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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
*Strong storms and extraordinarily high tides have closed down 30 campsites and swept away about 20 feet of beach at Hunting Island State Park
-Beaufort Gazette, 9-30-03
*Fish Haul park plans take shape
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 9-30-03
*Shrimpers say state's plan to encourage more farm-grown shrimp solves nothing
-Brunswick News, 9-29-03
*St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park to stock its frozen crocodilian genetic bank
-St Augustine Record, 9-29-03
*Salvage for sunken yacht made tough by winds, currents
-Daytona News Journal, 9-30-03
*Pensacola Bay. Organizers of Project Greenshores, a community-based salt marsh restoration effort, see a thriving nursery, teeming with live oysters, crab, fish and migratory seabirds and shorebirds
-Pensacola News Journal, 9-30-03
World War 2 Campaign Stars and Medals.
There were 8 Campaign Stars, the Defence Medal, and the
War Medal awarded
for active service in WW2, in addition some Australian Serrvicemen
could qualify for
the Australian Service Medal 1939-1945, and lastly the Australian Service
Medal 1945-1975
was issued for peace keeping or non warlike operations in a wide variety
of theatres over
the years of 1945 to 1975. This last medal is always issued with a clasp to
denote the area
of service.
Set out below are reproductions of these medals, their
ribbons, and the
qualifying service required for each medal to be awarded.
The 8 Campaign Stars.
Here are these eight Campaign Stars, the maximum any
individual can wear is
five.
The 1939-1945 Star.
Minimum of 180 days operational service between the 3rd.
of September 1939
and the 2nd. of September 1945. ( 60 days for Airforce crews in an
operational unit
engaged in operations against the enemy. ) A bar, Battle of Britain,
awarded to
fighter crews who took part in that Battle between 13th. of July/31st. of October
1940.
The ribbon colours symbolize the Royal and Merchant
Navies, dark blue, the
Army, red, and the Airforce, pale blue.
The Atlantic Star.
To commermorate The Battle of the Atlantic. Minimum of 180 days at sea in theAtlantic Ocean, between
the 3rd. of
September 1939 and the 2nd. of September 1945 ( 60 days for RAF aircrews ). Qualifying service started only after earning the
1939/1945 Star. Bars for
Air Crew Europe and France and Germany, were awarded if the recipient
qualified for those
stars, but only one may be worn.
The Ribbon colours represent the waters of the Atlantic
Ocean in all of its
moods.
Air Crew Europe Star.
For operational flying over Europe from United Kingdom
bases between the
3rd. of September 1939 and the 5th. of June 1944. Like the Atlantic Star, the criteria for the award of the
39-45 Star have
to be fulfilled first. 120 days as an air crew member, 60 days for the 39-45
Star, then another 60
days for this star. Bars for Atlantic, and France and Germany, could be
won, but only one
bar may be worn on this ribbon.
The ribbon is pale blue for the Airforce, and its day and
night continuous
service is depicted by the yellow and black.
The Africa Star.
No prior award of the 39-45 Star is necessary, and this
Star is awarded for
only one days service or more in North Africa between the 10th. of June
1940 to the 12th.
of May 1943. Three bars were instituted, but only the first one awarded
may be worn,
these were Eighth Army, First Army, and North Africa 1942-43. Service with the Eighth Army from the 23rd. of October
1942 ( El Alamein )
and the 12th. 12th. of May 1943, with the First Army from thev 8th. of
November 1942 and
the 12th. of May 1943, qualified for the first and second bars. Service
between the
23rd. of October 1942 and the 12th. of May 1943 for those outside both the
8th. and 1st.
Armies ie the 18th. Army Group HQ's, Naval and Merchant Navy personnel earned
the third bar.
The ribbon, yellow for the vast desert, and the colours
dark blue for the
Navy, red for the Army, and pale blue for the Airforce.
The Pacific Star.
Service between the 8th. of December 1941 and the 2nd. of
September 1945 in
the Pacific,
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