IOSCO COUNTY MICHIGAN



The dates of the wartime and peacetime events shown below are the current dates used by the Iosco County Veterans Recognition Committee for selecting veterans from public records such as newspapers, Iosco County Court House records, and the numerous historical and genealogical indexes and records available at the Huron Shores Genealogical Society at the Parks Public Library in Oscoda MI. Starting and ending dates of wars often differ from different source such as the US Congress, the Veterans Administration, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign War membership requirements This list is work-in-progress and may be changed without notice. Suggestions are appreciated.

Several types of veteran’s official records contain more accurate information than the above public records do about the dates of service and what wars the veterans served in. This includes the veteran’s discharge records Form DD-214 and other official personnel records. These types of records will override the dates in the general records used by the Recognition Committee.

The State and Federal records are frozen for 70 years for living veterans, and the discharge records kept for the veteran at the County Clerks Office is frozen forever. Therefore such records are not generally available to the Recognition Committee unless submitted by the veteran or their surrogate. Such records are always welcomed, but if the veteran or their surrogate should black out or cut out information they considers private information.

Note: At the end of this listing there is information that will help the reader to understand the format, codes and abbreviations used for this listing.

|Time-Line |War |Started Ended[1] |Wartime & Peacetime[2] Events |

| | |Yr/Mo/Dy Yr/Mo/Dy |Started & Ended Dates (Initials of persons agreeing) |

|1861 |CW | |CIVIL WAR |

|1861 |CW |1861/04/12 |Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumpter. |

|1861 |CW |1861/04/12 |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld --OK |

|1861 |CW |1863/08/12 |Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation announcement made. |

|1861 |CW |1864/01/01 |Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation becomes effective. |

|1861 |CW |1864/04/09 |Gen Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederacy at Appomattox Court House. |

|1861 |CW |1865/04/18 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1861 |CW |1865/04/18 |Confederate General J E Johnson surrenders to General Sherman making the formal end of the |

| | | |confederate resistance. |

|1874 |CS | |CHINA SERVICE (Yangtze River Valley; Peking & Shanghai) – DELETE ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld |

| | | |-OK |

|1874 |CS |1870s-1921 |Shallow draft gunboats of the USN sailed China’s largest river for over 50 years before being |

| | | |officially organized as the Yangtze Patrol Force in August 1921. |

|1874 |CS |1874/02/12 |Started- Vets Project |

|1874 |CS |1874/02/12-Open |(VFW) Expeditionary (Navy & Marine Corps). |

|1874 |CS |1921/08 |The Yangtze Patrol Force was established, and the ships protected US citizens against the |

| | | |bandits and warlord forces in the turbulent China in the mid 1920s. |

|1874 |CS |1926/09/03-1927/10/21 |(VFW) Yangtze Service (Navy). ?? |

|1874 |CS |1927/10/21-Ended |(VFW) Yangtze Service (Navy). Started 1926/09/03. ?? |

|1874 |CS |1930/03/01-1932/12/31 |(VFW) Yangtze Service (Navy). ?? |

|1874 |CS |1930s |Early 1930s severe floods occurred along the Yangtze, the gunboats were used in the |

| | | |humanitarian cause of aiding millions of homeless. |

|1874 |CS |1932/12/31-Ended |(VFW) Yangtze Service (Navy). Started 1930/03/01. ?? |

|1874 |CS |1937/07/07-1939/09/07 |(VFW) China Service (Navy) |

|1874 |CS |1937/12/12- |Japanese naval aircraft attacked and sank the river gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze River. |

|1874 |CS |1939/09/07-Ended |(VFW) China Service (Navy). Started 1937/07/07. ?? |

|1874 |CS |1940 |The Yangtze Service Medal was declared obsolete and was replaced by the China Service medal. |

|1874 |CS |1945/09/02-1957/04/01 |(VFW) China Service (Navy). ?? |

|1874 |CS |1945/09/02-1957/04/01 |(VFW) China Service (Service ?). ?? |

|1874 |CS |1957/04/01 |Ended- Vets Project |

|1874 |CS |1957/04/01-Ended |(VFW) China Service (Navy). Started 1945/09/02. ?? |

|1874 |CS |1957/04/01-Ended |(VFW) China Service (Service ?). Started 1945/09/02. ?? |

|1898 |SA | |SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR |

|1898 |SA |1890s |United States is influenced by Alfred T Mahan who wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon |

| | | |History, 1600-1783, which advocated the taking of the Caribbean Islands, Hawaii, and the |

| | | |Philippine Islands for bases to protect U.S. commerce, the building of a canal to enable fleet |

| | | |movement from ocean to ocean and the building of the Great White fleet of steam-driven armored |

| | | |platted battleships. |

|1898 |SA |1898/02/15 |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1898 |SA |1898/02/15 |The USS Maine blew up and sank in Havana Harbor Cuba. |

|1898 |SA |1898/04/20 |US President William McKinley signed the Joint Resolution for war with Spain and the ultimatum |

| | | |was forwarded to Spain. |

|1898 |SA |1898/04/20-1898/12/10 |(VFW) Spanish Campaign (Navy). |

|1898 |SA |1898/04/21 |The SA war is assumed to have started. |

|1898 |SA |1898/04/23 |The President called for 150,000 volunteers. |

|1898 |SA |1898/05/11 |President Wm McKinley and his cabinet approve a State Department memorandum calling for Spanish|

| | | |cession of a suitable “coaling station,” presumably Manila. The Philippine Islands were to |

| | | |remain Spanish possessions. |

|1898 |SA |1898/05/11-1898/08/16 |(VFW) Spanish Campaign (Army). |

|1898 |SA |1898/05/25 |The President called for another 75,000 men. |

|1898 |SA |1898/07/08 |US acquired Hawaii by annexation. |

|1898 |SA |1898/07/18 |The Spanish government initiated a message to President McKinley to suspend the hostilities and|

| | | |start the negotiations to end the war. |

|1898 |SA |1898/07/18-1902/05/20 |(VFW) Army of Cuba Occupation (Army). |

|1898 |SA |1898/08/12 |Peace protocol that ended all hostilities between Spain and the US in the war fronts of Cuba, |

| | | |Puerto Rico and the Philippines was signed in Washington DC. |

|1898 |SA |1898/08/14 |Capitulation was signed at Manila and U.S. General Wesley Merritt established a military |

| | | |government in the city, with himself serving as first military governor. |

|1898 |SA |1898/08/14-1898/12/10 |(VFW) Army of Puerto Rico Occupation (Army) |

|1898 |SA |1898/08/16 |(VFW) Spanish Campaign (Army), started 1898/05/11. |

|1898 |SA |1898/12/10 |Ended- Vets Project, ajs, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1898 |SA |1898/12/10 |United States and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris in Paris. Spain renounced all rights to Cuba|

| | | |and allowed an independent Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and the Island of Guam to the United States,|

| | | |gave up its possessions in the West Indies, and sold the Philippine Islands, receiving in |

