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Combat Readiness Medal

 
 
Combat Readiness Medal Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Combat Readiness Medal Marker
Inscription.

For sustained professional performing
as a combat ready aircrew member.

Established by military regulation on March 9, 1964,
during the Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson.

 
Erected by Freedoms Foundation Officers and Trustees.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #36 Lyndon B. Johnson series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 9, 1964.
 
Location. 40° 6.243′ N, 75° 28.379′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Valley Forge Road. Marker is along the Patriots' Path, on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Alexander R. Nininger, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Navy ★★★ Coast Guard Achievement Medal (here, next to this marker); Medal of Honor (here, next to this marker); Joint Service Commendation Medal (here, next to this marker); Army ★ Navy ★ Air Force ★ Coast Guard Commendation Medal
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(here, next to this marker); Patriots' Path (here, next to this marker); Bronze Star Medal (here, next to this marker); Second "Indianhead" Division (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
 
Also see . . .
1. Combat Readiness Medal. (Submitted on September 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on September 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Patriots' Path Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. Patriots' Path Markers
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 156 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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