Here is another award no one ever told me about.
The Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, not just the Unit Citation, but as an individual award. The article says:
If you are authorized the Vietnam Service medal you are authorized the VCOG (or VGC) medal and/or ribbon. (Important website links at the bottom of this report).
Because both myth and deliberate misinterpretation of the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry [VCOG] or Vietnam Gallantry Cross [VGC] has permeated the Vietnam veteran community for almost thirty years -- and because the (South) Vietnam Govt is no longer around to set the record straight -- many people are operating under incorrect information.
In 1974 the VCOG (or VGC) unit and individual citation was awarded by former President Nguyen Van Thieu and the Vietnam Congress to all Americans (and other non-Vietnamese nationalities) as an individual award with respect and in gratitude for sacrificial and valorous service trying to protect and preserve the Republic of South Vietnam from communist aggression.
