Talk:Bronze Star Medal

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Contents 1 Name Discussion 2 Offical Graphic v. Offical Photo 3 Order of precedence 4 Canadian awards 5 recipients?

[edit] Name Discussion

Why is this at Bronze Star Medal while Purple Heart is not at Purple Heart Medal? Rmhermen 21:08, Dec 8, 2003 (UTC)

I have no idea. I redirected the other one here because this article was much more complete, but I think the "Medal" part should be dropped unless that's the official name (which I'm not clear on). - Hephaestos 21:12, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Looked it up in AR 600-8-22; the official name actually is "Bronze Star Medal"; paradoxically, it also lists Silver Star and Purple Heart (without the word "Medal") as official names. - Hephaestos 23:31, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Offical Graphic v. Offical Photo

I just noticed that the official USAF graphic of the Bronze Star has been swapped out for a graphic of it - to prevent an edit war I figured it would be best to discuss this. Personally I think the photo looks better - and maintains consistency between the rest of the medal pages, so my vote is to replace the graphic with a photo - any objections, and if so, why? --Darkstar949 20:26, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean the one here? [1] If so, I'm in agreement with you -- it looks much better than the graphic on that's currently there. Alcarillo 18:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Order of precedence

The Silver Star page says this one falls behind it in the order, yet this page says otherwise. Which one is correct? --Kevin W. 21:17, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

ATF: The order of precedence on U.S. military medals has not yet been systematically set down on Wikipedia. I have made some significant strides with the precedence of U.S. unit awards, but there remains a lot of work to be done on individual awards. Feel free to jump in and help. As to your specific question: the bronze star medal is not the next lowest award after the silver star. There are several Army and DoD awards between them, but the bronze star is the next lowest award for valor (combat) after the silver star. -- Atfyfe () 00:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian awards

There was a portion of the History section of the article as follows:

The Executive Order was amended by President John F. Kennedy, per Executive Order 11046 dated 24 August 1962, to expand the authorization to include those serving with friendly forces. Such an honor has only been presented three times:

1. To the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry for their fight in the Medak Pocket in the former Yugoslavia;
2. To the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22^e Régiment for its defense of the airport at Sarajevo;
3. To 26 members of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group, including posthumously to four killed when a U.S. F-16 fighter-bomber mistakenly attacked them as they conducted a night firing exercise on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

This section was wrong on many levels.

EO 11046 had nothing to do with awards to non-US personnel. There were plenty of awards before 1962 to non-U.S. personnel, mainly in World War II and Korea. The expansion under EO 11046 of authorization to include those serving with friendly forces applies to Americans serving with friendly forces, e.g. American advisors with foreign military units.

The Bronze Star is not a unit citation so the references in #1 and #2 above could not be correct. The awards of the Bronze Star to the members of the Princess Pats in Afghanistan, by contrast, are well documented, but there were 30 in total. The problem is the overall statement that these are the only three times the Bronze Star Medal has been thusly awarded.

Apparently, the mistake is this: In 2002, the Canadian Forces created the Commander-In-Chief Unit Commendation, a prestigious unit citation. It has only been awarded three times. Those three times are the three referred to above - to the Van Doos for Sarajevo in 1992, to the 2nd Princess Pats for Medak in 1993, and to the 3rd Princess Pats for Afghanistan in 2003. Many of the articles on these citations also talked about the awards of the 30 Bronze Star Medals to members of the 3rd Princess Pats for Afghanistan, so someone must have confused the Bronze Star with the Commander-In-Chief Unit Commendation.

If anyone has an alternative explanation, I wouldn't mind hearing it. Otherwise, I hope my fix and long-winded explanation are satisfactory.

Airbornelawyer 01:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] recipients?

Is there a source that lists approximately how many recipients there are of the Bronze Star Medal? - NDCompuGeek 06:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)