Posted: 3/6/2010 7:04:38 PM EDT
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Combat Infantryman's Badge Good Conduct Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze stars |
I was I had my grandfather papers(flight engineer). He did over twenty years in the Army Air Corps from the late 1930's to the late 50's in the Air Force but all his paperwork burned up in St. Louis in the fire. I know from what little he told my grandmother that he did fly the China-Burma-India route during the war and I have since read quite a few books about it. He also, like many others, flew the bomb around a lot too. All I have seen is signed letters from former presidents to my grandmother thanking her for his service.
Anyway, you are lucky you have what you there brother. |
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Quoted: Combat Infantryman's Badge Good Conduct Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze stars I am sending in a request to obtain his lost medals today. Just to make sure, these are the only ones he is entitled to? |
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Go to http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html.
Request a copy of his discharge papers (DD-214). It will be more readable regarding his service. There's also an option to request a one-time issuance of all awards and decorations. ETA: They'll send everything they know he should've received. Did it for my Dad some time back. Took about 6 months. Make sure to fax in the signature document. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Combat Infantryman's Badge Good Conduct Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze stars I am sending in a request to obtain his lost medals today. Just to make sure, these are the only ones he is entitled to? If he got a CIB he should have received a bronze star around 1947 and a WWII Victory medal. Request his DD-214 and then request his medals. |
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Ok thanks for the info guys, I sent in the request on the evetrecs. I will get the pictures up later today Greg. It's an entire book and in the back there is a write up about what his unit was involved in in World War 2. He had been through some intense battles. |