War Service Medal

Date: 1945

Created By: Boy Scouts of America

Original or Replica: Original

Era: The General

Collection: IKEducation

General Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign in conjunction with the Boy Scouts of America. During World War II, more than 200,000 Boy Scouts honored Eisenhower’s call to patriotism by participating in the ‘General Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign.’ Eisenhower served on the Boy Scouts Executive Board in the late 1940s and, during his presidency, was scouting’s Honorary President.