For those that served in Korea from 1954 to the present.....

[kenmar]

....this information from a House Armed Services Committee press release may be of interest to you.

The National Defense Authorization FY2003 conferees have come to agreement
and the House has passed the agreement.

The Senate will follow in a few day's and the President is expected to sign it early next week.

Included in theact islanquagethatauthorizes the issuance of a Korean Defense Service Medal to be issued to military personnel who served in this area between July 28, 1954 and an undetermined date in the future.

This also includes Navy personell who served in the Korean waters for more than 30 days.The exact lanquage in the billrelated to Korean veteranscan be found at this link...

http://www.kdvamerica.org/Legislation.html#ndafy