Racial segregation in the U.S. military was ended by Executive Order military.military_command President Harry S. Truman in 1948 , after World War II .

The President 's Certificate of Merit was created June 6 , 1946 by Executive Order military.military_command signed by US President Harry Truman , `` for award by the President or at his direction to any civilian who on or after December 7 , 1941 '' ( see Attack on Pearl Harbor ) '' , has performed a meritorious act or service which has aided the United States or any nation engaged with the United States in the prosecution of World War II , and for which there is no other suitable award or recognition . ''

He joined the French Resistance during World War II at the age of 15 and later received the Croix de guerre and the Order military.military_command the Nation from Charles de Gaulle for his militant activity .

In June 1798 , at the time of the capture of Malta by Napoleon Bonaparte en route to his expedition of Egypt , part of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 , Doublet formed part of the delegation which negotiated the terms for the surrender of the Order military.military_command board Orient , Napoleon ’ s flagship .

The islands were occupied by French forces in June 1798 , when Napoleon ousted the Order military.military_command the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 .

Kiszka ruled the Basilian Order military.military_command a very difficult period , during the Great Northern War ( 1700-1721 ) , and under the persecutions of Peter I of Russia against the Greek Catholic Church , as the murdering of Basilian monks on 11 July 1705 in Polotsk .

The principle of collective punishment was laid out by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in his Special Field Order military.military_command , November 9 , 1864 , which laid out the rules for his `` March to the sea '' in the American Civil War :

He works alongside former IRA members in troubled interface areas near the west Belfast Peace Line where loyalists and republicans sometimes clash , especially during the annual 12 July Orange Order military.military_command which commemorate the Protestant king William III 's victory over Catholic James II at the Battle of the Boyne .

The Orange Order military.military_command formed in Ireland in 1795 to honour the defeat of James II of England by William of Orange at the Battle of Boyne on July 12 , 1690 .

The Lieber Code of April 24 , 1863 , also known as Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field , General Order military.military_command 100 , or Lieber Instructions , was an instruction signed by President Abraham Lincoln to the Union Forces of the United States during the American Civil War that dictated how soldiers should conduct themselves in wartime .

The usage of the term Ambulance Corps dates to Civil War Major General George B. McClellan 's General Order military.military_command 147 to create an `` ambulance corps '' within the Union Army .