| | | |exchange $20,000,000. |

|1898 |SA |1898/12/10-Ended |(VFW) Spanish Campaign (Navy), started 1898/04/20 |

|1898 |SA |1898/12/21 |President McKinley issued his Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation, ceding the Philippines to |

| | | |the United States, and instructing the American occupying army to use force, as necessary, to |

| | | |impose American sovereignty over the Philippines even before he obtained Senate ratification of|

| | | |the peace treaty with Spain. |

|1898 |SA |1898/12/23 |Guam placed under control of U.S. Department of the Navy. |

|1898 |SA |1899/02/06 |US Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris by a vote of 53-27. |

|1898 |SA |1899/06/02 |Spanish forces at Baler, Philippine Islands, surrender to U.S. |

|1898 |SA |1906/09/12-1909/04/01 |(VFW) Cuban Pacification (Navy). |

|1898 |SA |1906/10/06-1909/04/01 |(VFW) Cuban Pacification (Army). |

|1899 |PA | |PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR |

|1899 |PA |1899/02/04 |The Philippine Insurrection began following the killing of three Filipino soldiers by US forces|

| | | |in a suburb of Manila. |

|1899 |PA |1899/02/04 |Started- Vets Project, ajs, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1899 |PA |1899/02/04-1906/09/15 |(VFW) Philippine Campaign (Navy) |

|1899 |PA |1899/02/04-1913/12/31 |(VFW) Philippine Campaign (Army) |

|1899 |PA |1899/06/02 |Philippines declared war on USA. |

|1899 |PA |1902/07/04 |Ended- Vets Project, ajs, ds, ns, ld -- ?? Maybe change to: |

| | | |Ended 1906/09/15 Navy |

| | | |Ended 1913/13/31 Army |

|1899 |PA |1902/07/04 |War officially ended in the Philippines, with more than 4,200 U.S. soldiers, 20,000 Filipino |

| | | |soldiers, and 200,000 Filipino civilians dead. War unofficially ended when the follow-on |

| | | |guerrilla action ended in 1913. |

|1899 |PA |1906/09/15-Ended |(VFW) Philippine Campaign (Navy), started 1899/02/04. |

|1899 |PA |1913/ |Ended unofficially when the follow-on guerrilla action ended in 1913. Had ended officially |

| | | |1902/07/04. |

|1899 |PA |1913/12/31-Ended |(VFW) Philippine Campaign (Army), started 1899/02/04. |

|1901 |CR | |CHINA RELIEF (Boxer Rebellion) – DELETE ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns. -- OK |

|1901 |CR |1899-1901 |Boxer Rebellion, US China Relief Expedition including Army & Navy. US had about 3,000 troops on|

| | | |the ground. Other countries supporting the relief effort were France, Britain, Germany, Italy, |

| | | |Austria, Japan, Russia, India, & Australia. |

|1901 |CR |1900/04/05-1901/05/27 |(VFW) China Relief Expedition (Navy). |

|1901 |CR |1900/06/20-1901/05/27 |(VFW) China Relief Expedition (Army). |

|1901 |CR |1901/05/27 |Ended- Vets Project |

|1901 |CR |1901/05/27-Ended |(VFW) China Relief Expedition (Army). Started 1900/06/20. ?? |

|1901 |CR |1901/05/27-Ended |(VFW) China Relief Expedition (Navy). Started 1900/04/05. ?? |

|1912 |NO | |NICARAGUA OCCUPATION – DELETE ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1912 |NO |1909/11/18 |After 500 revolutionaries, including two Americans, were executed, American warships were sent |

| | | |to protect US lives and property, and provide political support to conservative forces |

| | | |rebelling against President Zelayar. Occupation lasted until 1933. |

|1912 |NO |1912/07/29 |Started- Vets Project |

|1912 |NO |1912/07/29 |US Marines occupied Nicaragua 1912-1933 (Except a nine month period in 1925-1926) |

|1912 |NO |1912/07/29-1912/11/14 |(VFW) First Nicaraguan Campaign (Navy) |

|1912 |NO |1926/08/27-1933/01/02 |(VFW) Second Nicaraguan Campaign (Navy) |

|1912 |NO |1927/ |General Sandino led a sustained guerrilla war, first against the Conservative regime and |

| | | |subsequently against the US Marines |

|1912 |NO |1933/ |Nicaragua Occupation Ended. |

|1912 |NO |1933/01/02 |(VFW) Second Nicaraguan Campaign (Navy), ended. |

|1917 |W1 | |WORLD WAR-1 |

|1917 |W1 |1914/06/28 |Gunshots in Sarajevo started the worldwide war. |

|1917 |W1 |1914/12/25 |First German air raid on Britain. Some US citizens fought with Canadian and British Forces (A |

| | | |few of these veterans are included in this project). |

|1917 |W1 |1915/01/19-20 |First German zeppelin attack on England |

|1917 |W1 |1915/02/07-21 |German U-boat attacks on Allied and neutral shipping; declares blockade of Britain. |

|1917 |W1 |1915/03/01 |First passenger ship sinks, the British liner Falaba. |

|1917 |W1 |1915/03/11 |Britain announces blockade of Germany ports. |

|1917 |W1 |1915/04/26 |France, Russia, Italy & Britain conclude secret Treaty of London |

|1917 |W1 |1915/05/07 |U-boat sinks British line Lusitania with the loss-of-American lives |

|1917 |W1 |1915/07/09-1915/12/05 |(VFW) Haitian Campaign (Navy). ?? |

|1917 |W1 |1915/07/29 |US Marines land in Haiti |

|1917 |W1 |1915/12/05-Ended |(VFW) Haitian Campaign (Navy). Started 1915/07/09. ?? |

|1917 |W1 |1916/05/04-1916/12/05 |(VFW) Dominican Campaign (Navy). ?? |

|1917 |W1 |1916/11/28 |First German airplane air-raid on Britain |

|1917 |W1 |1916/11/29 |US occupation of Santa Domingo |

|1917 |W1 |1916/12/05-Ended |(VFW) Dominican Campaign (Navy). Started 1916/05/04. ?? |

|1917 |W1 |1917/02/03 |US severs diplomatic ties with Germany |

|1917 |W1 |1917/03/12 |US President Wilson announces arming of US merchantmen by executive order after failing to win |

| | | |approval from Congress |

|1917 |W1 |1917/04/06 |(AL) Start of war. |

|1917 |W1 |1917/04/06 |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1917 |W1 |1917/04/06 |US declare war on Germany. |

|1917 |W! |1917/04/06-1919/08/01 |MI WW1 Veterans Bonus (Paid $15.00/month) |

|1917 |W1 |1917/04/06-1920/03/20 |(VFW) Word War-1 Victory, with battle or service clasp incl. Siberia and European Russia |

| | | |(Navy). |

|1917 |W1 |1917/04/06-1920/04/01 |(VFW) Word War-1 Victory, with battle or service clasp incl. Siberia and European Russia (Army)|

