Executive Order 10444 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10444—Amendment of Executive Order No. 8809 of June 28, 1941, Establishing the Good Conduct Medal, as Amended by Executive Order No. 9323 of March 31, 1943
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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1953-04-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 8809 of June 28, 1941, Establishing the Good Conduct Medal, as Amended by Executive Order No. 9323 of March 31, 1943." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪8809 of June 28, 1941, establishing the Good Conduct Medal, as amended by Executive Order No.
▪9323 of March 31, 1943, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: "There is hereby established the Good Conduct Medal, which shall include suitable appurtenances.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
Total Words
268
1,558 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
24.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10444, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Apr 10, 1953). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10444-amendment-executive-order-no-8809-june-28-1941-establishing-the-good.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Executive Order No. 8809 of June 28, 1941, establishing the Good Conduct Medal, as amended by Executive Order No. 9323 of March 31, 1943, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: "There is hereby established the Good Conduct Medal, which shall include suitable appurtenances. Such medal may be awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force shall severally prescribe, to those enlisted men of the Army of the United States and the United States Air Force who on or after August 27, 1940, had or shall have honorably completed three years of active Federal military service, or who after December 7, 1941, have or shall have honorably served one year of active Federal military service while the United States is at war, or who at the time of the termination of their active Federal military service have not previously been awarded a Good Conduct Medal and have completed a period of honorable service of less than three years if any part of that period of service has been performed after June 27, 1950: Provided, that no persons, except persons separated from the active Federal military service by reason of physical disability incurred in line of duty, shall be awarded such medal for a period of service of less than one year." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, April 10, 1953.
