Medals

Distinguished Service Cross
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Silver Star w/OLC
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Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 2 OLC
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Bronze Star w/ V & OLC
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Air Medal w/V & numeral 28
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Air Medal
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ARCOM w/ 2 OLC
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I found this bullet taped to my chest after I woke up in the hospital Japan. If you look close you can see the faint rifling mark on it. The barrel must have been all but shot out (wore out). The surgeons tape the shrapnel and bullets they remove from the patients on them as souvenirs so they won't get lost. You're laying there naked and you don't have any pockets to place them in! The Purple Heart I received was a left over Coffin Box type WWII medal. They made up an extra 500,000 Purple Hearts in 1945 in anticipation of invading Japan.
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Back of Purple Heart For Military Merit?
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Good Conduct Medal w/ Clasp & 3 Knots
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Vietnam Service Medal, ribbon reflecting 2 campaign credits
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Vietnam service medal
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Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 Campaign Stars
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National Defence Service Medal
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Korean Service Medal
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Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, with Palm (Vietnamese made)
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Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm (American made)
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Vietnamese made Vietnam Campaign Medal with '60-__' device on ribbon, '71-'72 device on medal
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Vietnam Campaign medal awarded by the South Vietnamese Government
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Vietnamese cross of Gallantry unit citation ribbon

U.S. Army Meritorious unit Citation ribbon

Vietnamese Civic Action unit citation ribbon

The CG of the 101st Airborne Division stated handing out "Brave Eagle" coins when a soldier received an award for valor. I think that this may be among the early beginnings of the challenge coin.
Image courtesy of Pete Rzeminski

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