Coast Guard personnel, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, may be awarded medals, bars, emblems, or insignia to which such personnel may be entitled under other provisions of law.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537, § 502; renumbered § 2746, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)