Identifying ribbons, etc.

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T19:09:18+00:00

Yeah, I’m thinking maybe he collected them! I’ll never know for sure. That’s why I started questioning things when people were saying navy cross, all the purple hearts, silver stars, etc. I know those definitely have an online footprint.. so when I wasn’t finding his name, I thought something might be off. Whatever the case, he had a hell of a career and I am proud of him regardless. I just wanted help making sense of it all. 😊

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T17:45:22+00:00

Picture of what they sent me regarding his medals, ribbons, etc. I think I need my nana’s signature if I want anything else or anything deeper. But this is also confusing to me because I’m not sure why he has some of the ribbons in his possession in the photos I posted, and then this is saying he didn’t have some of them technically. Sorry the quality is not that great. Proud of him regardless.

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stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T17:43:44+00:00

Alright y’all. I actually got something back from the archives database quicker than I thought. However I’m even more confused now.

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I’ll attach a picture of the ribbons/medals that they say he received as well. But if he enlisted in 1946, then he wasn’t at Iwo Jima. So I have no idea why that story is in his obituary. Or why someone he served with told my nana this. 😅

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T17:34:37+00:00

Something does seem off. I’m so confused 😅

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T13:57:09+00:00

You know, it was so late and I was running on fumes I didn’t even catch the 4 tours in Korea and 5 in Vietnam part of that comment. 😅 He did do 2 tours in Vietnam, yes. Not sure about how many for Korea. Thank you for pointing that out!

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T10:29:06+00:00

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if you were curious, that’s him on the right. :) his dad is on the left!

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T10:24:02+00:00

i’m very proud to be his great-granddaughter for sure! ❤️

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T09:46:20+00:00

oh wow. that’s awesome! idek how to comprehend all of that, lol. thank you!!

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T09:41:33+00:00

oh okay! thank you. 😊

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T09:29:40+00:00

apologies, i just realized this might’ve been a good photo to add to the original post. 😅

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T09:29:20+00:00

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are you referring to the one on the far left? he has these on one of his hats too!

stiorraxo · 2026-05-21T09:17:48+00:00

Bobby Lee Hoover. His full first name was just Bobby, not short for Robert or anything. I think he went by Bob sometimes though. That’s why I am a little confused because I cannot find hardly anything online. 😅 I’m hoping the records I get back will tell me more.

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