|1917 |W1 |1917/06/15 |US Espionage Act passed. |

|1917 |W1 |1917/06/27 |First US troops arrive in France, 1st Davison |

|1917 |W1 |1917/07/06 |(VA) Started Benefits |

|1917 |W1 |1917/07/06-1920/04/01 |(VA) Started Benefits, vets served in Russia |

|1917 |W1 |1917/07/06-1921/07/01 |(VA) Started Benefits, vets served in Russia, extended thur 1921/07/01 |

|1917 |W1 |1918/05/25 |German U-boats appear in US waters for the first time |

|1917 |W1 |1918/07/06 |US President Wilson agrees to US intervention in Siberia |

|1917 |W1 |1918/11/11 |(VA) benefits |

|1917 |W1 |1918/11/11 |(AL) end of war. |

|1917 |W1 |1918/11/11 |Armistice day, fighting ceases at 11am. |

|1917 |W1 |1918/11/12-1923/07/11 |(VFW) Army Occupation of Germany (Army) |

|1917 |W1 |1919/05/07 |Peace Treaty of Versailles was drafted. |

|1917 |W1 |1919/06/28 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ld -- ?? Maybe change to: |

| | | |1919/06/28 For service other than below this date. |

| | | |1920/03/20 For Navy service in Siberia & European Bussia |

| | | |1920/04/01 For Army service in Siberia & European Russia |

|1917 |W1 |1919/06/28 |Ended. Peace Treaty of Versailles was signed. Five years to the day when gunshots in Sarajevo |

| | | |started the worldwide war. |

|1917 |W1 |1919/08/01-end |MI WW2 Veterans Bonus |

|1917 |W1 |1920/03/20 |Bolsheviks attack Finland on 1,500-mile front. |

|1917 |W1 |1920/03/20-Ended |(VFW) Word War-1 Victory, with battle or service clasp incl. Siberia and European Russia |

| | | |(Navy). Started 1917/04/06. |

|1917 |W1 |1920/04/01-Ended |(VA) Ended Benefits, vets served in Russia. Started 1917/07/06. |

|1917 |W1 |1920/04/01-Ended |(VFW) Word War-1 Victory, with battle or service clasp incl. Siberia and European Russia |

| | | |(Army). Started 1917/04/06. ?? |

|1917 |W1 |1921/07/01-Ended |(VA) Ended Benefits, vets served in Russia, extended from 1920/04/01 to thru 1921/07/01. |

| | | |Started 1917/04/01. |

|1917 |W1 |1923/07/11-Ended |(VFW) Army Occupation of Germany (Army). Started 1918/11/12. |

|1941 |W2 | |WORLD WAR-2 |

|1941 |W2 |1931/ |Sino-Japanese Wars. Japan invaded China. Lasted until Japan surrendered at end of WW2. USA was |

| | | |not involved. |

|1941 |W2 |1935/03/16 |Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription |

|1941 |W2 |1939/08/31 |Civilian evacuations begin from London & British fleet mobilizes |

|1941 |W2 |1939/09/03 |Britain, France, Austria & New Zealand declare war on Germany |

|1941 |W2 |1939/09/05 |United States proclaims neutrality |

|1941 |W2 |1939/09/08-1941/12/07 |(VFW) American Defense Service, with foreign service clasp (Army & Navy). ?? |

|1941 |W2 |1939/09/08-1941/12/07 |(VFW) American Defense Service, with foreign service clasp (Army & Navy). ?? |

|1941 |W2 |1939/09/10 |Canada declares war on Germany |

|1941 |W2 |1939/10 |Nazis begin euthanasia on sick & disabled in Germany |

|1941 |W2 |1940/05/26 |Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins, and ends 1940/06/03 |

|1941 |W2 |1940/08/13 |German bombing offensive against airfields & factories in England. Larger raids follow |

|1941 |W2 |1940/09/16 |US military conscription bill passed |

|1941 |W2 |1940/12/09-10 |British begin a western desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians |

|1941 |W2 |1941/03/11 |President Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Act |

|1941 |W2 |1941/08/14 |Roosevelt & Churchill announce the Atlantic Charter |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/06-Open |(VFW) Combat Action Ribbon (Navy, Marine, Coast Guard) |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/06-Open |(VFW) Combat Infantryman Badge & Combat Medical Badge (Army) |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07 |(VA) Start of war, vets benefits |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07 |(AL) Start of war. |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07 |Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor & also officially declared war on US |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07 |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07-1945/11/08 |(VFW) European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign (Army & Navy) |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07-1946/02/02 |(VFW) American Campaign, 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days of duty outside continental |

| | | |limits of the US (Army & Navy) |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07-1946/03/02 |(VFW) Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (Army & Navy) |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/07-Ended |(VFW) American Defense Service, with foreign service clasp (Army & Navy). Started 1939/09/08. |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/08 |USA & England declared war on Japan. |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/11 |Germany declares war on the US |

|1941 |W2 |1941/12/11 |US war on the Germany |

|1941 |W2 |1942/01/26 |First American forces arrive in Great Britain |

|1941 |W2 |1942/0101 |Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations |

|1941 |W2 |1942/05/30 |First 1,000 bomber air raid (against Cologne) |

|1941 |W2 |1942/08/17 |First all-American air raid in Europe |

|1941 |W2 |1943/01/14-24 |Casablanca conference between Churchill & Roosevelt |

|1941 |W2 |1943/07/09-10 |Allies land in Sicily |

|1941 |W2 |1943/11/28 |Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet at Teheran |

|1941 |W2 |1944/06/06 |Allied Forces invaded France, D-Day. |

|1941 |W2 |1944/06/13 |First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain |

|1941 |W2 |1944/08/25 |Liberation of Paris |

|1941 |W2 |1945/02/04-11 |Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta |

|1941 |W2 |1945/04/30 |Adolf Hitler commits suicide |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/05-1954/10/26 |(VFW) Trieste, Navy Occupation Service Medal |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/07 |Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/08 |Victory in Europe (V-E Day) |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/08/1955/05/05 |(VFW) Germany (Except West Berlin), Navy Occupation Service Medal |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/08-1947/12/15 |(VFW) Italy, Navy Occupation Service Medal |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/08-1955/10/25 |(VFW) Austria, Navy Occupation Service Medal |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/09-1947/09/15 |(VFW) Austria, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/09-1947/09/15 |(VFW) German (West Berlin), Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/09-1947/09/15 |(VFW) Germany (Except West Berlin), Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/09-1947/09/15 |(VFW) Italy, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty |

|1941 |W2 |1945/05/09-1947/09/15 |(VFW) Japan, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty |

|1941 |W2 |1945/08/06 |Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Japan. |

|1941 |W2 |1945/08/08 |Soviets declares war on Japan & invades Manchuria |

|1941 |W2 |1945/08/09 |Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Japan. |

|1941 |W2 |1945/08/14 |Japan official unconditional surrender aboard US battleship Missouri in Tokyo Harbor. VJ-Day. |

| | | |(08/15/1945 in USA). |

|1941 |W2 |1945/09/02 |Japanese forces in Guam surrendered at Kiaugan Ifugao. |

|1941 |W2 |1945/09/02-1952/04/27 |(VFW) Asiatic Pacific, Navy Occupation Service Medal |

