directorate of personnel services वाक्य

While staffing the Air Force award, the Air Force Directorate of Personnel Services ( AFPC / DPS ) concluded that In 1989, Title 10, Section 1128, regarding Prisoner of War Medals changed and allowed Service secretaries to determine eligibility for the POW Medal for personnel held captive in countries not directly involved in armed conflict with the United States, provided the treatment of the prisoners was similar to the treatment received by prisoners held by enemy forces . AFPC / DPS determined that the internees in Siberia met the statutory criteria because the conditions of this detainment were comparable, if not worse, than those experienced in Germany, and therefore, should be eligible for the POW Medal . In 1996 and 2006 the USAF awarded POW Medals to USAAF T / Sgt Daniel Culler and Lt . Richard Pettit for illegal incarceration during World War II in prison camp Wauwilermoos, in neutral Switzerland.