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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. ![](https://i.imgur.com/273TI9d.jpg?2) 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: ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/USS_Lunga_Point_%28CVE-94%29%2C_in_May_1944.jpg) 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. ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/USS_Lunga_Point_%28CVE-94%29_burns_off_Iwo_Jima%2C_21_February_1945.jpg) 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_PointI'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.
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Post by Snorelacks on Nov 22, 2019 3:51:57 GMT
The anchor with the USN in the bottom center is a Chief Petty Officer anchor.
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Dec 10, 2019 3:46:20 GMT
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/1914_Star.jpg) One of my Great Grandfathers was in the Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-1918. He was awarded the 1914 (Mons) Star. He also survived WW1. Unfortunately said Medal is lost to the sands of time with no way of getting another.
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