = Bronze Star Medal PH = Purple Heart OLC = Oak Leaf Cluster - This was a small oak leaf was a device issued to indicate a second award of a previous medal, such as the Purple Heart or the BSM.
BSM = Bronze Star Medal PH = Purple Heart OLC = Oak Leaf Cluster - This was a small oak leaf was a device issued to indicate a second award of a previous medal, such as the Purple Heart or the BSM.
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IM NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN FOR VA CAUSE IN VIETNAM WAR, BUT I KNOW THAT VA IN THE MILITARY OR PRIOR MILITARY STANDS FOR VETERIANS ASSOCIATION, A ORGANISATION THAT LOOKS OUT FOR THE WELL BEING OF ACTIVE AND MAINLY FORMER ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS, IM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR OR NOT, HOPE IT IS
Drop in zone. Inasmuch as your question is in the War and Military History section, specifically Vietnam, I am assuming you mean D "M" Z, not D "N" Z. DMZ means Demilitarized Zone and in the case of Vietnam, it refers to the line drawn at the Geneva Convention in 1954 that divided North Vietnam from South Vietnam.
A Soldier former assigned to the 719th Railway Operations Battalion between 1943 and 1954. It was redesignated the 719th Transportation Battalion on 8 July 1954. Also mentioned in a 1945 article entitled, "The Story of the 1st Military Railway Service,