I read his orders wrong. He was transferred to Camp Parks on 4/29 and was at the receiving station in San Fran on 5/24. So he left Iwo around...
I'm working on documenting my wife's grandfather's time in the Navy during WWII. He was a seabee and I have the date he landed on Iwo (2/26/45)...
I'm making a medals display for the WWII medals of my wife's grandfather. He was in the Navy aboard the Rudyerd Bay. From his service record I...
found something else in the service record that states his rank as ABM (Ga) A/S - apprentice seaman S 2/c - seaman 2nd class AMM 3/c - Aviation...
thanks but that doesn't have the (g) listed or the (t) it lists the following for ABM ABM(AG) - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Arresting Gear and...
I'm working on a book on my wife's grandfather that was in the Navy during WWII. He was on the Rudyerd Bay. In looking through his service...
that looks great LRusso216! Fgrun83, I ordered the case but did all the mounting myself.
I did something similar for my grandfather. I'm still waiting on his service record and replacement medals. I actually ordered all his medals,...
The 33rd started EIB testing in Hawaii sometime after July 1944 and my grandfather received the EIB November 1944 while in New Guinea. The only...
i'm talking about the EIB not the CIB. The CIB was awarded for combat but the EIB was based on testing. The testing seems to be pretty...
"which covered a wide range of infantry and infantry related skills" this is all I keep finding but no listing of what that wide range and skills...
my grandfather received the EIB during WWII. Does anyone know what was involved in this testing? I can find reference to a test but nothing...
I can't tell from your post if your grandfather was in the army or not. I've had luck with contacting the U.S. Army Human Resources Command....
since there was some interest in the finished product I thought I'd post a picture. I really liked how it turned out.
grandpa's officer qualification card had the general orders for most of his awards and I was able to get copies of the original general orders...
He was in the first (Co B) and second (Co G) battalion. He was in first battalion Co B until the end of Luzon when he got a battlefield...
Message from Allied Workshops I just had some made for a display I'm making of my grandfather's WWII medals.
I'm making a medal display case for my grandfather's WWII medals and badges and I'm not sure the correct order of his unit and division for the...
anyone have an idea where I could find an old infantry journal? I found one with an article about hill 40 in morotai and my grandfather was part...
my wife's grandfather was in the Navy during WWII and I'm trying to figure out what one of his patches is? It's the patch at the bottom that...
