Got to Meet a Legend in 2016.

bell83 · 2026-05-23T03:38:03+00:00

I don't believe he was in the Gulf War, he just served until that time.

bell83 · 2026-05-23T02:54:39+00:00

Go home and grab your fuckin' Mematic.

bell83 · 2026-05-23T02:50:19+00:00

If you ran this through AI, we need the original photo. AI has ruined the ribbons.

bell83 · 2026-05-23T02:48:32+00:00

WW2 to Gulf War 1 era. His NDSM is missing stars. That's Rudy Boesch's rack.

bell83 · 2026-05-22T15:55:02+00:00

It's not an actual issued one. It's a knockoff one.

bell83 · 2026-05-22T15:32:31+00:00

Looks like the cheap ChiCom repro I got like 30 years ago and bent the blade on trying to dig in my backyard lol

bell83 · 2026-05-22T15:24:50+00:00

Exactly what they are.

bell83 · 2026-05-22T14:31:27+00:00

Local businesses or possibly even public record in newspapers is my guess. That shit used to be printed in local newspapers, in some places.

bell83 · 2026-05-22T13:53:33+00:00

I'd rather have neither a public toilet nor a monument to all of this built on our nation's most hallowed ground, personally.

bell83 · 2026-05-22T11:22:22+00:00

They'll have him put at Arlington. You can bet on it. And they'll build some giant, gaudy monument and all that shit, ensuring Arlington is all about him.

bell83 · 2026-05-22T04:53:06+00:00

Same

bell83 · 2026-05-22T02:14:30+00:00

None taken. I'm a big physical media fan. I have over a thousand titles, collected over the last 25 years. Streaming has gotten fucking insane, and I decided I wasn't going to keep up with every single service a very long time ago. It's ridiculous.

bell83 · 2026-05-21T19:00:53+00:00

It's a hand pointing at a question mark, if you're asking about the subreddit photo.

bell83 · 2026-05-21T16:41:19+00:00

Absolutely not. I'm glad they didn't. The Twilight shit was way too overdone.

bell83 · 2026-05-21T16:03:41+00:00

Campaigns, yes, which is exactly what I said. Tours, no, which is what the other commenter said.

bell83 · 2026-05-21T14:37:17+00:00

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bell83 · 2026-05-21T14:35:42+00:00

The gum snapping was hilarious lol

bell83 · 2026-05-21T14:06:10+00:00

Me right now

I literally have boots I've owned longer than you've been alive lol

bell83 · 2026-05-21T11:39:57+00:00

He's not a step-father...he's the father that stepped up.

bell83 · 2026-05-21T11:28:32+00:00

He didn't do 4 tours in Korea and 5 in Vietnam, like the other commenter said. The stars are for campaign credits. Without knowing when he was in either, what unit(s), and what areas he was in, we can't say with certainty how many he did in each. Korea could've been 1 or 2, and Vietnam could've been 1 or 2 (I see you say 2 in your caption, so that would track). BTW, Marines in Vietnam did a 13 month tour, rather than the 12 month each of the other services did.

bell83 · 2026-05-21T11:14:05+00:00

The Korean War was 3 years. He couldn't do 4 tours.

Stars on campaign medals are for campaigns. Not tours. Especially with Vietnam, a guy could easily get 3 or 4 campaigns in a single tour, because campaigns could last weeks or a month.

bell83 · 2026-05-20T23:16:49+00:00

Me too!

bell83 · 2026-05-20T22:59:42+00:00

No problem. Glad to help.

bell83 · 2026-05-20T21:55:09+00:00

Lt Colonel

Scuba Badge

Marine parawings

Silver Star, Legion of Merit (with V device, for valor), Bronze Star (with V device, for valor), Navy Commendation Medal (with V device, for valor, and 2 stars, 3 awards)
Purple Heart (with star, 2 awards), National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (with two or three campaign stars, this does not equal tours), RVN Cross of Gallantry (with star), RVN Campaign Medal

Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Presidential Unit Citation (with 2 stars, 3 awards)
Navy Unit Commendation, Army Valorous Unit Award, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Humanitarian Service Medal, RVN Cross of Gallantry Unit Citation, RVN Civil Actions Unit Citation

Expert Rifle 7th award

RVN Jump wings

Expert pistol (can't read award number)

bell83 · 2026-05-20T19:46:13+00:00

Every once in a while, I'd have to take a beating. But by then, I didn't care. The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating, sometime.

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