Steve, I did join the 90th Division Association after I found out my father was part of that unit. I pretty much know my father's entire military...
I did get my father's OMPF and fortunately nearly 98% of it survived the 1973 fire. As TD-Tommy776 says as a separate unit that never went...
You can find the Department of the Army (DA) and War Department (WD) General Orders online at the Fort Benning library at the following location:...
You can find the War Department and Department of the Army General Orders at the following website: Maneuver Center of Excellence Libraries Darryl
The omission of the Normandy campaign star was just sloppy and lazy typing by whoever entered the information. Fortunately about 98% of my...
The Department of the Army- US Army Human Resources Command in Fort Knox, KY has DA GO 43-50. Darryl
He is eligible for the Bronze Star Medal as authorized in 1947 for his CIB. Darryl
The codes are WD GO 33-45 and WD GO 40-45. War department, General Order #33, dated 1945 and War Department, General Order # 40, dated 1945. They...
Departure date is different from discharge papers and for 114th Infantry Regiment. Darryl
Doesn't look like 114th Infantry DUI to me. Darryl[ATTACH]
Does his discharge papers show the day he sailed from Europe and arrived back in US. I can look at New York Times to see which ships arrived that...
No, the retroactive BSM was not awarded for valor and would not have the "V" attachment. It was awarded for meritorious service and not heroism...
Dave, If your grandfather's discharge papers/report of separation shows the award of CIB then you can send a copy of it with a short letter...
My father's World War II service started with the Infantry (MOS 745 - Rifleman) in the Army Ground Forces (AGF). He developed trench foot in...
I need information on the 300th Infantry Regiment based at Fort Benning, Georgia. They were a separate unit not assigned to a division. My father...
I received my father's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) today. It's a lot of pages and some of them sufferred damage from the 1973 fire and...
What type of shoulder patches, insignia, pins, etc would have been worn by a PFC in the ground support crew of the 441st Bomb Squadron of the...
I agree with all of the info that was provided about my father's service. I only learned a few days ago about his entitlement to the Bronze Star....
I've tried what you said but don't know if it worked. Anyone can email me at dga99@hotmail.com and I can send the files....
I believe that you might be right about him passing through the AAF on discharge. This makes it more difficult to find out which unit he was with....
