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World War Two Victory Medal

The World War Two Victory Medal was instituted by the US Congress July 6th, 1945, Public Law, 79th Congress in memory of any member of the American Armed Forces, including members of the Philippine Armed Forces who had been on active service or in reserve between December 7th, 1941 and December 31st, 1946.
Initially, the decoration was introduced as a ribbon and was named Victory Ribbon. In 1946 however, a medel was added as the World War Two Victory Medal.
The award consists of a bronze medal, 1,37" in diameter and was designed by Mr. Thomas M. Jones. The design was approved on February 5th, 1946. The obverse of the medal depicts the goddess of peace, Nike, looking at the rising sun and holding a broken sword, representing the broken power of the Axis nations.
Beneath her right foot, the helmet of he god Ajax is depicted, representing the end of hostilies. Behind her is the rising sun, representing the coming of peace. Next to her, the text World War II is engraved.
The reverse of the medal shows the Four Freedom lines: "Freedom from Fear and Want" and "Freedom of Speeech and Religion", as declared by President Roosevelt and separated by a palm branch. Around it, the text "United States of America" and the yesr "1941-1945" are engraved.
The ribbon, 1,37" in width shows a multi colored rainbow on each side, 0,35" in width, derived from the Allied World War I Victory Medal. The inner band in red represents the spilled blood of the soldiers. The narrow white bands between the red band and the rainbow symbolize the rays of hope.
For military units, a banner was instituted which is in use by the US Navy and the US Marine Corps only.
Formally, no period of time has been fixed during which military personell must have served to become eligible for the award. As President Truman had declared that hostilities had ended on December 31st, 1946, it is possible for soldiers to have received the award without having participated in any hostility or even having entered service after May 8th, 1945.

Abbey, Philip David* October 18th, 1923
† June 9th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 17 Grave: 9

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Mabry, George Lafayette, Jr.* September 14th, 1917
† July 13th, 1990

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MacDonald, Philip J.A.* November 2nd, 1919
† August 7th, 1984

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Macefield, James* March 28th, 1920

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MacGillivary, Charles Andrew* January 17th, 1917
† June 24th, 2000
Plot: 48 Grave: 568

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MacKenzie, George Kenneth, Jr.* May 30th, 1910
† March 15th, 1943

MacNider, Hanford* October 2nd, 1889
† February 18th, 1968

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MacVicar, Norman MacClellan* November 28th, 1913
† February 1st, 2005
Plot: 38 Grave: 1772

Mah Bon Quen, Albert* November 20th, 1921
† May 6th, 2005

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Maher, Richard P.* December 31st, 1922
† September 19th, 2012
Plot: M/18 Row: C Grave: 26

Malarkey, Donald G.* July 31st, 1921
† September 30th, 2017

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Malone, John L.* September 15th, 1919

Mann, Joe Eugene* July 8th, 1922
† September 18th, 1944

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Markiewitz, Louis Ray* February 18th, 1907
† July 21st, 2005

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Markley, Max J.* March 25th, 1921

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Marontate, William Pratt* December 3rd, 1919
† January 15th, 1943

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Marrow, Walter* June 7th, 1927
† February 12th, 1984

Marshall, George Catlett* December 31st, 1880
† September 16th, 1959
Plot: 7 Grave: 8198

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Marston VI, John* August 3rd, 1884
† November 25th, 1957

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Martin, Harry Linn* January 4th, 1911
† March 26th, 1945
Plot: T Grave: 7

Martin, John W.* May 12th, 1922
† January 26th, 2005

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Maschhoff, Jack* August 30th, 1921
† April 22nd, 2013

Mashek, Jerome O.* July 29th, 1922
† November 30th, 2012
Plot: 30D Grave: 605

Mason, Leonard Foster* February 2nd, 1920
† July 23rd, 1944

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Massello, William "Wild Bill"* February 24th, 1907
† February 3rd, 1997
Plot: O Grave: 186

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Masuda, Yoshito* July 5th, 1914
† July 7th, 1944

Matsui, Masao* August 10th, 1917
† July 9th, 1944
Plot: 4 Grave: 424

Maxwell, Robert Dale* October 26th, 1920
† May 11th, 2019

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Mazo, Harry* July 13th, 1921
† March 14th, 1944

McCafferty, Shirey Jess* July 17th, 1915
† December 6th, 1970

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McCain, John Sidney Jr.* January 17th, 1911
† March 22nd, 1981
Plot: 3 Grave: 4001

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McCain, John Sidney, Sr. "Slew"* August 9th, 1884
† September 6th, 1945
Plot: 3 Grave: 4356

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McCall, Thomas Edward* May 9th, 1916
† September 19th, 1965

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McCampbell, David S. (USN)* January 16th, 1910
† June 30th, 1996

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McCandless, Bruce* August 12th, 1911
† January 24th, 1968

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McCard, Robert Howard* November 25th, 1918
† June 16th, 1944

McCarthy, Joseph Jeremiah* August 10th, 1911
† June 15th, 1996

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McCarty, Richard B.* March 19th, 1920
† April 28th, 2011

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McClung, Earl E. "One Lung"* April 27th, 1923
† November 27th, 2013

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McClure, Lionel Alfred* October 2nd, 1917
† January 27th, 1997

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McCool, Richard Miles, Jr.* January 4th, 1922
† March 5th, 2008
Plot: Columb Row: Section 41 

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McCutcheon, Keith Barr* August 10th, 1915
† July 13th, 1971
Plot: 5 

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McGarr, Lionel Charles* March 5th, 1904
† November 3rd, 1988

