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Would former Marines who were retroactively awarded the Korea Defense Service Medal qualify to wear their Blues to military functions (retirements, funerals, parades, etc?)
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Reading MCOP1020.34G...

Got the answer for the rank question in 11003(5). Only the rank acquired while in Marine Corps service (makes sense).

Still not clear on whether the medals/ribbons...

What if one served for at least 4 years, maybe longer, and earned the National Defense Service Medal or Viet Nam campaign medals, or even campaign medals/NDSM from the first Gulf War?

But...