|1941 |W2 |1945/10/24 |United Nations is officially born |

|1941 |W2 |1946/12/31 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1941 |W2 |1946/12/31 |(VA) Ended Benefits |

|1941 |W2 |1946/12/31 |(AL) End of war. |

|1941 |W2 |1946/12/31 |Ended, President Truman issued a presidential proclamation declaring an official end of WW2. |

|1941 |W2 |1947/09/15-Ended |(VFW) Austria, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty. Started 1945/05/09. ?? |

|1941 |W2 |1947/09/15-Ended |(VFW) German (West Berlin), Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty. Started |

| | | |1945/05/09. ?? |

|1941 |W2 |1947/09/15-Ended |(VFW) Germany (Except West Berlin), Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty. Started |

| | | |1945/09/15. ?? |

|1941 |W2 |1947/09/15-Ended |(VFW) Italy, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty. Started 1945/05/09. ?? |

|1941 |W2 |1947/09/15-Ended |(VFW) Japan, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty. Started 1945/05/09. ?? |

|1941 |W2 |1947/xx/xx |1947-1969. USA international actions were based on the Containment Policy. |

|1941 |W2 |1952/04/27- Ended |(VFW) Asiatic Pacific, Navy Occupation Service Medal. Started 1945/09/02. ?? |

|1948 |BA | |BERLIN AIRLIFT – DELETE ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1948 |BA |1948/06/26 |Berlin Airlift, Start |

|1948 |BA |1949/05/12 |Berlin Airlift, Ended. |

|1950 |KW | |KOREAN WAR |

|1950 |KW |1945/09/03-1949/01/29 |(VFW) Korea, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty. ?? |

|1950 |KW |1949/01/29-Ended |(VFW) Korea, Army of Occupation, 30 consecutive days of duty. Started 1945/09/03. ?? |

|1950 |KW |1949/06/30-Open |(VFW) Korean Duty- Service on the Korean Peninsula, its airspace & territorial waters for (30 |

| | | |consecutive or 60 non consecutive days of duty), Korean Duty. ?? |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/14 |USA support war through military advisers. |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/25 |(AL) start of war. |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/25 |North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and launches a surprise attack on South Korea. |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/27 |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld. – Maybe change to 1950/06/25 |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/27 |(VA) Started war benefits |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/27 |UN & US agree to send troops to aid Seoul – War was never officially declared. |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/27-1954/07/27 |(VFW) Korean Service Medal (Army, Navy & Air Force) |

|1950 |KW |1950/06/30 |President Truman acting in concert with the UN authorized the use of American ground forces |

| | | |today to repel the N Korean invasion of S Korea. |

|1950 |KW |1950/07/03 |US forces see action for the first time Pyongyang charges “bare-faced aggression.” |

|1950 |KW |1950/07/05 |US troops in first major battle, standoff massive attacks on Suwon road. |

|1950 |KW |1950/07/08 |MacArthur named to head UN forces in Korea |

|1950 |KW |1950/07/2 |US calls up National Guard and reserves |

|1950 |KW |1950/07/27 |US Army calls 100,000 through selective service |

|1950 |KW |1950/07/31 |President Truman authorized a military buildup for the fighting in Korea and granted the |

| | | |military the power to wage war |

|1950 |KW |1950/09/15 |Inchon landing surprises the enemy |

|1950 |KW |1950/10/22 |US Troops racing unopposed to Manchurian boarder. |

|1950 |KW |1950/11/06 |Chinese have entered Korean War. |

|1950 |KW |195011/22 |Viet Minh leaders hold first talks with Laotian and Cambodian rebel chiefs |

|1950 |KW |1951/04/11 |Gen MacArthur replaced by Gen Ridgway |

|1950 |KW |1951/06/19 |President Truman extends draft to 1955, lengthens service to two years, lowers age to18.5 |

|1950 |KW |1951/07/08 |UN delegates meet with Communist in Kaesong for talks on cease-fire |

|1950 |KW |1951/11/25 |Truce line mapped at talks in Panmunjom |

|1950 |KW |1951/12/18 |Korean Reds give Allies list of 3,100 POWs |

|1950 |KW |1953/03/28 |Korean Communist accept UN plan for exchange of sick and injured POWs |

|1950 |KW |1953/07/27 |Ended w/armistice resulting in Communist takeover of South Vietnam & Loas, and Khmen Rouge |

| | | |takeover of Cambodia. Nearly 3 million dead. N & S Korea are separated by the most heavily |

| | | |guarded board in the world. Armistice lasted until 1955/01/31. |

|1950 |KW |1953/07/27 |Armistice (ceasefire agreement) signed by N Korea & the US, Syngman Rhee (S Korea) refused to |

| | | |sign. This was India’s proposal accepted by the UN. |

|1950 |KW |1954/07/27-Ended |(VFW) Korean Service Medal (Army, Navy & Air Force). Started 1950/06/27. ?? |

|1950 |KW |1954/07/28-Open |(VFW) Korean Defense Service Medal. ?? |

|1950 |KW |1955/01/31 |(AL) end of war. |

|1950 |KW |1955/01/31 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1950 |KW |1955/01/31 |The armistice has been in effect from Jul 27 1953 through Jan 31 1955, during which time 641 |

| | | |Americans died in Korea). North and South are still technically at war as they have never |

| | | |signed a peace treaty. |

|1950 |KW |1958/04/23-1963/06/01 |(VFW) Quemoy & Matsi Islands, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|1950 |KW |1958/08/23-1959/01/01 |(VFW) Taiwan Straits, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive |

| | | |days duty) |

|1950 |KW |1966/10/01-1974/06/30 |(VFW) Korea, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty).|

| | | |?? |

|1950 |KW |1974/06/30-Ended |(VFW) Korea, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty).|

| | | |Started 1966/10/01. ?? |

|1960 |VW | |VIETNAM WAR (Start never officially declared) |

|1960 |VW |1958/07/01-1965/07/03 |(VFW) Vietnam, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days |

| | | |duty). |

|1960 |VW |1959/07/08 |1st American soldier died in Vietnam. |

|1960 |VW |1960/12/31 |There was no declaration of war, US was involved from Dec 31 1960 through May 7 1975. |

|1960 |VW |1961/02/28 |(AL) start of war. |

|1960 |VW |1961/02/28 |Start with renegade South Vietnam pilots flying American made WW-2 era fighter planes bombed |

| | | |the presidential palace in Saigon. There was no formal declaration of war, so the Iosco |

| | | |Veterans Committee will accept the American Legion’s date. |

|1960 |VW |1961/02/28 |Started- Vets Project- ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld OK |

|1960 |VW |1961/02/28-1975-05/07 |(VFW) Started benefits, for vets who served “in country” before 1964/08/05 |

|1960 |VW |1961/04/19-1962/10/07 |(VFW) Laos, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1960 |VW |1962/05/16-1962/08/10 |(VFW) Thailand Military Operations, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|1960 |VW |1964/08/05-1975-05/07 |(VW) Started war benefits- See 1961/02/08 |

