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[CITE: 14USC502]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
   CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 502. Award of other medals

    Coast Guard personnel, notwithstanding the provisions of this 
chapter, may be awarded medals, bars, emblems, or insignia to which such 
personnel may be entitled under other provisions of law.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    This section insures that the preceding sections are not intended to 
prevent Coast Guard military personnel from receiving other medals, the 
legion of merit, for example. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.


                        Meritorious Service Medal

    Medal established as an award for outstanding meritorious 
achievement or service to the United States, see Ex. Ord. No. 11448, 
Jan. 16, 1969, 34 F.R. 915, set out as a note preceding section 1121 of 
Title 10, Armed Forces.
