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European-African-Middle Eastern

WWII European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign (EAME). There were 16 campaigns in the EAME Theater. The EAME streamer is green with a brown stripe on each edge. The center has a narrow blue, white and red stripe. On the upper portion is a narrow white and red stripe with a narrow white, black and white stripe on the lower portion. The brown color is representative of the sands of Africa and the green color for the green fields of Europe. The central blue, white, and red stripes taken from the American Defense Medal ribbon refers to the continuance of American Defense after Pearl Harbor. Green, white, and red are the Italian colors, and the white and black colors refer to Germany. The following inscriptions in yellow are authorized:

EGYPT-LIBYA 1942-1943 AIR OFFENSIVE, EUROPE 1942-1944 ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO 1942
TUNISIA 1942-1943 SICILY 1943 NAPLES-FOGGIA 1943-1944
ANZIO 1944 ROME-ARNO 1944 NORMANDY 1944
NORTHERN FRANCE 1944 SOUTHERN FRANCE 1944 NORTH APENNINES 1944-1945
RHINELAND 1944-1945 ARDENNES-ALSACE 1944-1945 CENTRAL EUROPE 1945
PO VALLEY 1945





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