What is China Service Medal?
{{Infobox military award |name=China Service Medal |image=ChinaService.jpg |image_size=100px |caption= |awarded_by=the [[Department of the Navy]] |type=Service medal |eligibility=Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel |for=Services performed during operations in China or in Chinese territorial waters or contiguous ocean areas from 7 July 1937 to 7 September 1939 and 2 September 1945 to 1 April 1957 |status=Obsolete |established=1 July 1942 |last_award= |total= |posthumous= |recipients= |individual= |higher=Navy: [[Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=United States Navy Uniform Regulations NAVPERS 15665I|url=http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/unif-navy.pdf|access-date=29 September 2012|date=January 1998|archive-date=31 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831052528/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/unif-navy.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br>Marine Corps: [[Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal]]<br>Coast Guard: [[Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Medals and Awards Manual COMDTINST M1650.25D |url=http://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/1000-1999/CIM_1650_25D.pdf |work=United States Coast Guard CG-612 Directives and Publications Division |access-date=29 September 2012 |pages=22–3 |date=May 2008 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |same= |lower=[[American Defense Service Medal]] |image2=[[File:China Service Medal ribbon.svg|100px]]<br><br>[[File:Streamer CS.PNG|250px]]<br>Ribbon bar and [[Campaign streamer]] for the medal |caption2= }} The '''China Service Medal''' was a service medal awarded to [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] personnel. The medal was created by Navy Department General Order No. 176 on 1 July 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/china.htm |title=China Service Medal |publisher=History.navy.mil |access-date=29 September 2012 |url-status=dead |a