Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8297 Additional awards
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Summary
Anyone may get only one of those medals. For each later act, the President may allow bars, emblems, or other devices to be worn with the medal.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8297
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Not more than one Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal may be awarded to a person. However, for each succeeding act or service that would otherwise justify the award of such a medal or cross, the President may award a suitable bar, emblem, or insignia to be worn with the decoration and corresponding rosette or other device.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 624734 U.S.C. 358.Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 5, 40 Stat. 1056; renumbered § 7 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 744. 34 U.S.C. 364a (2d sentence).
July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 12 (2d sentence), 44 Stat. 789;
July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 4, 50 Stat. 549. The word “awarded” is substituted for the word “issued” for uniformity. The words “that would otherwise justify” are substituted for the words “sufficient to justify” for clarity. The word “service” is substituted for the word “achievement” for uniformity. The words “as he shall direct” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 8297, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 510; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(8), 71 Stat. 387; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–616, § 6(1), 74 Stat. 391, provided for selection boards to recommend promotion-list officers and brigadier generals of Regular Air Force for promotion in Regular Air Force, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 611 et seq. of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6247 of this title as this section. 2013—Pub. L. 113–66 struck out “medal of honor,” before “Navy cross”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8297
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73