American Campaign Medal M0049

American Campaign Medal M0049.The American Campaign Medal - WW II (ACM) is granted to personnel who served one year of consecutive duty between December 7, 1941 to March 2, 1946 and within the continental borders of the U.S., as well as to those who served 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days of duty outside the borders of the U.S. but within the American Theater of Operations. The American Theater encompasses all of the U.S., most of the Atlantic Ocean, a portion of Alaska, and a small section of the Pacific bordering California and Baja California. The ACM was first created on November 6, 1942 and was originally issued as the "American Theater Ribbon" for those who served in the American Theater of Operations during World War II. The medal is bronze and features the image or a sinking submarine beneath an airplane in flight and a cruiser on the water. Text on the upper portion of the medal reads “AMERICAN CAMPAIGN.” The ribbon is light blue and is bisected by thin vertical stripes of blue, white, and red. Toward the edge of the ribbon on each side is a series of thin vertical stripes in white, red, black, and white proceeding outward.