USS Van Valkenburgh (DD-656) Service Stars

Van Valkenburgh earned three bronze service stars on her Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon as follows:

1 Star	IWO JIMA OPERATION Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima: 19 February–9 March 1945.
1 Star	OKINAWA OPERATION Assault and occupation of Okinawa: 1 April–24 June 1945.
1 Star	THIRD FLEET OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPAN 26 July–7 August 1945.

Van Valkenburgh earned one bronze service star on her Korean Service Ribbon as follows:

1 Star

KOREAN DEFENSE, SUMMER–FALL 1952
24 June–16 August 1952.

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