|
Bronze Arrowhead |
 |
The Arrowhead device is a decoration of the United States Army which is issued
as an attachment to certain service medals. The Arrowhead device is awarded to
any service member who participates in an amphibious assault, a combat
parachute drop, a helicopter assault landing, or a combat glider attack.
The arrowhead device is a one time decoration for each service medal and no
more than one arrowhead device may be authorized per service medal. As of
2004, the service medals which are authorized the arrowhead device are as
follows:
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Korean Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
In almost all cases, the arrowhead device is issued with a corresponding
campaign service star, which denotes the campaign in which the assault landing
was accomplished
|
|
