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re: Purple Heart for sale for $4.99...
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:07 am to porkrind
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:07 am to porkrind
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I've got a medal of honor from my great aunts first husband. Tried to get it to his family but there is none left They married right before he left so she hardly knew him.
Here's an idea. You know it would be well taken care of.
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Two Medal of Honor recipients are donating their medals to the division they both served under.
Clint Romesha and Florent Groberg, both former 4th Infantry Division soldiers, are offering the medals to the Fort Carson, Colorado-based division as a way to show that the medal belongs to every soldier.
The medals will be donated during a ceremony at Fort Carson on Thursday, and Groberg will present both of them because Romesha is unable to attend. The ceremony is part of the division’s centennial celebration.
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Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:11 am to Jim Rockford
Yep. The best way to make sure a MOH gets a permanent display is to donate it to the unit of the awardee. They take a lot of pride in achievement. It won't get stored away in a vault somewhere until somebody decides to display it for a couple of months.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:13 am to Jim Rockford
Hell yes. That's a bad baw.
That exhibit was one of my favorites in the entire museum. It's not a big display, but the story is amazing. And the damn spear just brings the whole story to life.
That exhibit was one of my favorites in the entire museum. It's not a big display, but the story is amazing. And the damn spear just brings the whole story to life.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:18 am to porkrind
quote:May I suggest, that since it comes from within your family history, that you have it framed with a nameplate and keep it. Research the history of the recipient, and have challenge coins made that honor him and the men he served with when he earned his medal. Make an effort to find those men who served with him, and perhaps particularly, any still living who he might have saved, and send them each a coin, along with your gratitude for their service.
I've got a medal of honor from my great aunts first husband. Tried to get it to his family but there is none left They married right before he left so she hardly knew him.
Challenge coins from a Medal of Honor recipient are highly prized and valued even more than receiving a Presidential coin because of the personal bravery associated with the award. Getting these coins to those men would create new relationships and avenues for you and they would become instant personal treasures for them to hand down to their family.
Here's a couple of examples:
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:26 am to Quinn225
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quote: Damn good idea.
They aren't short on purple hearts or other type of donations. They don't want everything and most items are in storage for years before finally making it on display.
I hope they don't have a bin full of Medals of Honor stashed away in a storage room that they're getting around to displaying one day ...
A friend's father was in the OSS in WWII. Among other things, he was on a Jedburgh team that parachuted into occupied France to raise a little hell before the Normandy invasion. In 1945 he parachuted into Nationalist China to assist Chiang Kai Shek's forces against the Japanese.
He died a couple of years ago and his children thought donating some of his awards and memorabilia to the WWII Museum would be a great way to honor his memory. It included a Silver Star, Purple Heart, silk "escape" maps, blood chit in Chinese, a .22 pistol that fit in his boot heel and I'm not sure what else. Of course, the donation was contingent on it being displayed and his name being mentioned in the display. The WWII Museum wanted the items, but were honest enough to tell them they didn't know when, or even IF, it would ever get displayed.
This isn't a knock on the WWII Museum. I think they do a fantastic job and I love visiting. My friend's items are fascinating to us, because we knew the man as a quiet, peaceful, patient, religious man. I was shocked when I eventually heard of his wartime exploits. But a lot of other people did the same or more in WWII and I guess the Museum is practically flooded with these type of donations and they only have so much room to display them. However, I'd like to think a MOH, especially from someone local, would warrant being displayed.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:30 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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You seem unusually educated on and invested in such an obscure law?
Google, knew it was a Supreme Court case that decided it, not Obama. Used google to look up the rest.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:30 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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They have a MOH on display at the museum. It belonged to some baw from Louisiana. He was a fighter pilot that shot down a bunch of japs and then got stranded on an island with some natives. He survived and returned home. They even have a huge spear that the native cheif traded the pilot for his belt buckle. It's pretty cool. The spear is about 10 feet tall.
That's got to be Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc.
ETA: I should have known this would have already been posted!
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 10:33 am
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:16 am to jbgleason
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This is 100% accurate. Good friends dad, who was a USMC platoon leader on Guadalcanal, went down there to donate some very unique items. One being the coolest piece of war memorabilia I have ever seen, his original battle map of the island with notes on each days engagements-casualties-etc. The folks at the museum were very polite but blunt in saying they are overwhelmed with donations and most items will never be displayed. He kept the items instead of relegating them to some shelf in a warehouse.
I'm all for donating when possible, whether it be a university library or a well known museum.
As an aside, my family's Civil War uniforms were still in hand until Hurricane Carla destroyed them back in the 60s. If I had those, while it would be so awesome to have, I'd donate them.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:44 am to GrizzlePickle
Why would someone want a Purple Heart.
It is the award you really would like to avoid if all possible from earning.
It is the award you really would like to avoid if all possible from earning.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:44 am to jbgleason
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This is 100% accurate. Good friends dad, who was a USMC platoon leader on Guadalcanal, went down there to donate some very unique items. One being the coolest piece of war memorabilia I have ever seen, his original battle map of the island with notes on each days engagements-casualties-etc. The folks at the museum were very polite but blunt in saying they are overwhelmed with donations and most items will never be displayed. He kept the items instead of relegating them to some shelf in a warehouse.
There must be some USMC museum somewhere that would like to have that. I'll bet that some USMC higher command-level HQ building would display it.
When I was assigned to the basement of the USASOC(A) building at Ft. Bragg, the whole building was like a museum with all sorts of items on display highlighting deeds and heroes of the unit's past.
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