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==Awards and decorations== | ==Awards and decorations== | ||
Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps officers, as well as other Coast and Geodetic Survey personnel such as civilian ship's officers and crew members, were eligible for [[United States Department of Commerce]] awards as well as the awards and decorations of other [[Uniformed services of the United States|uniformed services]] with which they served. However, although the Coast and Geodetic Survey traced its history to 1807, it had no awards of its own until 21 July 1945, when [[President of the United States|President]] | Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps officers, as well as other Coast and Geodetic Survey personnel such as civilian ship's officers and crew members, were eligible for [[United States Department of Commerce]] awards as well as the awards and decorations of other [[Uniformed services of the United States|uniformed services]] with which they served. However, although the Coast and Geodetic Survey traced its history to 1807, it had no awards of its own until 21 July 1945, when [[President of the United States|President]] Harry S. Truman signed [[Executive order|Executive Order]] 9590, authorizing six awards in recognition of Coast and Geodetic Survey service during [[World War II]], the national emergency preceding it, or its aftermath.<ref name=EO9590>[https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/09590.html Office of the Federal Register (OFR): Executive Orders: Executive Order 9590—Establishing certain awards for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 21 July 1945 Accessed 13 November 2023]</ref><ref name=NHHC>[https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/artifacts/uniforms-and-personal-equipment/awards/medals/us-coast-and-geodetic-survey-medals/distinguished-service-medal-us-coast-and-geodetic-survey.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Distinguished Service Medal, US Coast and Geodetic Survey date 13 November 20203]</ref><ref name=federalregister>[https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/09590.html National Archives: Federal Register: Executive Order 9590—Establishing certain awards for the Coast and Geodetic Survey]</ref><ref name=JOMSAvol45>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Excerpt from article without identfication of author--> |date=<!--Date not included in excerpt--> |title=Excerpt from article without inclusion of title |url=http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1994/187197_JOMSA_Vol45_3_19.pdf |magazine=JOMSA: Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America |location= |publisher=Orders and Medals Society of America |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=19–20 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref><ref>[https://picasaweb.google.com/105861955697485892280/1946CoastGeodeticSurveyAwardsOfWorldWarTwo Coast and Geodetic Survey Awards of World War Two, Page 18.]</ref><ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/artifacts/uniforms-and-personal-equipment/awards/medals/us-coast-and-geodetic-survey-medals.html Naval History and Heritage Command Medals of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey Access date 13 November 20203]</ref> | ||
For budgetary reasons, Executive Order 9590 established the awards as ribbons only, but it also authorized the [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] to "provide and issue an appropriate medal, with suitable appurtenances, to the recipient of any ribbon at such time as he may determine, and when necessary funds are available therefore."<ref name=EO9590/><ref name=JOMSAvol45/><ref name=JOMSAvol61>{{cite magazine |last1=Carr |first1=Steve |last2=Menke |first2=Allen |date=January–February 2010 |title=For Service in the Defense of America: The American Defense Service Medal |url=https://www.omsa.org/files/Carr%20&%20Menke%20ADSM.pdf |magazine=JOMSA: Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America |location= |publisher=Orders and Medals Society of America |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=17–18 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> However, it was not until after the [[United States Congress]] passed the [[Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act]] in 1988 that the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA), as the Coast and Geodetic Survey's successor organization, took action to create a medal for each of the awards. Later in 1988, via [[NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps|NOAA Corps]] Bulletin 880401, NOAA authorized medals to supplement the ribbons previously awarded.<ref name=JOMSAvol45/><ref name=JOMSAvol61/> | For budgetary reasons, Executive Order 9590 established the awards as ribbons only, but it also authorized the [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] to "provide and issue an appropriate medal, with suitable appurtenances, to the recipient of any ribbon at such time as he may determine, and when necessary funds are available therefore."<ref name=EO9590/><ref name=JOMSAvol45/><ref name=JOMSAvol61>{{cite magazine |last1=Carr |first1=Steve |last2=Menke |first2=Allen |date=January–February 2010 |title=For Service in the Defense of America: The American Defense Service Medal |url=https://www.omsa.org/files/Carr%20&%20Menke%20ADSM.pdf |magazine=JOMSA: Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America |location= |publisher=Orders and Medals Society of America |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=17–18 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> However, it was not until after the [[United States Congress]] passed the [[Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act]] in 1988 that the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA), as the Coast and Geodetic Survey's successor organization, took action to create a medal for each of the awards. Later in 1988, via [[NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps|NOAA Corps]] Bulletin 880401, NOAA authorized medals to supplement the ribbons previously awarded.<ref name=JOMSAvol45/><ref name=JOMSAvol61/> | ||