|1960 |VW |1964/08/10 |Also called the Second Indo China War. Started. And fought between N & S Vietnam in Vietnam, |

| | | |Cambodia & Loas, with help of Australian & USA 1st with advisors and later with combat units. |

|1960 |VW |1964/09/26 |1st Large-scale military action, Vietcong ambushed two South Vietnam companies. |

|1960 |VW |1965/02/07 |The VC launched a guerilla assault on the military barracks at Pleiku where us military |

| | | |advisors were housed, with 8 American dead. President Johnson order retaliatory air-strikes |

| | | |against North Vietnam the next Day- Operation Rolling Thunder lasted for three years. |

|1960 |VW |1965/07/04-1973/03/08 |(VFW) Vietnam Service Medal |

|1960 |VW |1973/01/27 |Cease fire agreement signed. |

|1960 |VW |1973/03/20-1973/08/15 |(VFW) Thailand (only those in direct support Cambodia), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 |

| | | |consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1960 |VW |1973/03/29-1973/08/15 |(VFW) Cambodia, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days |

| | | |duty) |

|1960 |VW |1975/04/19 |Last American soldier was killed in Vietnam. |

|1960 |VW |1975/04/29-1975/04/30 |(VFW) Vietnam, Operation Frequent Wind (Includes evacuation), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |

| | | |(30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1960 |VW |1975/04/30 |Fall of Saigon & the unconditional surrender by South Vietnam’s president Quong Van Minh. |

|1960 |VW |1975/05/07 |(VA) Ended benfits |

|1960 |VW |1975/05/07 |(AL) end of war. |

|1960 |VW |1975/05/07 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg. js, tc, ds, ns, ld --OK |

|1960 |VW |1975/05/07 |US President declares an end to “Vietnam Era.” |

|1960 |VW |1976/04/11-1976/04/13 |(VFW) Cambodia: Operation Eagle Pull (Includes evacuation), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |

| | | |(30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1961 |BP |1961 |BAY OF PIGS INVASION – DELETE ajs, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1961 |BP |1961/01/03-1962/10/23 |(VFW) Cuban Military Operations, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|1961 |BP |1962/10/24-1963/06/01 |(VFW) Cuba, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1982 |LW | |LEBANON WAR (Also called the Israel-Lebanon War) |

|1982 |LW |1958/07/01-1958/11/01 |(VFW) Lebanon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days |

| | | |duty) |

|1982 |LW |1962/08/20-1983/05/31 |(VFW) Lebanon, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|1982 |LW |1970/ |King Hussein expelled the PLO from Jordan, most went to Lebanon |

|1982 |LW |1976/06 |30,000 Syrian troops enter Lebanon to restore peace |

|1982 |LW |1976/10 |Egypt, Saudi & other Arab troops in small numbers join the Syrian force as a result of a peace |

| | | |summit brokered by Cairo |

|1982 |LW |1978/03/14 |25,000 Israeli soldiers crossed the Lebanese border in Operation Litani. the invasion was |

| | | |designed to wipe out the Palestine Liberation Organization |

|1982 |LW |1978/03/19 |The UN Security Council adopts resolution 425, sponsored by UA, calling in Israel to withdraw |

| | | |from S Lebanon and the UN to establish a 4,000 strong UN peacekeeping force in S Lebanon for 6 |

| | | |months |

|1982 |LW |1978/06/13 |Israel withdraws, mostly, from occupied territory, handing over authority to the breakaway |

| | | |Lebanese Army force (An Israeli ally) |

|1982 |LW |1978/07/01 |Syria turns its guns on Lebanon’s Christians |

|1982 |LW |1978/09/ |US President Carter brokers the Camp David accords between Israel & Egypt |

|1982 |LW |1982/06/06 |Israel invades Lebanon again, 2 months drive leads to S boarder of Beirut |

|1982 |LW |1982/06/06 |Started, coalition of local, USA, UK, Italy & Ireland. |

|1982 |LW |1982/08/24 |(AL) Lebanon War & Grenada Invasion- start of war. |

|1982 |LW |1982/08/24 |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- Maybe change to 1982/06/06 |

|1982 |LW |1982/08/24 |A multinational force of US Marines, French paratroopers & Italian soldiers lands in Beirut to |

| | | |assist evacuation of the PLO. |

|1982 |LW |1982/08/26 |Marines land as part of multinational force to assist PLO evacuation. |

|1982 |LW |1982/08/30 |Mediation led by US, Yasar Arafat & the PLO, evacuated Lebanon. Some 6,000 PLO fighters went |

| | | |mostly to Tunisia and were then again most dispersed in the West Bank or Gaza |

|1982 |LW |1982/09/ |Ended, Israel withdrew from Lebanon. |

|1982 |LW |1982/09/10 |The multinational force completes its withdrawal from Beirut |

|1982 |LW |1982/09/15 |Israeli troops invade W Beirut, 1st time Israeli force enters an Arab capital |

|1982 |LW |1982/0924 |US & French-Italian Multinational Forces returns to Lebanon to show force, but gradually turn |

| | | |into defenders of the Gemayel (Lebanon’s President) regime |

|1982 |LW |1983/04/18 |The American Embassy in Beirut is attacked by suicide bomb, killing 63. |

|1982 |LW |1983/05/17 |Lebanon and Israel sign a US brokered peace agreement that was cancelled in 1987. |

|1982 |LW |1983/06/01-1987/12/01 |(VFW) Lebanon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days |

| | | |duty) |

|1982 |LW |1983/10/12 |Reagan signs bill to stay in Lebanon 18 months. |

|1982 |LW |1983/10/23 |US Marines barracks were attacked by a suicide bomber in a truck, killing 241 Marines. Moments |

| | | |later the French paratroopers’ barracks were attacked by a suicide bomber, killing 58 French |

| | | |soldiers. |

|1982 |LW |1984/02 |Ended – Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld -- OK |

|1982 |LW |1984/02/26 |US multinational troops withdraws from Lebanon and is disestablished. |

|1982 |LW |1987/12/01 |(VFW) Lebanon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days |

| | | |duty), ended |

|1982 |LW |1990/07/31 |(AL) Lebanon War & Grenada Invasion- end of war. |

|1982 |LW |2000/05/24 |Israel pulled all its troops out of southern Lebanon, ending a 22-year military presence there.|

|1983 |GI | |GRENADA INVASION |

|1983 |GI |1982/08/24 |(AL) Lebanon War & Grenada Invasion- start of war. [One date for 2 items does not seem logical,|

| | | |ajs]. |

|1983 |GI |1983/10/23-1983/11/21 |(VFW) Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|1983 |GI |1983/10/25 |Started- Vets project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld – Maybe change to 1983/10/23). |

|1983 |GI |1983/10/25 |Invasion of Grenada started when US & a few other forces invaded Grenada (Operation Urgent |

