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English: United States Medal of Honor Flag
DESCRIPTION

A light blue flag with gold fringe bearing thirteen white stars in a configuration as on the Medal of Honor ribbon.

SYMBOLISM

The light blue color and white stars are adapted from the Medal of Honor ribbon. The flag commemorates the sacrifice and blood shed for our freedoms and gives emphasis to the Medal of Honor being the highest award for valor by an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

BACKGROUND
Public Law 107-248, Section 8143, legislated the creation of a Medal of Honor Flag for presentation to each person to whom a Medal of Honor is awarded after the date of the enactment, October 23, 2002. A panel of eight members made of representatives from each Service (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard), one Office of Secretary Defense staff, one historian and one representative from the Medal of Honor Society was formed to review and evaluate all designs submitted and make a final recommendation to the Principal Deputy to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. On 15 December 2004, the design submitted by Ms. Sarah LeClerc, Illustrator at The Institute of Heraldry was approved.
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Source US Army Institute of Heraldry
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English: United States Army
Ms. Sarah LeClerc, Illustrator at The Institute of Heraldry
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This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia produced by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry. It is in the public domain but its use is restricted by Title 18, United States Code, Section 704 [1] and the Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR, Part 507) [2], [3]. Permission to use these images in the USA for most commercial purposes must be obtained from The Institute of Heraldry prior to their use.

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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current06:00, 30 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 06:00, 30 October 2005338 × 272 (69 KB)CORNELIUSSEON (talk | contribs)=United States Medal of Honor Flag= ==DESCRIPTION:== *A light blue flag with gold fringe bearing thirteen white stars in a configuration as on the Medal of Honor ribbon. ==SYMBOLISM:== *The light blue color and white stars are adapted from the Medal of

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