kaltesherz
12-21-11, 15:18
I need help figuring out my girlfriends grandfathers World War II awards. He passed away 10 years ago but we want to give her father his dads medals in a shadowbox, so I'm trying to put them together the best way I can. Yeah, I know, it's a bit of a stretch, but we know a bit of his history so I'm pretty sure with your help we can get it pretty close. Here's his info:
Infantryman (Mortars) enlisted 1942
Served with the 16th Inf Reg of the 1st ID (unknown Battalion)
Invaded North Africa (where he was captured by the Germans in Battle of the Kasserine Pass, but was freed by the Brits before his prison ship could escape) , Italy, and yes, you guessed it, Omaha beach at Normandy, where he was severely wounded by a mortar shell. He spent the rest of the war recuperating and was discharged as a Sergent in 1946. Yeah, he was a total ****ing badass.
This what I think he's got
Combat Infantryman Badge (duh)
Bronze Star (post-war given to everyone with a CIB)
Good Conduct Ribbon
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with 3 arrowheads and god knows how many stars)
French Liberation Medal
Prisoner Of War Medal (didn't exist until 1985 but retroactive)
Any help would be greatly appriciated, thanks!
Infantryman (Mortars) enlisted 1942
Served with the 16th Inf Reg of the 1st ID (unknown Battalion)
Invaded North Africa (where he was captured by the Germans in Battle of the Kasserine Pass, but was freed by the Brits before his prison ship could escape) , Italy, and yes, you guessed it, Omaha beach at Normandy, where he was severely wounded by a mortar shell. He spent the rest of the war recuperating and was discharged as a Sergent in 1946. Yeah, he was a total ****ing badass.
This what I think he's got
Combat Infantryman Badge (duh)
Bronze Star (post-war given to everyone with a CIB)
Good Conduct Ribbon
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with 3 arrowheads and god knows how many stars)
French Liberation Medal
Prisoner Of War Medal (didn't exist until 1985 but retroactive)
Any help would be greatly appriciated, thanks!