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The Queen with Prince Albert of Monaco in the Monaco Garden at Chelsea Flower Show in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 23 May 2011.
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Albert II, prince de Monaco
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Albert II, prince de Monaco, in full Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre de Grimaldi, prince de Monaco, marquis de Baux (born March 14, 1958, Monaco), 32nd hereditary ruler of the principality of Monaco (2005– ). He was the only son of Rainier III, prince de Monaco, and Grace Kelly (Princess Grace de Monaco), a former actress.
Albert attended Amherst College (B.A., 1981) in Massachusetts and briefly served in the French navy. Following his mother’s death in 1982, he became president of the Monaco Red Cross and was later involved with a number of charities and causes. In 2006 he established the Prince Albert II ... (100 of 307 words)
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Posted by H.V.O.M at 3:10 AM Friday, April 22, 2011
So where was that? France? Toulon France? Maybe. That was my last stop before flying back to the United States, similar to the 1991 film where they are going to Mexico, I was riding from Monaco France to Toulon France in the back of the mail truck and I was seriously hung over from drinking too much and I was crashed on a pile of boxes in the back of the mail truck that would take me to the US military flight back to Charleston SC. A serious windstorm had blown through Monaco just about that time. The plane flew for what seemed to be only a few minutes before we had several hours of wait time at another airport to repair something that had gone wrong with the airplane.
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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces
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Prisoner of War Medal
The Prisoner of War Medal is a military award of the United States armed forces which was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on 8 November 1985. The United States Code citation for the POW Medal statute is 10 U.S.C. § 1128.
The Prisoner of War Medal may be awarded to any person who was a prisoner of war after April 5, 1917, (the date of the United States entry into World War I was the 6th). It is awarded to any person who was taken prisoner or held captive while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing Armed Force; or while serving with friendly forces engaged in armed conflict against an opposing Armed Force in which the United States is not a belligerent party. As of an amendment to Title 10 of the United States Code in 1989, the medal is also awarded for captivity by foreign armed forces that are hostile to the United States, under circumstances which the Secretary concerned finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been held captive by enemy armed forces during periods of armed conflict. The person's conduct, while in captivity, must have been honorable. This medal may be awarded posthumously to the surviving next of kin of the recipient.
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United States of America
DPMO
Defense Prisoner of War
Missing Personnel Office
Prisoner of War Medal
Instituted: 1985
Dates: All
Devices: (Silver Star, Bronze Star)
Notes: Gold and Silver Star attachments apply only to USN, USMC and USCG. Bronze and Silver Oak Leaf attachments apply only to Army and USAF.
Eligibility: The POW Medal is authorized by Public Law 99-145 (Nov. 8, 1985), as amended by Public Law 101-89 (Nov. 29, 1989), and codified at section 1128, title 10, United States Code. The POW Medal is authorized for any person who, while serving in any capacity with the U.S. Armed Forces, was taken prisoner and held captive after April 5, 1917. The POW Medal is to be issued only to those U.S. military personnel and other personnel granted credible U.S. military service who were taken prisoner and held captive:
(1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;
(2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force;
(3) while serving with friendly forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing force in which the United States is not a belligerent party; or
(4) by foreign armed forces that are hostile to the United States, under circumstances which the Secretary concerned finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been held captive by enemy armed forces during periods of armed conflict.
