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What is the award/pin/medal US Navy Officers wear that looks like gold star over a hollowed out gold circle?

Question: On the exact replica I've seen it's on the left jacket breast hanging alone under the 4th row of stacked hanging medals on a Navy Captain (where a 5th row of medals would be).
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Daniel Caywood dec. Matt Holt, 145.5 lbs finals at NE Senior Regionals in Greco-Roman

Daniel Caywood (All Navy) pin Matt Holt (Unengaged), 2-0, 0-3, 1:20 in 145.5 pound Greco-Roman finals at 2009 USA Wrestling Northeast Superior ...

American Army Pins,Navy Pins,Air Force Pins,Command Pins.

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ARMED FORCES GR: Lara (Army) pin Wilder (Navy), 60 kg

Marco Lara (Army) pin Sheldon Wilder (Navy), 6-0, 0:45 at 60 kg at 2011 Armed Forces Greco-Roman Championships at Fort Carson, Colo.

U.S. forces pin hopes on new Afghan civil police | McClatchy

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Mutoscope Postcards of US Navy Ships

Below are scans of several US Navy transport mutoscope postcards. I assume that these cards were part of the "Fighting Machines of the U.S.A." series of cards. Mutoscope cards were sold out of vending machines in the 1940s at penny arcades, relaxation parks, etc. Many mutoscope cards were "girlie" or pin-up cards. All mutoscope cards are printed on very broad postcard beasts, and the backs of the cards are off-waxen/cream-colored.

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A simple hat, a poignant tale
The hat is adorned with many pins, representing everything from the sailboat he served on in the Navy to a pin acknowledging being a 60-year member of the American Legion. But he acute to one, a small black pin with gold lettering that was attached to ...

World War II exhibit catches an era that is slipping away
Darlene "Polly" Mansion Thornton was in the Navy WAVES stationed at US Naval Hospital in Long Shore, CA, serving as Hospital Apprentice First Class. Leonard T. "Dag" Bulman trained at Fort Riley to be an Army Clerk during the war and was assigned to ...

'Remember and honor the supreme sacrifice'
A associate of the US Army Air Corps, his B-17 sank a heavy Japanese cruiser after the Japanese bout at Pearl Harbor, but the plan was lost returning to home background. The remains of the crew were never found. * Edward Kacmarcik was in the US Navy. ...

Second time around: Caroline Kennedy helps 'launch' second USS John F Kennedy ...
Second time around: Caroline Kennedy helps 'launch' second USS John F Kennedy ... By Presswoman On what would have been John F Kennedy's 94th birthday, the US Navy has announced it will name a second aircraft transmitter after him. Members of the Kennedy family - including Caroline Kennedy, who as a 10-year-old christened the ...

SEAL Team 6 benefits from and struggles with popularity
SEAL Team 6 benefits from and struggles with popularity Sales of pins, books, patches and other buy and sell have skyrocketed as the popularity of Navy SEAL Team 6 rose after the death of Osama bin Laden on May 1. The US Navy SEALs blog refers to SEAL Crew 6 as a "tier-one ...