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Executive Order 9277
Award of the Purple Heart to Persons Serving with Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States
Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Dec 3, 1942.
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Vote Files, "Executive Order 9277: Award of the Purple Heart to Persons Serving with Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States," last checked Sept. 24, 2026, citing National Archives, https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9277
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Vote Files. (2026, September 24). Executive Order 9277: Award of the Purple Heart to Persons Serving with Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9277
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Vote Files. "Executive Order 9277: Award of the Purple Heart to Persons Serving with Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States." Last modified September 24, 2026. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9277.
BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_9277,
author = {{Vote Files}},
title = {{Executive Order 9277: Award of the Purple Heart to Persons Serving with Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9277}},
note = {Citation ID eo-9277; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1942.html; last checked 2026-09-24; accessed 2026-09-26}
}Plain link
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Superseded by
EO 10409, November 12, 1952
National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.