Good morning Clay, I found this post a long time ago and was so glad to read it. I lit up when some of my information crossed with yours. Unfortunat...

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....