There are two different types of "bronze star" awards that can be listed in Army records.
On the Army campaign ribbon, small bronze stars are affixed to indicate campaign participation. For example, a soldier who participated in three campaigns would have three bronze stars on his campaign ribbon.
There is a medal called bronze star, awarded for either performance or valor in combat.
Three bronze star medals in a war are more likely campaign stars than separate medals.
Medals are awarded through the chain of command. They fill out the appropriate paperwork and send it through the process.
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The total number of Bronze Star Medals awarded during World War 2 is unknown. The 82nd Airborne alone was awarded 2,478 Bronze Stars. The medal was created in 1944.
World War 1: 124 awardedWorld War 2: 464 awardedVietnam: 246 awardedBringing a total of 834 medals awarded.
There were somewhere between 432-450 Medals of Honor awarded for WWII.
The total number of Bronze Star Medals awarded during World War 2 is unknown. The 82nd Airborne alone was awarded 2,478 Bronze Stars. The medal was created in 1944.
he was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor for a daring rescue of 15 officers while being fred upon in the World War 2. he was also awarded 6 air medals and 2 distinguished flying crosses.
432 Medals of Honor were awarded in WWII, but long after the end of the war, a group of 10 or so black WWII soldiers (some posthumously) were added to that number. They were given lesser awards because during the war the US Army was segregated, and as a result, no black Americans were awarded the MOH.
Between 800 thousand and one million Purple Heart Medals were awarded in WWII.
There are Medals of Honor being awarded to individuals that earned them in World War 2, Vietnam and Somalia. Check the site linked below for some of the most recent awards and the citations behind them. 3,468 medals have been awarded sence the first one during the Civil War.
302 gold medals 304 silver medals including 2 ties in swimming 356 bronze medals including 56 events with 2 medals awarded for bronze and 2 not awarded as bronze and awarded as silver in the ties 962 total medals
The VC was awarded 634 times in WW-1.
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