Talk:Distinguished Service Cross (United States Army)

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What does the Oak Leaf Cluster signify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.241.225 (talk • contribs) 08:30, January 1, 2006 UTC

A medal that features an Oak leaf generally means that person has been awarded the medal twice. (USMA2010 06:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC))

A Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster indicates a second award, a Silver Oak Leaf Cluster indicates that the medal has been awarded five times.

Nope. It means the medal has been awarded six times. Four bronze oak leafs (five total awards) converts to one silver oak leaf when the six award is made. Rklawton (talk) 15:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

when you clcik on the link to patrick walsh the man then mentioned is evidently not the man described in the initial text. perhaps this needs amending? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.154.78.17 (talk • contribs) 21:22, March 24, 2006 UTC

One recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I went on to earn the Medal of Honor in World War II – Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, son of the former President.

Douglas MacArthur aslo was awarded the Medal of Honor in the 2nd world War. It was awarded when he left the Phillipins for his defence of the islands.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.62.5.5 (talk • contribs) 18:27, 14 June 2006.

[edit] Awards

The section on awards, broken down by conflicts, should be limited to the most prominent recipients. The criteria I used in drafting this section were: DSC recipients who also received the Medal of Honor, multiple DSC recipients, and certain other recipients who went on to establish fame or prominence, such as generals, political figures, and even a few sports figures. The addition of Dick Winters, although misplaced (whoever added him put it in the paragraph on multiple DSC recipients in World War II), is tolerable in that the fame from "Band of Brothers" gives him a certain prominence. Similarly, the prominence of the Son Tay raiders and the DSC recipients portrayed in "We Were Soldiers..." may justify inclusion.

However, there have been over 11,000 awards of the DSC. There simply is not enough space to include every one, no matter how inspired one might be by his or her act of heroism. I would implore people not to edit that section without thinking carefully as to the criteria. Thank you.

The statement above was posted by me when I was not logged in. Airbornelawyer 22:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neck ribbon

I just saw a video on CNN that showed Lt. Walter Bryan Jackson receiving his award on a neck ribbon.[1] Has there been a change in authorization? It used to be that LoM and MoH were the only two - and the LoM neck ribbon only went to foreigners. Rklawton 23:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)