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| 1. | United States citizenship |
| 2. | Honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard). |
| 3. | Service entitling the applicant to the award of a recognized campaign medal or as set forth in the Congressional Charter and/or By-Laws. (Entitlement to a campaign medal should be shown on separation papers of the individual, currently the DD 214) (Persons still on active duty must submit a statement signed by their Commanding Officer or Personnel Officer certifying to their having earned a campaign medal.) |
| Navy Expeditionary Medal | World War I Victory Medal (with Battle or Service clasp) | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
| Spanish Campaign | Army of Occupation of Germany | Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
| Army of Cuban Occupation | Second Nicaraguan Campaign | Vietnam Service Medal |
| Phillipine Campaign | Yangtze Service | Southwest Asia Service Medal |
| China Campaign | China Service | Combat Infantry Badge |
| China Relief Expedition | American Defense Service (with Foreign Service Clasp) | Combat Medical Badge |
| Army of Cuban Pacification | American Campaign (30 consecutive days outside the continenal limits of U.S.) | Combat Action Ribbon |
| Cuban Pacification | Asiatic-Pacific Campaign | Korean Defense Service Medal |
| Mexican Service | European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign | Korean Duty ** (See below) |
| First Nicaraguan Campaign | Army of Occupation | Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal |
| Haitian Campaign | Navy Occupation Service Medal | Afghanistan Campaign Medal |
| Dominican Campaign | Korean Service Medal | Iraq Campaign Medal |
| Army of Puerto Rico Occupation | Kosovo Campaign Medal | Korea Defense Service Medal |
| SSBN Nuclear Deterrent Patrol Breast Insignia | Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with GOLD BORDER | |
| Air Force Combat Action Medal | Combat Action Badge | Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger Pay |
**Although no campaign medal has been authorized, service on the Korean Peninsula, or in its territorial waters for thirty (30) consecutive days or sixty (60) nonconsecutive days from 30 June 1949 to a date indeterminate, is deemed by our Congressional Charter as service qualifying a veteran for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
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