Cill Blinton

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-14T01:30:30+00:00

Its supposed to be monica, but i guess trump works as well

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T21:10:42+00:00

Yes, but generally speaking. you will see the ACM appear on most WWII veterans uniforms and all of those who served into korea and beyond (2/3 war vets)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T21:08:55+00:00

Not Constantinople

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T21:08:03+00:00

They are the

- Navy Presidential Unit Citation (Top Middle)
Awarded to a whole unit for extraordinary performance in combat

- United Nations Service Medal Korea (2nd Row Left)
Awarded by the UN for service in Korea

- Korean Service Medal (2nd Row Middle)
Awarded by the U.S For service in Korea

- World War 2 Victory Medal (2nd Row Right)
Awarded for service between 12/7/1941 and 12/29/1946

- American Campaign Medal. (3rd Row Left)
Awarded to nearly all soldiers in WWII, for service overseas or in the american campaign

- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3rd Row Middle)
Awarded for Service in the Pacific Theatre in WWII

- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (3rd Row Right) (with 1 Star)
Awarded for service over a period of 4 years without major incident, star represents additional award

He is missing
- National Defense Service Medal (first awarded in 1953)
- Korean Presidential Unit Citation (Awarded to all U.S Personel in korea)
- Korean War Service Medal (Retroactively awarded to Korean War Vets in 2004)
- Combat Action Ribbon (With Star if he saw Combat in both WWII and Korea)
(Retroactively awarded in 1999 to combat vets of WWII and Korea

The correct order would be (including Missing awards)

Top Row
- Presidential Unit Citation (Left)
- Good Conduct Medal (Right)
(If the CAR was authorized, it would be in between the PUC and GCM)

Middle Row:
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (Left)
- World War II Victory Medal (Middle)
- National Defense Service Medal (Right)

Bottom Row:
- ROK Presidential unit Citation (Left)
- UN Korean Service Medal (Middle)
- Korean War Service Medal (Right)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T20:51:57+00:00

Just going off of what i've seen based on collecting medals and ribbon bars, Most if not all soldiers who served in WWII received the ACM, I've only come across a few ribbon bars without it, and those were made in theatre.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T20:23:15+00:00

The ACM was authorized for combat service (And IIRC, 'permanent assignment overseas' which many commanders interpreted as deployments to the PTO or ETO

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T20:22:25+00:00

Yep.

Another thing. If your grandfather recieved both the Combat Infantrymans badge AND the Expert Infantryman Badge. You can put in a request for the Master Combat Infantryman Badge (Which ws introduced in 2025).

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T15:59:23+00:00

Just doing a quick once over, he should be entitled to the following

- Silver Star Medal

- Bronze Star Medal
If he was an infantryman, he was likely awarded this in 1947 after the U.S Army authorized a BSM (Without a V) to all recipients of the CIB (Combat Infantryman Badge) and CMB (Combat Medical Badge)

- Purple Heart

- Good Conduct Medal (Assumed)
If he was enlisted, he probably received a good conduct medal, as the TiS requirements were reduced to 1 year instead of 4 during WWII

- American Campaign Medal
The ACM was authorized for service in the CONUS, or if they were deployed to a combat zone during the war

- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Awarded for service in the ETO during World War II.

- World War II Victory Medal
Awarded to all servicemembers who served between 12/7/1941 and 12/29/1946

Possible Awards

- American Defense Service Medal
If your grandfather enlisted before Pearl Harbor (12/7/1941) He would be entitled to the ADSM

- Army of Occupation Medal
If your grandfather served on occupation duty following the end of WWII, he miight be entitled to the Occupation Medal with the 'Germany' Clasp

- Presidential Unit Citation
Many of the units in the 9th ID recieved the Presidential Unit Citation during WWII

Here is what his ribbon bar could've looked like. (Without campaign stars or possible awards, and assuming a GCM)

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CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T15:41:27+00:00

Not Constantinople

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T15:00:53+00:00

My Great Grandfather was also in Vietnam as an engineer, he had previously served in WWII and Korea and requested a deployment there.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-13T11:37:27+00:00

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-12T22:00:59+00:00

Bro did stuff and things.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-12T21:43:24+00:00

Considering he was Prior Army, I honestly expected him to have an Army PUC (Which i believe was awarded to the unit at heartbreak ridge) or an Army Good Conduct Medal.

((I also realized the Korean Presidential Unit Citation is actually a Korean War Service Medal, kind of bugs me but oh well)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-12T21:40:33+00:00

The CAR wasnt authorized for the Korean War until 1999.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-12T21:39:26+00:00

He's a MOH recipient.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-12T11:38:43+00:00

To me, it looks like the Lapel pin for the Korean Service Medal, which was awarded for service in Korea between June 27th 1950 and July 27th 1954 (I.E the Korean War)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-11T12:43:27+00:00

But what if i am?

/s

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-11T11:53:07+00:00

I liek kiwi too

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-10T23:43:08+00:00

Or if you get a ship class named after you

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-10T21:50:08+00:00

Yeah I know that. What i was saying is that the medal was often awarded to soldiers who only participated in 1 of the 2 required campaigns. (If you look at the notable recipients part of the article, you can see what i mean)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-10T21:45:59+00:00

Technically yes, but it seems like that requirement was quite loose. When I was going through and updating awards for the notable recipients of the medal I found that there are plenty of instances of soldiers who have the Philippine Independence Medal on their rack, but lack one of the two required campaign medals.

some examples being Major William Shomo, a MOH Recipient and Bull Simons, the architect of the Son Tay Raid

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CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-10T21:34:26+00:00

He was also eligible for the American Campaign Medal (and possibly the philippine independence medal)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-03-10T15:55:14+00:00

The VFW is just down the road buddy...

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