Post by DerailedWingnut on Nov 21, 2019 23:32:09 GMT
I didn't see any when I searched, so if this is a duplicate thread feel free to merge it.
This thread is for people to talk about their family's or personal military careers.
Was recently going through a bunch of old stuff from my Great Grandfather on my Dad's side and we found a bag of his medals. I'm not sure about all of them, so there might be some random ones mixed in with his naval ones.
He served as an AA Cannon Gunner's mate as well as the ship's cobbler on the USS Lunga Point Escort Carrier (CVE-94) during WWII. His ship and her aircraft participated in the Philippines Campaign, the Invasion of Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa.
Here she is:
She was hit by the wreckage of a kamikaze pilot that she had shot while it was diving and it skidded across the deck causing minor damage and a brief gasoline fire.
She also witnessed the kamikaze strike that sunk her sister ship the USS Bismarck Sea during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
She was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and 5 Battle Stars.
Here's her Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lunga_Point
I'm not going to recite the entire article, but thought it was interesting to look through all his old pictures and medals, and then actually read the history of the ship.
This thread is for people to talk about their family's or personal military careers.
Was recently going through a bunch of old stuff from my Great Grandfather on my Dad's side and we found a bag of his medals. I'm not sure about all of them, so there might be some random ones mixed in with his naval ones.
He served as an AA Cannon Gunner's mate as well as the ship's cobbler on the USS Lunga Point Escort Carrier (CVE-94) during WWII. His ship and her aircraft participated in the Philippines Campaign, the Invasion of Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa.
Here she is:
She was hit by the wreckage of a kamikaze pilot that she had shot while it was diving and it skidded across the deck causing minor damage and a brief gasoline fire.
She also witnessed the kamikaze strike that sunk her sister ship the USS Bismarck Sea during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
She was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and 5 Battle Stars.
Here's her Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lunga_Point
I'm not going to recite the entire article, but thought it was interesting to look through all his old pictures and medals, and then actually read the history of the ship.