| | | |Fury). |

|1983 |GI |1983/10/25 |Reagan announces a pre-dawn invasion of Grenada |

|1983 |GI |1983/10/31 |1,900 US Marines went ashore to help restore democratic institutions and defeat a band of what |

| | | |Reagan called “Cuban Thugs.” Also to protect the 1,000 American citizens in Grenada. |

|1983 |GI |1983/11/06 |US Marines are to pull out in a few days, and are to be replaces by peacekeeping troops from |

| | | |Canada and New Zealand. |

|1983 |GI |1983/11/21-Ended |(VFW) Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty). Started 1983/10/23. |

|1983 |GI |1983/12/15 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld – Maybe change to 1983/11/21 or 1990/07/31. |

|1983 |GI |1983/12/15 |Invasion of Grenada ended with defeat of Grenatian and Cuban resistance and overthrow of the |

| | | |military government of General Hudson Austin and his imprisonment resulted. UN judged the war |

| | | |was a flagrant violation of international law & condemned USA. Nevertheless, the invasion date |

| | | |(October 25th) is now Grenada’s Thanksgiving Day! |

|1983 |GI |1990/07/31 |(AL), Grenada Invasion & Lebanon War, end of war. |

|1986 |LE | |LIBERIA (EVACUATION) – DELETE?? ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld |

|1986 |LE |1986/01/20-1986/06/27 |VFW) Libyan Expedition, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|1986 |LE |1986/04/12-1986/04/17 |(VFW) Libya (Eldonado Canyon), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|1986 |LE |1990/06/02-1990/08/05 |Operation Sharp Edge was carried out by US Marine Corp 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in |

| | | |mid-1990 amid increasing internal unrest which threatened US diplomats and civilians in |

| | | |Liberia. Elements of a Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked in the USS Saipan (LHA-2) amphibious |

| | | |ready group to provide support to the US Embassy and stood by to evacuate American citizens and|

| | | |others from 2 June to 5 August. |

|1986 |LE |1990/08/05-1991/01/09 |(Operation Sharp Edge). Evacuated a total of 2,609 people between 5 Aug and 9 Jan 1991. Started|

|1986 |LE |1990/08/05-1991/02/21 |(VFW) Liberia (Operation Sharp Edge), Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. Started. |

|1986 |LE |1991/01/09 |(Operation Sharp Edge). Evacuated a total of 2,609 people between 5 Aug and 9 Jan 1991. Ended |

|1986 |LE |1991/02/21 |(VFW) Liberia (Operation Sharp Edge), Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. Ended. |

|1986 |LE |1991/02/21 |Ended- Vets Project |

|1987 |GW | |GULF WAR |

|1987 |GW |1987/02/01-1987/07/23 |(VFW) Persian Gulf, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|1987 |GW |1987/07/23-Ended |(VFW) Persian Gulf, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. Started 1987/02/01. |

|1987 |GW |1987/07/24-1990/08/01 |(VFW) Persian Gulf (Operation Earnest Will), only those participating in, or in direct |

| | | |support), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/01-Ended |(VFW) Persian Gulf (Operation Earnest Will), only those participating in, or in direct |

| | | |support), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty). |

| | | |Started 1987/07/24. |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/02 |(AL) Start of war. Ending date not given. |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/02 |Iraq Republican Guard invades Kuwait |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/02 |Iraq invades Kuwait. Saddam Hussein proclaims Kuwait as a province of Iraq. |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/02 |Started – Vets Project (Thru a date to be set by law or Presidential Proclamation) ajs, jlg, |

| | | |js, tc, ds, ns, ld. -- OK |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/02 |(VA) Thru a date to be set by law or Presidential Proclamation |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/02-1995/11/30 |(VFW) Southwest Asia- Operations Desert Shield (Defensive) & Operation Desert Storm (Offensive)|

| | | |(Combat areas of operation only), Southwest Asia Service Medal. The Desert Shield Operation was|

| | | |to deter any invasion of Saudi Arabia rich oil fields. |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/06 |King Fahd of Saudi Arabia meets with Richard Cheney, request US military assistance |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/07 |First US forces arrive in Saudi Arabia (Operations Desert Shield- Defensive) |

|1987 |GW |1990/08/08 |Initial US Air Force fighter planes arrive in Saudi Arabia |

|1987 |GW |1990/10/31 |Bush decides to double US forces in Saudi Arabia: decision kept secret until Nov 8th. |

|1987 |GW |1990/11/29 |George Bush put together a 28-nation military coalition. Then the UN authorizes any force |

| | | |necessary to remove Iraqi force from Kuwait to be led by USA. Iraq was ``given to 15 January to|

| | | |leave Kuwait. |

|1987 |GW |1990/11/29 |UN Security Council authorizes use of “all means necessary” to eject Iraq from Kuwait: Security|

| | | |Council Resolution 678. |

|1987 |GW |1990/12/06 |First ship carrying VII Corps equipment arrives in Saudi Arabia from Germany |

|1987 |GW |1991/01/12 |US congress authorizes use of force |

|1987 |GW |1991/01/17 |US-led coalition launched air attacks against Iraqi targets. |

|1987 |GW |1991/01/17 |Allied attacks begins with Apache strike at 2:38am |

|1987 |GW |1991/01/17-1991/04/11 |(VFW) Personnel assigned to support units serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan), |

| | | |Southwest Asia Service Medal. |

|1987 |GW |1991/01/18 |First Scuds hit Israel. First American air attacks are launched from Turkey |

|1987 |GW |1991/01/21 |US Congress grants President authority to use military force. |

|1987 |GW |1991/02/01 |Last Tomahawk missiles are launched in attack on Baghdad airfield |

|1987 |GW |1991/02/03 |First battleship gunfire against targets in Kuwait |

|1987 |GW |1991/02/15 |Radio Baghdad suggests Iraq willing to withdraw, Bush rejects proposal as a “cruel hoax.” |

|1987 |GW |1991/02/22 |Marines begin infiltrating into Kuwait boot heel |

|1987 |GW |1991/02/24 |Started with invasion of Kuwait (Operations Desert Storm- Offensive). Led by a UN 34 nation |

| | | |force. |

|1987 |GW |1991/02/26 |Iraqi flee Kuwait City |

|1987 |GW |1991/02/28 |Iraq agrees to a ceasefire at 9am, and hostilities ended. |

|1987 |GW |1991/03/03 |Iraq accepts conditions for a permanent ceasefire. War officially ended 1995/11/30 with a Peace|

| | | |Conference. |

|1987 |GW |1991/04/11-Ended |(VFW) Personnel assigned to support units serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan), |

| | | |Southwest Asia Service Medal. Started 1991/04/11 |

|1987 |GW |1991/06/08 |Victory parade in Washington |

|1987 |GW |1995/11/30 |1991/03/03 Iraq accepts conditions for a permanent ceasefire. War officially ended 1995/11/30 |

| | | |with a Peace Conference. |

|1987 |GW |1995/11/30 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld. -- OK |

|1987 |GW |1995/11/30-Ended |(VFW) Southwest Asia- Operations Desert Shield & Operation Desert Storm (Combat areas of |

