That's what I thought. So why do all the medals on Ebay have them on both the medal and ribbon bar? I knew I'd get the right answer here. Thanks ag...

He served on the USS John D Henley (DD553). He qualified on August 24, 1944. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the help. I think I was going for a bit deeper factual information. I am trying to be as accurate as possible in my re-creation of tags a...

Here's another one for you. Was there a difference between the color of the Honorable Discharge Emblems (khaki or olive drab)? Are they different be...

Thank you all for the help, I'm sure I will have more questions to come.

Ok...here are the pins that came along with the photos that my grandfather brought back with him. I am looking to do some identification on them and ...

Ok...here are the pins that came along with the photos that my grandfather brought back with him. I am looking to do some identification on them and ...

From what I can tell from the photo it is a square patch with what looks like a circle shape on it. I must admit that the photo itself is small and l...

Hello again everyone, I have another request for your help. I have been trying to figure out and was wondering if the round patch on my gran...

My father has found a few more papers in a box in the attic that has the names of the soldiers on the photos I posted. Any of the names sound famili...

You should check out some of the photos I posted of my grandfather in the WWII Engineers section, just look for Francis J Ryan. Many of the places li...

I guess my grandfather was lucky to not have a weapon on in that shot. Here is a photo of him standing by what he labeled as "Beautiful Blue Danube" ...

I like the G. I. Joe sign too. My grandfather is the first on the right. He wrote names on the backside of that shot. The names are Pensegetti, Lt....

Hello everyone, here are a few more photos from what my grandfather took in Europe for your enjoyment. He labeled the first photo Dijon, France 1945....

Here are a few more photos my grandfather took from Ulm, Germany. The back of the photos are just dated 1945. Enjoy. -- attach...