The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is another of the many military medals President Roosevelt created during his World War II years, in late 1942. The purpose of these military ribbons and medals was to honor US military personnel for service in the Pacific Theater during the period of 1941 to 1945. These military awards started life as military ribbons in 1941, and didn’t become full military medals until 1947. The European equivalent of these military decorations was called the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.

Army medals are awarded for 21 official campaigns for the Pacific Theater, and Navy and Marine Corps medals are presented for 48 campaigns. Amphibious assaults are denoted by the arrowhead device, and additional awards are marked by Service Star devices. The colors for these military ribbons are taken from the flags of the US and Japan.

The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is positioned immediately below the American Campaign Medal, but directly above the World War Two Victory Medal, and is considered the equivalent of the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal in the general order of precedence for official display of metals and ribbons on uniforms of United States Service personnel from all five branches.

The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is generally available as military medals, ribbons, and lapel pins. These military awards can be worn as traditional slide-on military medals, mini medals, and ribbons, and the newer thin mini-medals, and ultra thin mounted military ribbons that have gained such wide-spread acclaim from military personnel who desire to maximize the smartness of their uniform appearance because they know how important it is to their career advancement.