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[CITE: 10USC8752]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 857--DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
 
Sec. 8752. Medals: posthumous award and presentation

    (a) If a person dies before the award of a medal of honor, 
distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, distinguished 
flying cross, or device in place thereof, to which he is entitled, the 
award may be made and the medal or device presented to his 
representative, as designated by the President.
    (b) If a person dies before an authorized service medal or device 
prescribed as a part thereof is presented to him under section 8751 of 
this title, it shall be presented to his family.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 542; Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 33(a)(23), 
Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1565.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                    1956 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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8752(a)...............................  10:1409 (words between 1st and 2d    Ju
ly 9, 1918, ch. 143 (words
                                         semicolons).                         b
etween 1st and 2d semicolons of
                                        10:1429 (1st 49 words of last         1
5th par. under ``Ordnance
                                         sentence).                           D
epartment''), 40 Stat. 871.
8752(b)...............................  10:1415a (21st through 30th words,   Ju
ly 2, 1926, ch. 721, Sec.  12
                                         less applicability to clauses (a)    (
1st 49 words of last sentence),
                                         through (n)).                        4
4 Stat. 789; July 30, 1937, ch.
                                                                              5
45, Sec.  4, 50 Stat. 549.
                                        ...................................  Ma
y 12, 1928, ch. 528, Sec.  1
                                                                              (
25th through 34th words, less
                                                                              a
pplicability to clauses (a)
                                                                              t
hrough (n)), 45 Stat. 500.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``If a person'' are substituted for the 
words ``In case an individual * * * dies'', in 10:1409, and ``In case an 
individual * * * shall have died'', in 10:1429. The words ``within three 
years from the date'', in 10:1409, are omitted as covered by section 
8744 of this title. The words ``who shall distinguish himself'', in 
10:1409, and ``who distinguishes himself'', in 10:1429, are omitted as 
covered by the words ``the award * * * to which he is entitled''.

                            1958 Act

    The change reflects the fact that the source statute for these 
sections (sec. 1 of the Act of May 12, 1928, ch. 528, 45 Stat. 500) was 
mandatory and not merely permissive.


                               Amendments

    1958--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-861 substituted ``it shall be 
presented'' for ``it may be presented''.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 85-861 effective Aug. 10, 1956, see section 
33(g) of Pub. L. 85-861, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8748 of this title.
