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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A8_%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)" title="صلیب خدمات برجسته (ایالات متحده) – persisk" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="صلیب خدمات برجسته (ایالات متحده)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="persisk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(%C3%89tats-Unis)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (États-Unis) – fransk" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Distinguished Service Cross (États-Unis)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="fransk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li 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d'America) – italiensk" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distinguished Service Cross (Stati Uniti d'America)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="italiensk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F_(%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA)" title="צלב השירות המצוין (ארצות הברית) – hebraisk" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צלב השירות המצוין (ארצות הברית)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="hebraisk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross" title="Distinguished Service Cross – ungarsk" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Distinguished Service Cross" 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td{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc}</style><table class="infobox infoboks"><tbody><tr class="hode overskrift"><th colspan="4">Distinguished Service Cross</th></tr><tr class="bilde"><td colspan="4" class="sentrert"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/Fil:Army_distinguished_service_cross_medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Army_distinguished_service_cross_medal.png" decoding="async" width="191" height="348" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="348" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="overskrift"><td colspan="4">Basisdata</td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Type:</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kors" title="Kors">Kors</a></td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Land:</th><td colspan="2"><span class="flagg"><span><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/USA" title="USA"><img alt="USAs flagg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></span></td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Innført:</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2._januar" title="2. januar">2. januar</a> <a href="/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a></td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Mottakere:</th><td colspan="2">Stridende</td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Antall:</th><td colspan="2">Ca 13 400</td></tr><tr class="overskrift"><td colspan="4">Tekniske data</td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Utført i:</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bronse" title="Bronse">Bronse</a></td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Festeanordning:</th><td colspan="2">Bånd, nål</td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Bredde:</th><td colspan="2">46 mm</td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Høyde:</th><td colspan="2">50,8 mm</td></tr><tr class="overskrift"><td colspan="4">Rangering</td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Rangering:</th><td colspan="2">Nest høyest</td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Høyere:</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a></td></tr><tr class="rad"><th colspan="2">Lavere:</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Defense_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="Defense Distinguished Service Medal">Defense Distinguished Service Medal</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Distinguished Service Cross</b> er en <a href="/wiki/Medalje" title="Medalje">medalje</a> fra <a href="/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a> innstiftet <a href="/wiki/2._januar" title="2. januar">2. januar</a> <a href="/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> av president <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>. Utmerkelsen tildeles personell som tjenestegjør i <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USAs hær</a> og som utmerker seg i kamp ved ekstraordinært heltemot i operasjoner mot fienden. Utmerkelsen ble innført etter forslag fra general <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a>, som ledet det amerikanske ekspedisjonskorpset i <a href="/wiki/Frankrike" title="Frankrike">Frankrike</a> under <a href="/wiki/F%C3%B8rste_verdenskrig" title="Første verdenskrig">første verdenskrig</a>, og som så behovet for en utmerkelse som kunne supplere <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>, USAs fremste militære utmerkelse. For personell i USAs hær rangerer Distinguished Service Cross som den nest fremste utmerkelsen i utmerkelsessystemet i USAs forsvar, tilsvarende <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a> og <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(USA)" title="Air Force Cross (USA)">Air Force Cross</a> i andre forsvarsgrener. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Utforming">Utforming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Distinguished_Service_Cross_(USA)&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Rediger avsnitt: Utforming" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>rediger</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Distinguished_Service_Cross_(USA)&action=edit&section=1" title="Rediger kildekoden til seksjonen Utforming"><span>rediger kilde</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Distinguished Service Cross er gjort i <a href="/wiki/Bronse" title="Bronse">bronse</a> og er utformet som et kors, som i midten har en <a href="/wiki/Hvithodet_hav%C3%B8rn" class="mw-redirect" title="Hvithodet havørn">ørn</a>, et av USAs <a href="/wiki/Nasjonalsymbol" title="Nasjonalsymbol">nasjonalsymbol</a>. Ørnen har utstrakte vinger og er satt over en <a href="/wiki/Laurb%C3%A6rkrans" title="Laurbærkrans">laurbærkrans</a>. Under ørnen og kransen, i underkant av den horisontale korsarmen, er det satt et bånd hvorpå ordene «FOR VALOR» er plassert. <a href="/wiki/Revers" title="Revers">Reversen</a> har i korsmidten et felt for inngravering av mottagerens navn. Feltet er omgitt av en krans. De første eksemplarene av utmerkelsen ble nummerert, men dette holdt opp under andre verdenskrig. </p><p>Medaljebåndet er blått med striper i rødt og hvitt langs kantene. Dette er fargene i <a href="/wiki/USAs_flagg" title="USAs flagg">USAs flagg</a>. Gjentatte tildelinger av Distinguished Service Cross markeres med eikeblad i bronse eller sølv på båndet. </p><p>Utmerkelsen er designet av <a href="/wiki/Premierl%C3%B8ytnant" title="Premierløytnant">premierløytnant</a> Andre Smith og <a href="/wiki/Kaptein_(grad)" title="Kaptein (grad)">kaptein</a> Aymar E. Embry og endelig utforming er ved John R. Sinncok ved Philadelphia Mint. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tildeling">Tildeling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Distinguished_Service_Cross_(USA)&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Rediger avsnitt: Tildeling" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>rediger</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Distinguished_Service_Cross_(USA)&action=edit&section=2" title="Rediger kildekoden til seksjonen Tildeling"><span>rediger kilde</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Utmerkelsen tildeles personell som har utvist usedvanlig heltemot på slagmarken og utmerket seg på et vis gjør at vedkommende står ut fra andre tjenestegjørende. Innsatsen må ha medført fare for eget liv. Utmerkelsen kan også tildeles personell fra andre forsvarsgrener enn hæren og til sivile, så fremt disse tjenestegjør i hæravdelinger i strid. </p><p>Distinguished Service Cross ble første gang tildelt for innsats under første verdenskrig. 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