1946 are eligible for the World War II Victory Medal. In order to obtain the American Defense Service Medal the applicant must have been on active duty between September 8, 1939 and December 7 ...

Leonard F Pryor's medals "were passed to me a few years ago, as his namesake," his great-grandson Leonard Lawson told Newsweek.

It is given to military members, often posthumously, for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call ... World War II. While the requirements for the Medal ...