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 500 O f f i c e r s commended for combat duty.

Women.

PUBLIC LAW 4 7 6 - J U L Y 9, 1952

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(c) If a performance of duty for which commended occurred not later than December 31, 1946, officers specially commended for a performance of duty in actual combat with the enemy by the head of the executive department under whose jurisdiction such duty was performed shall be advanced to the next higher grade when placed in a Retired Reserve. However, officers heretofore holding rank or grade on the honorary retired lists of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve or hereafter holding rank or grade in a Retired Reserve pursuant to this section above captain in the Naval Reserve or above colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve solely by virtue of such commendation, if hereafter recalled to active duty, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, be recalled either in the rank or grade to which they would otherwise be entitled had they not been accorded higher rank or grade by virtue of such commendation, or in the rank or grade held by them in a Retired Reserve. (d) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any person who is not a member of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve on the effective date of this Act. (e) The provisions of this section shall terminate twenty years from the effective date of this Act, but such termination shall not affect any accrued rights to retired pay. (f) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any person eligible for retirement under the provisions of this section from retiring under the provisions of any other law under which he may be eligible. SEC. 414. Except as otherwise specifically provided, all laws now or hereafter applicable to male officers and former officers of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve; to enlisted men and former enlisted men of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve; and to their dependents and beneficiaries shall in like cases be applicable respectively to female Reserve officers and female former Reserve officers of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve, as appropriate, to Reserve enlisted women and former Reserve enlisted women of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve, as appropriate, and to their dependents and beneficiaries except as may be necessary to adapt said provisions to the female persons. The husbands of women members of the Naval Reserve, Marme Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve shall not be considered dependents unless they are in fact dependent on their wives for over half of their support, and the children of such members shall not be considered dependents unless they are in fact dependent on their mother for over half of their support. P A R T V — THE NAVAL M I L I T I A SEC. 501. The Naval Militia consists of the Naval Militia of the States, Territories, and the District of Columbia. SEC. 502. The Secretary of the Navy may appoint any officer or enlisted member of the Naval Militia to the rank, grade, or rating for which qualified in the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve. SEC. 503. When ordered to active duty in the service of the United States, members of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve who are members of the Naval Militia of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia shall stand relieved from all service or duty in the Naval Militia from the active duty date of the orders and for so long as they remain on active duty. SEC.' 504. Such vessels, material, armament, equipment, and other facilities of the Navy and Marine Corps as are or may be made available to the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve may also be

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