Finished Shadow Box for my Grandfather

Thank you.. with everything that the members here have shared with me.. I must share too..

 

Great documents and I see you have all the info regarding the C de G . The curiculum is impressive.

 

Papers and other info have slowly filtering in and just amazing.. The unit history is long but great reading. These men were attached to soooo many.. they broguht the 1st infantry in and so many others that seen much action.. I'm proud of him and at the same time sad for all the dismay he seen too.. I'm glad that the pics we have I see him smiling and cry to hear his nightmares.. the coin flips so fast.. On the other hand I see the civilian that took me to school from kindergarten all the way to high school, the man that thought me to stand up for myself, how to fight for what I believe in, how to defend myself and was at every softball game, musical, birth of my children.. every part of my life we have shared.. That there I am so very Proud of!! It is these two parts of him, tho very different, make me honored that he is my grandfather and that I call him PA!!! These men need to know that we love them and that we honor them and their service.. I think this site does that well!! My salutes go to all!!!!

 

have you thought about the day of presentation then ? meaning you are going to have a small recorder because surely as this touches him remembrances will flow, several you may well have never heard of.

a Beautiful display and he will be quite honored, I would be if all the "stuff" was not trashed long ago. sadly I have nothing of my Grandfathers time away behind the lines in Latvia or my own Fathers service in the US Navy. Just a few stories and some very faded photos.

good for you Sandy, your Grandpa will be very proud

v/r E ~

 

I still think the same.. you still took the time to do it!! To honor your brotheris special I hope my boys are the same way to eachother..

Thank you for the arrowhead info.. I will let the VA office know asn we will see what we should do... I know what the Army states and that should be how the box is too.. We shall see..

 

Sandy I have never had a give up attitude, but in my relatives case there is simply nothing there, especially for my Grandfather as his missions were kept secret and still are. My German relatives are indeed very closed mouthed with 3 cousins serving in the German Heer and 2 in the Luftwaffe during the war. Frustrated I have been .....

 

I did not know that.. I see why you would have a hard time gettin information.. Sorry if I sounded rough.. I am so for anyone doing this stuff for the vets I wish in your case you could get the info.. Even my grandfather says that the Germans were very trained and a tough enemy.. So the history from there would be cool to know too..

 

THAT IS A 4 SURE THING!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS!!!


To me you guys have been a BIG help in making all this come true for us!! It's amazing all the knowledge that is here on this site and the willingness to help is beyond!!!

 

Sandy I echo everyone else's comments on how awesome this looks. Great job, something you should be very very proud of!!

 

What a wonderful thing you have done. It is beautiful. I want to put something together for my Dad who is now deceased. d. gaddie

 

Thank you and I hope you get to do it for your dad.. it's amazing the things you learn as you do the research..

 

if this is the one you are looking for it's quite hard to get and was last awarded in.... 1947.
I had a spare copy only a few weeks ago , but traded it with Kai Petri.

The Médaille de la Résistance was given to approximately 44,000 living persons and 20,000 posthumously, awarded both for membership of the Free French forces and for participation in the metropolitan clandestine Resistance during the German occupation of France in World War II. Higher deeds were rewarded with the Ordre de la Libération. The medal ceased to be awarded on 31 December 1947 in Indochina and globally on 31 March 1947.



Médaille de la Résistance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

must say I have much more in the way of photo documentation on my Father in law serving in the USN in the pacific on two ships, one a tin-can. In fact we presented , we meaning my wife, her two bro's a memorial of pics and his text in words to my mother in law during the war with old letters things he had not seen for over 40 plus years. Sandy as I mentioned how powerful this will be for you, your family and your Grandfather when he first sees this. my own Father -in-law when first looking at the book was into it for over 4 hours sitting and the memories of those difficult times just flowed like hot maple syrup over pancakes, we were all beaming and he had a small tear forming from his left eye-lid............ funny what you are able to pick up and lodge in your brain - those little almost non necessary moments