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Official Space Nerd |
My FIL passed away 10 years ago, and we have since discovered that he earned 5 Bronze Star Medals in Korea. As a medic, I cannot imagine that the Army would just lavish these medals on him without some significant justification. We have his DD214, which is why we know about the 5 medals. Anybody ever go through the process? Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | ||
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The easiest way would be to contact your local member of Congress and havm them do it. They should know the routine and be able to cut through the bureaucracy. As a government employee it is harder to ignore a congressional request then a routine one. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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You might try contacting a DAV representitive in your area for guidance or the VA. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Have you tried this? https://valor.militarytimes.com/search.php?medal=7 There is a Veterans Service office here in the county. Maybe there is one near you. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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This. Since you have the 214, it will be easy for their military liaison to get the medals. Heck, they might even arrange a small ceremony! This is a win-win: Your family gets the medals, congressman gets a press release. | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
Did they do DA638 back in those days? Just curious because it seemed like OP was asking for the citations. _____________ | |||
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| Official Space Nerd |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As a retiree, I can buy all the medals I want. What we really need are the citations, which will give a narrative for the circumstances of the awards. We never knew he had 5 BSMs until after he passed. Like many of his generation, he kept his WWII and Korea war service to himself. We really missed an opportunity there.  Thanks for all the advice. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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I read the subject line too fast and did not realize you were looking for citations, not medals. Those may be at NPRC St Louis if they weren't lost in the fire. You can request his records (I'm on a smart phone and can't copy and paste the link), but I'm sure a congressperson would get them fsster. | |||
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| Official Space Nerd |
Looks like the EXACT thing I need. However, I could not get it to work on either of my computers. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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THIS is the only way: https://www.archives.gov since the paper record warehouse burned down in 1972 all pair records were destroyed. They seek your help in reconstruction veteran records. I recovered all of my Dads, when his house was broken into and the kids that did it sole of his. It took about a year. | |||
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