Medals

[Tom Joad]

Does anyone know of a website out there where I can look up information about the medals my grandfather won in WWII? He was in the US Army Air Corps and was stationed in England. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Vegas]

http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=world+war+II&gclid=CIDku4S1_4wCFRH2gAoddwNHBw

[Tom Joad]

http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=world+war+II&gclid=CIDku4S1_4wCFRH2gAoddwNHBw


Thank you, very much.

[Vegas]

I'd be curious to know which ones he won if you don't mind posting.

[Tom Joad]

Also, is there a site where I can plug my GF's name in and find out ALL (or, at least, most) of the medals he was awarded?

[Tom Joad]

I'd be curious to know which ones he won if you don't mind posting.

My Grandmother married my Grandfather after WWII had ended (they married in 1946). She could not remember any of the medals except for the general ones like good conduct. I do know that he left as a corporal.

[Tom Joad]

This is probably one:

World War II (WWII) Victory Medal
[215 ARWWIIVM] $11.75



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World War II (WWII) Victory Medal

Criteria: Awarded to any member of the United States military who served on active duty, or as a reservist, between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946. The World War II Victory Medal was first issued as a ribbon, and was referred to simply as the “Victory Ribbon.” By 1946, a full medal had been established which was referred to as the World War II Victory Medal. There is no minimum service time limit for the issuance of the World War II Victory Medal, and the National Personnel Records Center has reported some cases of service members receiving the award for simply a few days of service. As the Second World War ended in August 1945, there are also cases of service members, who had enlisted in 1946, receiving the decoration without having been a veteran of World War II.

[Tom Joad]

American Campaign Medal - WW II
[111 ARACAM] $11.75



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American Campaign Medal - WW II

Criteria: Awarded to service members performing either one year of consecutive duty between December 7, 1941 to March 2, 1946 within the continental borders of the United States, or performing 30 days consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days of duty outside the borders of the United States but within the American Theater of Operations. The American Theater was defined as the entirety of the United States to include most of the Atlantic Ocean, a portion of Alaska, and a small portion of the Pacific bordering California and Baja California. Service stars were authorized to any service member who was engaged in actual combat with Axis forces within the American theater. This primarily applied to those members of the military which had engaged in anti-U-Boat patrols in the Atlantic.

Attachments: Bronze Star Device, Silver Star Device

[Tom Joad]

Army Good Conduct Medal
[120 ARGCM] $11.75



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Army Good Conduct Medal

Criteria: Awarded to any enlisted member of the United States Army who completes three consecutive years of "honorable and faithful service.” Such service implies that a standard enlistment was completed without any non-judicial punishments, disciplinary infractions, or court martial offenses. If a service member commits an offense, the three-year mark "resets" and a service member must perform an additional three years of discipline free service before the Good Conduct may be authorized. During times of war, the Army Good Conduct Medal may be awarded for one year of faithful service. The medal may also be awarded posthumously, to any soldier killed in the line of duty. To denote additional decorations of the award, a series of Good Conduct Knots are provided as attachments to the decoration. Service for the Army Good Conduct Medal must be performed on active duty and the medal is not awarded to members of the Army reserve or National Guard who are not federalized to active service. For those Reserve and Guard members who satisfactorily perform annual training and drill duty, however, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal may be awarded in lieu.

Attachments: Bronze Good Conduct Knot Device, Silver Good Conduct Knot Device.

[Vegas]

Thanks for the posts. I like learning and reading about history. I know a few guys who flew in WWII, most of them have died in recent years. They all have fascinating stories about their part of the war. The movies and books can't hold a candle to the stories you hear from someone telling their own stories.

[Nixon's Head]

Thanks for the posts. I like learning and reading about history. I know a few guys who flew in WWII, most of them have died in recent years. They all have fascinating stories about their part of the war. The movies and books can't hold a candle to the stories you hear from someone telling their own stories.My grandpa left some audio cassettes to my father and his siblings. I am curious to listen to them, but haven't had the opportunity yet.

[Tom Joad]

http://ww2.vet.org/default.asp

Above is an interesting website I found. You can search through their records, however I cannot get the search feature to work.

[Tom Joad]

My Grandmother sent me my Grandfather's discharge papers. He was a corporal in the 40th Battalion of the Army Air Force. His job title was "Aircraft Armorer." He saw action in Central Europe, Air Offensive-Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Ardennes. He also received the EAME Ribbon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal).

[IfHilaryWinsImMovingToCan]

Do your grandafther a favor, don't say that he "won" the awards.

He earned them. Likely through much blood, sweat, and tears.

[Tom Joad]

Do your grandafther a favor, don't say that he "won" the awards.

He earned them. Likely through much blood, sweat, and tears.

Semantics.