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McGee, John Francis* August 13th, 1921
† March 18th, 2006

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McGeehan, Thomas J.* February 7th, 1921
† December 12th, 2014

McGill, Troy A.* July 15th, 1914
† March 4th, 1944

McGinnis, Francis Henry (Jim)* November 2nd, 1922
† July 20th, 2006

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McGrath, John Sr. "Jack"* 1920
† April 24th, 2012

McMahon, Bernard Francis* August 13th, 1907
† February 23rd, 1983

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McMunn, Dean L.* January 25th, 1908
† March 4th, 1945
Plot: D Row: 8 Grave: 26

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McNair, Lesley James* May 25th, 1883
† July 25th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 28 Grave: 42

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McNarney, Joseph Taggart* August 28th, 1893
† February 1st, 1972

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McNatt, Kenneth† September 4th, 2012

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McTaggart, Claude Frederick* February 20th, 1922
† June 15th, 1944

McTureous, Robert Miller, Jr.* March 26th, 1924
† June 11th, 1945

McVay III, Charles B.* July 30th, 1898
† November 6th, 1968

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Meade, Harold N.* 1925
† June 6th, 1944
Plot: I Row: 17 Grave: 19

Meadows, Herman E.* June 2nd, 1918

Meagher, John William* December 5th, 1917
† April 14th, 1996

Means, Benjamin Z.* February 11th, 1924
† September 21st, 2014

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Medley, Kenneth F.* May 17th, 1918
† June 13th, 2008

Mendelson, Joseph Aaron* January 1st, 1891
† September 29th, 1986
Plot: 6 Grave: 1351-E

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Mendez, Louis Gonzaga, Jr.* July 14th, 1915
† September 19th, 2001
Plot: 7A Grave: 145

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Merrill, Frank Dow* December 4th, 1903
† December 11th, 1955
Plot: II Row: B Grave: 27

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Metz, Henry R.† July 8th, 1944
Plot: P Row: 4 Grave: 14

Meyer, Charles Robert 'Monk' (US-Army)* May 1st, 1913
† August 11th, 2001
Plot: XXXVI Row: D Grave: 132A

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Michael, Edward Stanley* May 2nd, 1918
† May 10th, 1994

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Michaud, Raymond L.* December 18th, 1916
† January 2001

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Michl, Robert Henry* August 9th, 1916

Miller, Hary I.* July 15th, 1914
† November 3rd, 1942
Plot: IV Row: A Grave: 9-11

Millett, Lewis Lee, Sr. "Red"* December 15th, 1920
† November 14th, 2009
Plot: 2 Grave: 1910

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Mills, James Henry* May 2nd, 1923
† November 11th, 1973

Mills, Lewis Holbert* January 13th, 1913
† February 26th, 1979

Miltonberger, Butler Buchanan* August 31st, 1897
† March 23rd, 1977

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Minaga, Yuki "Uke"* July 18th, 1919
† November 11th, 2012

Minue, Nicholas* March 13th, 1905
† April 28th, 1943
Plot: E Row: 8 Grave: 4

Mirsch, George Ernest "Bob"* September 23rd, 1920
† September 9th, 1999

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Mizzell, Charles A.* August 8th, 1922
† November 23rd, 1944
Plot: A Row: 21 Grave: 2

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Mohr, Alvin Wyllis* August 1st, 1927

Mohr, Julius Charles* August 14th, 1923
† December 19th, 2018

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Moirano, Selgio A.* June 9th, 1924
† July 28th, 2016

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Moore, George Fleming* July 31st, 1887
† December 2nd, 1949

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Moore, Samuel Nobre* September 7th, 1891
† August 9th, 1942

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Morgan, John Cary "Red"* August 24th, 1914
† January 17th, 1991

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Morrison, George Stephen "Steve"* January 7th, 1919
† November 17th, 2008

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Morrison, Leland Edward* October 16th, 1921
† March 24th, 1999
Plot: Q Row: O Grave: 14

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Moskala, Edward J.* November 6th, 1921
† April 9th, 1945
Plot: E Grave: 293

Moto, Kaoru* April 25th, 1917
† August 26th, 1992

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Mucci, Henry A. "Hank"* March 4th, 1909
† April 20th, 1997
Plot: XXXII Row: F Grave: 102

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Muck, Warren H. "Skip"* January 31st, 1922
† January 10th, 1945

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Mulcahy, Francis Patrick* March 9th, 1894
† December 11th, 1973
Plot: 2 

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Mullens, Vescor* October 13th, 1907

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Mullinnix, Allen Prather* December 12th, 1898
† January 4th, 1978

Mullinnix, Henry Maston* July 4th, 1892
† November 24th, 1943
Plot: Court 1 

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Munemori, Sadao S.* August 17th, 1922
† April 5th, 1945

Munro, Douglas Albert* October 11th, 1919
† September 27th, 1942

Murakami, Toshi* July 1st, 1920
† July 9th, 1944

Muranaga, Kiyoshi K.* February 16th, 1922
† June 26th, 1944

Murphy, Audie Leon* June 20th, 1924
† May 28th, 1971

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Murphy, Francis J.* 1922
† November 22nd, 1944
Plot: C Row: 16 Grave: 19

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Murphy, Joseph A. "Joe"* October 22nd, 1913
† 1990

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Murphy, Vincent Raphael* 1896
† July 10th, 1974

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Murray, Raymond L.* January 30th, 1913
† November 11th, 2004

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Myers, Stanley L.* 1922
† 1999
Plot: 1GB Grave: 127

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