| | | |operation only), Southwest Asia Service Medal. Started 1990/08/30. |

|1987 |GW |1995/12/01-1997/02/15 |(VFW) Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Persian Gulf (Operation Vigilant Sentinel), Armed Forces |

| | | |Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1989 |PI | |PANAMA INVASION |

|1989 |PI |1989/04/01 1989/12/19 |(VFW) Panama (Pre and post invasion), Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|1989 |PI |1989/12/15 |Started- Vets Project ajs, ds. OK |

|1989 |PI |1989/12/15 |Noriega sought & was given by the legislature the title of chief executive officer of the |

| | | |government. The Noriega-led assembly declared war with the US. |

|1989 |PI |1989/12/16 |Panamanian soldiers killed an unarmed US Marie officer dressed in civilian clothes |

|1989 |PI |1989/12/17 |President George Bush ordered troops to Panama: Announced aim of seizing Noriega to face drug |

| | | |charges; protecting American lives & property; & restoring Panamanian liberties. |

|1989 |PI |1989/12/20 |Initial attacks took place in early morning darkness. Later, additional 2,000 troop were flown |

| | | |in to stoop looting and establish order. |

| | | |+ Noriega took refuge in the Vatican nunciative. |

| | | |+ Endara & his 2 vice-presidents were sworn in to head the government. |

|1989 |PI |1989/12/20-1990/01/31 |(VFW) Panama (Operation Just Cause, USS Vreeland & other SVS-designated aircrew mbrs outside |

| | | |the conus in direct support), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|1989 |PI |1990/01 |Panamanian Causalities: 200-300 combatants & some 300 civilians killed. US Causalities: 23 |

| | | |soldiers killed. Hundreds from both side were wounded. |

|1989 |PI |1990/02/01-1990/06/13 |(VFW) Panama (Pre and post invasion), Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, |

|1989 |PI |1990/06/13 |Ended – Vets Project ajs, ds --OK |

|1989 |PI |1990/06/13 |(VFW) Panama (Pre and post invasion), Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. Started |

| | | |1990/02/01. |

|1994 |BW | |BOSNIAN WAR |

|1994 |BW |1984/06/25 |Croatia and Slovenia proclaim independence from Yugoslavia |

|1994 |BW |1984/06/27 |Croats and Serbs begin fighting in Croatia. |

|1994 |BW |1991/01/03 |The 14th cease-fire takes effect: some 10,000 people have died so far in the war. |

|1994 |BW |1991/09/30 |Started according to the Bosnians & Croats when they were massacred by the Yugoslavia Peoples |

| | | |Army. |

|1994 |BW |1992/03/01 |Started, according to the Serbs, when Nikola Gardovis was the 1st person killed in the war. |

|1994 |BW |1992/04/01 |Serbian attacks raged in E & NW Bosnia.. |

|1994 |BW |1992/04-05 |UN Security Council declares six “safe areas” for Bosnian Muslims. |

|1994 |BW |1994/01/01 |President Carter brokers a truce between Bosnian Serbs & Muslims, It holds reasonably well for |

| | | |four months. |

|1994 |BW |1994/02/23 |NATO became involved. |

|1994 |BW |1994/07/19 |Three American diplomats are killed when their armored personnel carrier plunges off a road |

| | | |outside Sarajevo. |

|1994 |BW |1994/08/21 |Leasers of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia agree to a settlement. |

|1994 |BW |1994/09/01 |Peace talks begin at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton OH. |

|1994 |BW |1994/11/01 |Dayton Agreement completed. |

|1994 |BW |1994/11/03 |President Clinton gives the official order for the first group of American Soldiers to go to |

| | | |Bosnia. |

|1994 |BW |1994/11/14 |Peace agreement signed between the Bosnians, Croats & Serbs in Paris, ending the war. |

|1994 |BW |1994/11/20 |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld. OK |

|1994 |BW |1994/11/20 |UN turn job over to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Operation Joint Endeavor), NATO’s |

| | | |largest military mission since its founding in 1949. |

|1994 |BW |1994/11/20-1996/12/19 |(VFW) Bosnia, Croatia, the Adriatic Sea & Airspace (Operation Joint Endeavor) Armed Forces |

| | | |Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1994 |BW |199407/30 |NATO warplanes begin fierce air campaign against Serb positions around Sarajevo |

|1994 |BW |1995/12/14 |General agreement signed. |

|1994 |BW |1995/12/21 |Ended- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld. – ?? Maybe change to one of the following |

| | | |1996/12/19 to 1999/06/10 as shown below. |

|1994 |BW |1995/12/21 |Date the Agreement was finalized. |

|1994 |BW |1996/12/19-Ended |(VFW) Bosnia, Croatia, the Adriatic Sea & Airspace (Operation Joint Endeavor) Armed Forces |

| | | |Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty). Started 1994/11/20 |

|1994 |BW |1996/12/20-1998/06/20 |(VFW) Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & Airspace (Operations Joint Guard), Armed Forces |

| | | |Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|1994 |BW |1998/06/20-Ended |(VFW) Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & Airspace (Operations Joint Guard), Armed Forces |

| | | |Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty). Started 1996/12/20. |

|1994 |BW |1999/03/23-Ended |(VFW) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & Airspace (Operation Joint Forge), Armed |

| | | |Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty). Started |

| | | |1909/06/20. |

|1994 |BW |1999/03/24-1999/06/10 |(VFW) (Operation Allied Force) –Kosovo Air Campaign, Kosovo Campaign Medal. |

|1994 |BW |1999/06/10-Ended |(VFW) (Operation Allied Force) –Kosovo Air Campaign, Kosovo Campaign Medal. Started 1999/03/24.|

|1994 |BW |1999/06/11-Open |(VFW) Kosovo Defense Campaign – Ground Action, Kosovo Campaign Medal. |

|2001 |AW | |AFGHANISTAN WAR |

|2001 |AW |2001/09 |Ahmed Shan Massoud, leader of the anti-taliban North Alliance, is assassinated in a bombing |

|2001 |AW |2001/09/11 |President Bush delivers list of demands to Taliban, including the demand that they turn over |

| | | |al-Qaeda leadership or face destruction |

|2001 |AW |2001/09/11-Open |(VFW) Afghanistan Campaign Medal |

|2001 |AW |2001/09/11-Open |(VFW) Combat Action Medal (Air Force) |

|2001 |AW |2001/09/11-Open |(VFW) Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal |

|2001 |AW |2001/09/11-Open |Started- Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld. OK |

|2001 |AW |2001/09/11-Open |War on Antiterrorists- unofficially started, which encompasses the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. |

| | | |Still ongoing. |

|2001 |AW |2001/09/18-Open |(VFW) Combat Action Badge (Army) |

|2001 |AW |2001/10/07 |The US with British support commences the bombing of Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom). |

| | | |Focus was on antiterrorism activities in response to the 09/11/2002 attack on USA. UN took over|

| | | |later. Still on going. |

|2001 |AW |2001/11 |The Northern Alliance breaks through Taliban positions at Maxsr-e Sharif. Coalition forces take|

