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Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
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Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
The
Distinguished Service Cross
is the second highest
military award
that can be given to a member of the
United States Army
(and previously, the
United States Army Air Forces
and the
United States Air Force
), for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations but do not meet the criteria for the
Medal of Honor
. The Distinguished Service Cross is equivalent to the
Navy Cross
(
Navy
and
Marine Corps
), the
Air Force Cross
(
Air Force
), and the
Coast Guard Cross
(
Coast Guard
).
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