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Operation Hawthorne
Display Recognition
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Military Branches
All Military Service branches are applicable:
Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. All Allied Military agencies are applicable
You have four display types to choose from:
Black & White (No Color)
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Heavy Bond Enclosure Colors: Regal, Black, Navy Trimmed in Appearance Gold Ready for Mantle or Shelf Display |
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Issue Requirements
You must submit the following:
This Display Recognition is available ONLY to authorized recipients who possess orders, or authorization form, or release documentation that confirms award eligibility. (See "Issue Requirements"). To obtain either a Display Medal or a Display Recognition for your authorized award you will be required to provide military-issued documentation authorizing your award. There are no exceptions. You must NOT submit a military issued document or photocopy that:
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Processing and Delivery
Style | Admin | Shipping | Total | Full Color .PDF (Printable) | $7.50 | Emailed | $7.50 | Published Document only (Full Color) | $14.00 | $12.60 USPS | $26.60 | Published Document in Heavy Bond Enclosure (Full Color) | $19.00 | $12.60 USPS | $31.60 | Printable Certificates on CD-Rom or by Email; Full Color (minimum 20 Certificates) |
$7.50 | $7.50 | By Count |
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You may apply for your Display Recognition using a...
(* Upon reception of required documentation)
Complete and MAIL this APPLICATION FORM.
Don't forget to include an unaltered COPY of your DD-214, WD AGO 53-55 or other pre-arranged document(s).
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Email: Operation Hawthorne Display Recognition InquiryTelephone: 1-562-422-4100 (Pacific Time Zone)
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Operation Hawthorne
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One of the most viciously contested battles of the Vietnam war, with over sixteen days of continuous battle, Operation Hawthorne successfully repulsed a major enemy attack in Kon Tum Province surrounding the cities and farmlands of Dak To, Tan Canh and Toumorong. Throwing ten thousand of its well-armed regular and irregular troops at a much smaller American force, that at one point was forced to call in a point blank B-52 strike, North Vietnam was forced to terminate its attack after losing 1200 killed and three times that many wounded, against 439 Allied casualties.
North Vietnam never again attempted a major assault in the Province.