Rounded
bronze medal; scene depicts US Marines having landed on a beach at foreground
with palm trees behind them; behind the men and to the left of the palm tree is
an aircraft carrier an submarine; to the right of the scene is a battleship and
transport aircraft (three aircraft of varying perception depth); the upper half
of the medal edges is covered with the text "Asiatic Pacific
Campaign"; REVERSE: American Eagle proudly stands on an outcrop of rock;
to the left of the eagle are the dates "1941" and "1945" on
two lines of text; to the upper right of the eagle are the words "United
States of America" on three lines of text.
Award
Criteria:
Awarded to
service personnel having conducted actions within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
between December 7th, 1941 and March 2nd, 1946.
