Service Document Cold War Award

  
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http://sdcw.army.mil/coldwar
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Briefly:

Between 18 million and 22 million former and current service members
are eligible to receive certificates honoring them for their parts in
winning the Cold War. The Army,the executive agent for the program,
will start taking applications on April 5. The Army will accept
applications for Internet (at http://sdcw.army.mil/coldwar ) for the
certificate, as well as e-mail,fax and mail. Shari Lawrence, a U.S.
Army Total Army Personnel Command spokesperson,said the addresses will
be released around March 15. "If we put the addresses out now, people
will start sending in applications and we're not ready to accept them
yet, " she said. Applicants must use fax or mail to submit supporting
documents. The Army has printed 1 million certificates. "We just don't
know how many people will apply for the certificates," Lawrence said.

Persons are eligible for the recognition certificate if they have
military or civilian service with the War, Navy or Defense departments
between Sept 1, 1945, and Dec 26, 1991. Applicants with citing
military service can present the following records as proof: DD Form
214 (Certificate of Release/Discharge from Active Duty); WD AGO Form
53-55 (War Department Separation Document); or Oath of Office-Military
Personnel or Letter of Appointment. Copies of these records can be
obtained by writing to:

National Personnel Records Center
(Military Personnel Records)
9700 Page Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100

Qualifying civilian service can be proved with a Standard Form 50
(Notification of Personnel Action); Standard Form 2809 (Health Benefit
Registration Form); an award certificate with employee's name, name of
service or agency, and dates; or retirement forms with the employee's
name, service or agency and dates. Federal civilian personnel may
obtain employment verification or copy of their records by writing to:

U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Employee Service and Record Center
P.O. Box 45
Boyers, PA 16017-0045

When the Army provides the address information to apply for the
certificate, officials said supporting documentation should not include
originals for they will not be returned.