MILITARY AWARDS: EARNED OR NOT, WAS THE CRITERIA MET? By Gerald F. Merna, 1st Lt, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired) INTRODUCTION: Like many former, active and retired military personnel I am fairly active on the internet, I am a member of several Marine Corps and veterans organizations, and I actively participate in (sometimes two) “annual reunions” with one specific infantry company I served with during the Korean War. I have great interest in military matters generally, and more specifically in areas that I either experienced or was otherwise aware of as a result of my 22 year Marine Corps...