Presidential Unit Citation | |
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Type | Unit award |
Awarded for | Exceptional meritorious service to South Korea.[1] |
Presented by | the President of South Korea |
Eligibility | South Korea and foreign military units including units that participated in the defense of South Korea as part of the U.N. forces during the Korean War. |
Status | Currently awarded |
The Presidential Unit Citation (Korean: 대통령부대표창; Hanja: 大統領部隊表彰) is a military unit award of the government of Republic of Korea that may be presented to South Korean and foreign military units for outstanding performance in defense of the Republic of Korea.[2] In recognition of allied military service to South Korea during the Korean War, all United States military departments were authorized the unit award for that period.[3]
Officially, South Korean Government does not have the term: 'Presidential Unit Citation (대통령 부대 표창)'. This is the one of 'Presidential Citation (대통령 표창)' which awarded to organizations such as local government, military unit, hospital and so on.