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 Date of Establishment? 

When was this award established?  SECNAVINST 1650.1H gives authorization as ""Navy Department General Order No. 10 of 28 January 1948"".  Kerrigan says it was authorized on Jan 22, 1947.  The article's infobox currently say's 1946, but gives no source (I believe that's the date of the Army of Occupation Medal's establishment).  I'm going to remove the 1946 bit for now.  It's possible one date was when the award was created, and a later date is when the details and award criteria were hammered out, but I don't know which is which.    "