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The Silver Star remained exclusively an Army decoration until August 7, 1942 and was expanded by Act of Congress for award by the Navy Department.
He said he couldn’t hear anything, but was told by the Army Sergeant that the Navy was well off the coast and was shelling the trail to keep the enemy back. The Sergeant said he was a stupid son-of-bitch thinking it was a storm and he took dads gun and pierced the sand bags ...
Lofty Lance was born in the Western Cape, South Africa on 29th April 1928. After his schooling he his career followed a rather convoluted route, the adventurous life loomed large and he initially joined the Navy and trained on the S.A.T.S General Botha (Cadet 1305) joining the ranks of...
The Navy Cross is the second highest military decoration — after the Medal of Honor — awarded for extraordinary heroism to service members in the Navy and the Marine Corps. Williams was awarded the Silver Star in 1953, but Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said Willi...
While no women were awarded the honor, the Korean War Medal of Honor recipients represents the racialdiversityof America. There are African, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish and Native American among the recipients. There are 93 Army, 4 Air Force, 7 Navy and 42 Marine recipients of the Medal of ...
The 1st Marine Division was backloaded from Hungnam, between 10 and 24 December, by the Navy ships of TF-9O. The division was taken back to Pusan, which had been the first assembly area of the Brigade. In five months the Marines had managed to fight all around the Korean peninsula. ...
as well as surface operations officer on the Naval Air Forces, Atlantic Fleet staff, and as a test officer at the Deseret Test Center. His decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal with combat V, and numerous service and campaign medals. ...
took a wrong turn and was captured some days later in the mountains to the south. When repatriated some three years later, he would learn that for his exploits at Taejon he was one of 131 servicemen awarded the Medal of Honor during the war (Army 78, Marine Corps 42, Navy 7, and Ai...