Korean Presidential Unit Citation
The Korean Presidential Unit Citation was issued by the government of the Republic of South Korea. Korean Presidential Unit Citations are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the Republic of South Korea. Since these military ribbons are not presented by agencies of the United States, they are worn below almost all of the Medals of America. These military ribbons were bestowed upon several US and UK, as well as Korean military units. Later, these military awards were retroactively presented to every unit of the US army which had deployed to Korea between 1950 and 1954. The commander of the US Marine Corps Forces serving in Korea between December of 1999 and April of 2002 was also awarded this decoration. No corresponding military medals have been authorized for this award.
In addition to South Korean, United States and United Kingdom military units, there have been several other nationalities including the Canadians, the Australians, the Italians, the Puerto Ricans, the South Africans and the Dutch whose military units have won the Korean Presidential Unit Citation.
The Korean Presidential Unit Citation is worn below the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and above the Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation in the general order of precedence that has been established for the proper display of all military ribbons and medals for United States Service personnel. These awards are available as military ribbons, lapel pins and unit awards. They may be worn as traditional slide-on military ribbons. Nowadays however, more and more military service personnel are realizing the value to their career goals of always having their uniform decorations looking their best, and have turned to the slimmer and trimmer thin military medals and mini medals and the ultra thin military ribbons to provide them with the smartest looking military award displays available anywhere. Most reputable commercial military insignia suppliers offer these sleek new ribbon racks at no additional charge to military personnel.
