Medal for Merit
The Medal for Merit was, during the period it was awarded, the highest civilian decoration of the United States. It was awarded by the President of the United States to civilians who "distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services" in the war effort "since the proclamation of an emergency by the President on September 8, 1939". Awards to civilians of foreign nations were eligible "only for the performance of exceptionally meritorious or courageous act or acts in furtherance of the war efforts of the United Nations."
Albert H. TaylorArthur ComptonCharles Allen ThomasClarence N. HickmanClark Blanchard MillikanCyril Stanley SmithDavid T. GriggsEnrico_FermiEric JohnstonErnest_LawrenceEugene WignerFrancis Gilman BlakeFranklin_D'OlierG. Edward Buxton Jr.George KistiakowskyHerbert E. IvesHoward P. RobertsonIsidor Isaac RabiJack FryeJames_B._ConantJerome Clarke HunsakerJohn GarandJohn R. DunningJohn Torrence Tate Sr.John_von_NeumannJoseph W. KennedyK. T. KellerLouis A. JohnsonLuis Walter AlvarezMerle TuveRobert Cockburn (physicist)Robert G. AlbionRobert Watson-WattSamuel King AllisonVannevar BushWilliam F. DurandWilliam L. LangerWilliam L. Marbury Jr.
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Al JolsonAlbert Baird HastingsAlbert De VleeschauwerAlbert H. TaylorAlexander FlemingAlexander P. de SeverskyAnna M. RosenbergArthur ComptonAwards and decorations of the United States governmentBenjamin Franklin FairlessByron PriceCharles Allen ThomasCharles Christian LauritsenCharles Erwin WilsonClarence N. HickmanClark Blanchard MillikanColumbus O'Donnell IselinCyril Stanley SmithDavid NilesDavid T. GriggsDean_AchesonDillon S. MyerEddie RickenbackerEdgar SengierEdward TravisEdwin Broun FredEnrico_FermiEric JohnstonErnest_LawrenceErnie PyleEugene WignerEva-Riitta SiitonenFrancis Gilman BlakeFrank KnoxFranklin_D'OlierFrederick Vinton HuntG. Edward Buxton Jr.Gaylord HarnwellGeorge Kistiakowsky
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Medal for Merit
The Medal for Merit was, during the period it was awarded, the highest civilian decoration of the United States. It was awarded by the President of the United States to civilians who "distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services" in the war effort "since the proclamation of an emergency by the President on September 8, 1939". Awards to civilians of foreign nations were eligible "only for the performance of exceptionally meritorious or courageous act or acts in furtherance of the war efforts of the United Nations."
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Медаль «За заслуги» (англ. Med ...... ганизации Объединённых Наций».
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Exceptionally meritorious cond ...... g services during World War II
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Obverse and reverse of the Medal for Merit
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Ribbon bar of the medal
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Civilians of the United States and allied nations
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1942-07-20
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1944-03-28
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Medal for Merit
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No longer awarded
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Single grade decoration
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A Medalha Presidencial por Mér ...... r conduta meritória relevante.
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La Medal for Merit, remise de ...... de guerre des Nations unies ».
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Medal for Merit, yang pada mas ...... ika Serikat kepada warga sipil
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The Medal for Merit was, durin ...... fforts of the United Nations."
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Медаль «За заслуги» (англ. Med ...... ганизации Объединённых Наций».
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Medal for Merit
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Medal for Merit
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Medal for Merit
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Medal for Merit
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Medalha Presidencial por Mérito
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Медаль «За заслуги» (США)
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