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HEADQUARTERS-INDIA CHINA WING
AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND
STATION #1

APO #885, c/o PM,
New York, N. Y.,
17 March, 1944

ICW-ATC
REGULATION)
NO. 35-40a)

[[underlined]]DECORATIONS AND AWARDS[[/underlined]]
BATTLE PARTICIPATION AWARDS

1. Pursuant to Letter, Forward Echelon, U. S. Army Forces, China-Burma-India, dated 22 February, 1944, all personnel covered by the Citation of the ICWATC in War Department General Orders No. 10, 29 January, 1944, are entitled to wear the bronze star on the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon to denote participation in the India-Burma Campaign as listed in War Department General Orders No. 75, 29 October, 1943. (Eligibility to wear to Distinguished Unit Badge is covered in Memorandum 35-42, Headquarters, ICWATC, dated 14 February, 1944.)

2. Individuals entitled to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge temporarily, may wear the bronze star on the Theater Ribbon only so long as they may wear the Distinguished Unit Badge.

3. Clarification is being sought on the question of eligibility to wear the bronze star established other than under the circumstances referred to in the preceding paragraphs and information on this matter will be disseminated at a later date.

4. Authority to wear the bronze star will be noted in Service Records (WD AGO Form No. 24) of Enlisted Men and on Officers and Warrant Officers Qualification Cards (WD AGO Forms 66-1 and 66-2). However, until further notice, such notations will be made only with respect to the records of personnel authorized to wear the star permanently by virtue of being authorized to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge permanently. The notation will be in the following form:

"Authorized Bronze Star on AP Theater Ribbon (India-Burma Campaign) permanently per Ltr, Forward Echelon, USAF, CBI, 22 Feb 44."

5. This Headquarters is arranging for procurement of a supply of bronze stars.

By command of Brigadier General HOAG:

J. L. TOOHEY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.

OFFICIAL:
[[signed]]J. L. TOOHEY [[/signed]]
J. L. TOOHEY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.

DISTRIBUTION "A".