To show their pride in military service, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson urged veterans wear their military medals on civilian clothes on national patriotic holidays.

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Click on a link below to see the correct order of precedence for each military service's awards. 

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• Replacing Lost Medals (National Archives Web Site)
• Requesting Military Records (National Archives Web Site)

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