Issue Regulations: The Honorable Discharge Lapel Pin (Ruptured Duck)
by Otis Willie PIO The American War Library <themilitarytoday@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
May 14, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Issue Regulations: The Honorable Discharge Lapel Pin (Ruptured Duck)
http://www.amervets.com/replacement/duck.htm#irs
The War Department adopted this honorable discharge emblem for wear on the
uniform of all military personnel who are discharged or separated from the
service under honorable conditions. The emblem will supercede all
previously
authorized Honorable Discharge emblems and devices. This pin will be worn
as a
badge of honor indicative of honest and faithful service while a member of
the
Armed Forces. At the time of honorable discharge or separation from the
service,
the emblem will be permanently affixed on the right breast of all the
outer
clothing centered immediately above the pocket with the long axis of the
lozenge
horizontal.
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