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==Awards and decorations== Zinni's decorations include the following:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who%27s%20Who/Y-Z/zinni_ac.aspx |title=Gen Anthony C. Zinni |publisher=Mcu.usmc.mil |date=1943-09-17 |access-date=2013-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501160755/https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who%27s%20Who/Y-Z/zinni_ac.aspx |archive-date=2015-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nimitz.berkeley.edu/pastspeaker-2001.html |title=2001 General Zinni |publisher=Nimitz.berkeley.edu |access-date=2013-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629072311/http://nimitz.berkeley.edu/pastspeaker-2001.html |archive-date=2010-06-29 }}</ref> {| style="margin:auto;" |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Defense Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|ribbon=US Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Bronze Star ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -63px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:Combat Distinguishing Device.svg|21px]]</span> <span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -89px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:Award star (gold).png|22px]]</span> |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Purple Heart BAR.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=Meritorious Service ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -63px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:Combat Distinguishing Device.svg|21px]]</span> <span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -89px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:Award star (gold).png|22px]]</span> |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Achievement ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Combat Action Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=8|type=oak|ribbon=Joint Meritorious Unit Award-3d.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991-2016).svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Humanitarian Service ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|other_device=bss|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Commendatore OMRI BAR.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal ribbon-First Class.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=EGY Order of Merit - Knight BAR.png|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Ordre_national_du_Merite_Commandeur_ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Ordre_national_du_Merite_Officier_ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Noribbon.svg|width=106}}<!-- One unidentified ribbon (the blue/white one with gold device) has not been added --> |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Order of the Sinai Star.png|width=106}} <!--This is the Yemen "National Reunification Medal" --> |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Order_of_Bahrain,_1st_class.png|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam gallantry cross unit award-3d.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=VNCivilActionsRibbon-2.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=United Nations Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |colspan="2" align="center"|[[File:USMC Rifle Expert badge.png|150px]] |colspan="2" align="center"|[[File:USMC Pistol Expert badge.png|150px]] |} {| class="wikitable" |- !1st Row |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] w/ 1 bronze [[oak leaf cluster]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Defense Superior Service Medal]] w/ 2 oak leaf clusters |colspan="3" align="center"|[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] w/ 1 [[award star]] & [["V" device|Combat V]] |- !2nd Row |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Purple Heart]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] w/ 1 award star |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal]] w/ 1 award star & valor device |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal]] w/ 1 award star |- !3rd Row |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Combat Action Ribbon]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]] w/ 4 oak leaf clusters |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Navy Unit Commendation]] w/ 1 [[service star]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Meritorious Unit Commendation|Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation]] w/ 3 service stars |- !4th Row |colspan="3" align="center" |[[National Defense Service Medal]] w/ 1 service star |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]] w/ 1 service star |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Vietnam Service Medal]] w/ 3 service stars |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Southwest Asia Service Medal]] w/ 2 service stars |- !5th Row |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Humanitarian Service Medal]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Sea Service Ribbon|Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]] w/ 6 service stars |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Overseas Service Ribbon|Navy & Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon]] w/ 1 service star |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]], Commander |- !6th Row |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal]] First Class |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Order of Merit (Egypt)]] Knight's degree |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Ordre national du Mérite|French National Order of Merit]], Commander |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Ordre national du Mérite|French National Order of Merit]], Officer |- !7th Row |colspan="3" align="center" |Unidentified<!-- One unidentified ribbon (the blue/white one with gold device) has not been added --> |colspan="3" align="center" |National Reunification Medal of Yemen |colspan="3" align="center" |The Khalifiyyeh Order of [[Bahrain]], 1st class<ref>[http://www.medals.org.uk/bahrain/bahrain002.htm The Khalifiyyeh Order of Bahrain] on Medals of the World website</ref> |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Vietnam Gallantry Cross|Vietnam Gallantry Cross unit citation]] |- !8th Row |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Vietnam Civil Actions Medal|Vietnam Civil Actions unit citation]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[United Nations Medal]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Vietnam Campaign Medal]] |colspan="3" align="center" |[[Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)]] |- !Badges |colspan="6" align="center" |[[Marksmanship Badge (United States)|Rifle Expert marksmanship badge]] |colspan="6" align="center" |[[Marksmanship Badge (United States)|Pistol Expert marksmanship badge]] |} In addition to his U.S. military decorations, Zinni holds decorations from France, Italy, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Vietnam, and Kuwait. His civilian awards include the [[Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice|Papal Gold Cross of Honor]], the [[Union League]]'s [[Abraham Lincoln Award]], the Italic Studies Institute's Global Peace Award, the [[Distinguished Sea Service Award]] from the [[Naval Order of the United States]], the [[Eisenhower Distinguished Service Award]] from the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], The Chapman Award from the [[Marine Corps University]] Foundation, the Penn Club Award, the St. Thomas of Villanova Alumni Medal, the George P. Shultz Award for Public Service from the [[U.S. Department of State]], and UNICO National's Grand Patriot Award.
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