Vargas Walter A. Ditto Jonathan M. Wainwright Frank D. Wagner Charles A. Willoughby Similar awards Similar Philippine medals include the Philippine Liberation Medal and the Philippine Independence Medal. Members of the United States Armed Forces entitled to the Philippine Defense Medal were also eligible to receive the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with a bronze "battle star" (" service star) for participation in the defense of the Philippines. See also Awards and decorations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines References Citations Bibliography The AFP Adjutant General, AFP Awards and Decorations Handbook, 1995, 1997, OTAG. External links Philippine Defense Medal : Display Recognition, The American war Library. Military awards and decorations of the Philippines Military history of the Philippines during World War II