| | | |the Afghanistan capitol Kabul. |

|2001 |AW |2001/12 |The Taliban gives up their stronghold of Kandahar, Osama bin Laden is not found |

|2003 |IW | |IRAQ WAR |

|2003 |IW |1995/12/01-2003/03/18 |(VFW) Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Gulf of Oman W of |

| | | |62º E long, Yemen, Egypt, & Jordan, (Operation Southern Watch), Armed Forces Expeditionary |

| | | |Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|2003 |IW |1997/01/01-2003/03/18 |(VFW) Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf W of 56º E Long, & Incirlik AB), (Operation |

| | | |Northern Watch), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days |

| | | |duty) |

|2003 |IW |1998/11/11 |Started, Vets Project ajs, jlg, js, tc, ds, ns, ld. OK |

|2003 |IW |1998/11/11-1998/12/22 |(VFW) Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Persian |

| | | |Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea support (Operations Desert Thunder), Armed Forces Expeditionary |

| | | |Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty). Still Ongoing. |

|2003 |IW |1998/12/16 |(Operation Desert Fox), US (Cruise Missiles) & UK (Bombs) bombes Baghdad under UN direction. |

|2003 |IW |2003/03/19-Open |(VFW) Iraq Campaign Medal |

|2003 |IW |2003/03/20 |UN sanctioned activities started, still ongoing. |

|2003 |IW |2003/03/30 |Started, a multinational coalition invaded Iraq. Still ongoing. |

|2003 |IW |2004/04-Open |(VFW) Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with GOLD BORDER |

|2003 |IW |2007/10/05 |NATO officially took over control of US forces. Still ongoing. |

|9999 |Z | |UNRESOLVED VFW EVENTS ?????? |

|9999 |Z |1911/04/12-1919/06/16 |(VFW) Mexican Service (Army) |

|9999 |Z |1914/04/12-1917/02/07 |(VFW) Mexican Service (Navy) |

|9999 |Z |1960/07/14-1962/09/01 |(VFW) Congo, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|9999 |Z |1961/01/21-Open |(VFW) SSBN Nuclear Deterrent Patrol Bresst Insignia (Navy) |

|9999 |Z |1961/08/14-1963/06/01 |(VFW) Berlin, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty)|

|9999 |Z |1964/11/23-1964/11/27 |(VFW) Congo, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days duty) |

|9999 |Z |1965/04/23-1966/09/21 |(VFW) Dominican Republic, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|9999 |Z |1975/05/15-1975/05/15 |(VFW) Mayaquez Operation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|9999 |Z |1978/12/08-1979/06/06 |(VFW) Iranian, Yemen, & Indian Ocean Operation, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, |

|9999 |Z |1979/11/21-1981/10/20 |(VFW) Iranian, Yemen & Indian Ocean Operation, Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|9999 |Z |1981/01/01-1992/02/01 |(VFW) El Salvador, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days |

| | | |duty) |

|9999 |Z |1992/12/05-1995/03/31 |(VFW) Somalia (United Shield), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|9999 |Z |1992/12/05-1996/03/31 |(VFW) Somalia (Operation Restore Hope), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 |

| | | |non-consecutive days duty) |

|9999 |Z |1994/04/07-1994/04/15 |(VFW) Rwanda (Operations Distant Runner (11th Marine Eped. Unit USS Peleliu), Navy & Marine |

| | | |Corps Expeditionary Medal |

|9999 |Z |1994/09/16-1995/03/31 |(VFW) Haiti (Operation Uphold Democracy), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or |

| | | |60 non-consecutive days duty) |

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS T0 BE CONSIDERED:

|General Date |War |Specific Date |Change |

|1899 |PA |1902/07/04 |Possible change |

|1917 |WW1 |1919/06/28 |Possible change |

|1950 |KW |1950/16/27 |Possible change |

|1982 |LW |1982/08/24 |Possible change |

|1983 |GI |1883/10/25 |Possible change |

|1983 |GI |1983/12/15 |Possible change |

|1994 |BW |1995/12/21 |Possible change |

REFERENES USED FOR VARIOUS WARS

|War |Reference |

|Afghanistan War |now.shows/428/afghanistan-timeline.html |

|Bosnian War |time/daily/bosnia/bosniatimeline.html |

|China Relief |www3.a3a79402/timeline.html |

|China Service |history.navy.mil/faqs/stream/faq45-17.htm history.navy.mil/faqs/stream/faq45-18.htm |

| |en.wiki/Yangtze_Service_Medal |

|Chronicle of the 20th Century |Parks Library, call # 909.82/CHR, ©1987 |

|Civil War |en.wiki/American_civil_war |

|Events That Shaped the Century |Parks Library, Call # 073/EV, ©1998 |

|Grenada Invasion |en.wiki/Grenada_war |

|Gulf War |wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/cron/ |

|Iraq War |iraq/news/timeline_two_wars.htm |

|Korean War |korean-.TimeLine/1950/06-25to08-03-50html |

| |Timeline.htm |

| |ics/dmz/p_dmz_deaths_after-Jan_1955.htm |

|Lebanon War |articles/ap/2008/01/30/africa/ME-GEN-Iseael-Le…… |

| |middleeast.od/lebanon/a/me081026e.htm |

| |jsource/History/Lebonon_War.html |

|Liberia |enecyclopedia/Operation-Sharp-Edge |

|Mexican-American War |www/wars.html |

|Nicaragua Occupation |en.wiki/History_of_Nicaragua |

|Panama Invasion |en.wiki/United_Sates_invasion_of_Panama |

|Spanish-American War |rr/hispanic/1898/chronology.html |

|The 20th Century- An Illustrated History of|Parks Library, Call # 909.82/TWE, ©1999 |

|parks Library, Our Lives and Times | |

|Vietnam War |timelin.htm |

|WW1 |timeline |

|WW2 |worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm |

COORDINATING INITIALS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS (July 2009):

AJS = Alonzo J Sherman

JLG = Jan Groff

JS = Judy Sheldon

TC = Tom Coyle

LD = Lugene Daniels

DS = Daniel Stock (Suggests Panama be included if Granada is included)

NS = Naomi Stonehouse (questions WW1 ending, make same as AL & VFW: However Al & VFW dates differ)

Note: Those few entries for the coordinators shown in yellow indicate they have coordinated on a previous option, and have not coordinated on the current option.

PREPARED BY:

Alonzo J Sherman, Database Manager

989-739-3650 (Home)

989-739-9581 (Office)

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[1] Only the VFW Membership Eligibility Information is by Campaign Medals, and is shown together with both start & finish dates in this column. The ending date is also shown separately. This file is generally sorted by column 1 then by sorted by column 3. Bur, could be sorted by any column desired.

[2] Peacetime military activities involved such things as: Naval Patrol Force on Yangtze River; China Service (Humanitarian); Guerrilla Action; Pacification; Relief Expeditions; American Civilian Evacuations; POL Evacuation; Advisors; Restore Peace; Restore Democratic Institutions; Protect American Citizens; etc.

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