American Campaign Medal

The American Campaign Medal was a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces which was established on 6 November 1942. It was intended to recognise service personnel who distinguished themselves in the American theatre of operations during the Second World War.

To be awarded the medal, one of the following criteria had to be met:
- a permanent posting outside the continental United States
- a permanent assignment as part of the crew of a ship operating in ocean waters for thirty consecutive days or a cumulative total of sixty days
- being a passenger or on temporary assignment aboard a ship outside the continental United States for thirty consecutive days or a cumulative total of sixty days
- having been involved in a combat engagement and having been awarded a combat medal, or a certificate from a senior officer attesting to participation in the said combat
- having been outside the continental United States for a total of one year.

This decoration was abolished in 1946.