We got a minuteman pin in Pa's medals from the Army.. what does that actuall stand for? I thought minutemen were infantry??
oh.. and Pa calls the fouragere a fire hose... lol just thought it might get a few giggles... that's what he said to me when I was asking him if...
applevalleyjoe... you are very right.. the croix de guere was a unit citation, it was given to the 1st Engineer Special Brigade. and the...
My grandfather was in the 531st Engineer Shore Regiment 3rd battalion which is the 1st Engineer Special Brigade.. They turned into the 3053rd...
I am learning so much from you guys!! My grandfather has 1 sliver star and 1 bronze on his ETO Ribbon and he has the French Croix De Guerre with...
Nope it was major General Eugene Caffey of the 1st Engineer Special Bragade... according to Pa this guy was not right upstairs...
Sir.. my grandfather was there.. 1st Engineer Special Bragde 531st Engineer Shore Regiment. He remembers this day and D-day very well.. Tho since...
my grandfather's,, if you blow up the pic.. plus when he took this pic he did not have all his bars.. anyway they have good conduct, army...
I didn't mean that you did at all.. sorry for that to be taken that way.. I was just kinda giving ya a heads up on writing it the way you did.. I...
The men from this unit have been giving the distinguished service medal.. the men that went to exrecise tiger and d-day are.. now i gotta call the...
look up caffey.. i know i have been told he was not to be on utah beach but snuck in.. i think something happen at exercise tiger and he was not...
I'm not sure if that is the man numbers.. I don't think so ..they did not have dashes in them.. and class A's means his good uniform. they had...
chris can you take a better closer pic of the bars .. I want to see the colors better.. I don' think that one is the purple heart one becasue the...
that i do not know.. is there a 8 digit number inthe jacket? my grandfather said that after he got in trouble for not having a button on a jacket...
Franz when I found the unti patch I got lucky.. it was on a uniform on www.militaryitems.com whenI went threw the patches for army..
franz i correct witht he germany occupation ribbon,, I could not tell the colors in.. Thank you franz!! As far as links I just go to Medals of...
the patch with the stars is the Western Pacific Forces patch
He was an engineer.. lapel pins show it.. us on one side and the other is the engineer,, medal from the ribbons are as follows.. top one i am...
Thank you both.. For the PTSD.. we started in the beginning of the year wanted to get my Pa his medals.. I started telling him how much I wanted...
Lou.. welcome and I would start by goggling the names.. they might come up with a unit..
