Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

There were twenty-one designated Asiatic-Pacific Theater campaigns during World War II. Individuals are entitled to wear one bronze star for each campaign they participated in. A bronze arrowhead is worn on the ribbon to indicate participation in an amphibious assault landing within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

The 12^th Cavalry Regiment participated in four Asiatic-Pacific campaigns.

· New Guinea January 23, 1943 to December 31, 1944

· Bismarck Archipelago December 15, 1943 to November 27, 1944
(with arrowhead)

· Leyte October 17, 1944 to July 1, 1945
(with arrowhead)

· Luzon December 15, 1944 to July 4, 1945

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