Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1920 — DISTRIBUTION OF VICTORY MEDALS [ARTICLE]

DISTRIBUTION OF VICTORY MEDALS

Washington, June 20.—Distribution of 4,765,000 victory medals to members of the army, navy and marine corps who were in service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1919, will begin tomorrow. In addition to the medal itself the war department has authorized the .issuance of thirteen “combat or 1 major operation clasps” and defensive sector clasps” to be worn on the ribbon with the medal and five overseas clasps for troops not entitled to the battle insignia. Mr. McAdoo says the country will need its strongest man ’in the next four years, but probably what he intended to convey was that the strongest man’s son-in-law might serve in a pineh.—Kansas City Star.