David
Sat January 10, 2004 1:57am
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MAAG Vietnam Stand. Edge
MAAG Vietnam Stand. Edge Subdued 4/1956-3/1965
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David
Sat January 10, 2004 2:12am
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Vietnamese Rangers Foreig
Vietnamese Rangers Foreign Patch (RVN) 4/1956-4/1975
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David
Tue January 27, 2004 12:25am
Rating: 10
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Navy Recruiting Poster
U.S. Navy Recruiting Poster, circa 1908
Poster featuring the historic U.S. Navy ships (clockwise from upper left): Bon Homme Richard, Constitution, Oregon and Hartford, with USS Michigan (BB-27) in center, plus information on pay and other benefits. Published on behalf of the Naval Recruiting Station, Saint Louis, Missouri.
A faint stamp near the view of Oregon states: "After July 1, 1908, pay herein mentioned will be increased 10%".
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Doc.2/47
Tue June 1, 2004 5:51pm
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2-47 mobile Bn. Aid Stati
2-47(Mech.)Bn. Aid Station Vietnam
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Doc.2/47
Wed June 2, 2004 2:22pm
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FSB Vietnam 1970
Sorry,never knew the name of this FSB.
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Doc.2/47
Wed June 30, 2004 9:02am
Rating: 10
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Patrol/VN women
This was an unintentional double exposier but I've always kinda liked it anyway.
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David
Sat October 2, 2004 1:28am
Rating: 10
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Battalion Seas Arriving i
Battalion Seas Arriving in South Vietnam
An amphibious task group of Second Battalion, Third Marines lands along the coast of South Vietnam, 15 miles north of Hue on July 20th, 1967. The Amtracks transported the Marines from landing ships in the South China Sea to the assault beach.
This mission called "Bear Chain" operation was the thirty-fourth assault that Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force ships had launched on the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam, since March 1965.
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David
Mon October 4, 2004 11:25am
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1st Lt. Kenneth Michael B
1st Lt. Kenneth Michael Ballard
26
Company C, 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Mountain View, California
Killed in a firefight with Iraqi insurgents in Najaf, Iraq, on May 30, 2004
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 12:48am
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Distinguished Service Med
Distinguished Service Medal
The Distinguished Service Medal was instituted on 14 October 1914 and was awarded to (Chief) Petty Officers and men of the Navy, Army and Air Force personnel of equal rank serving with the fleet, who show themselves to the force in action, and set an example of bravery and resource under fire, but without performing acts of such pre-eminent bravery as would render them eligible to receive the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. A silver-coloured bar is awarded for additional acts of bravery.
The silver-coloured award has the shape of a circular medal, 1.42 inches in diameter. The obverse shows a crowned effigy of :
KING GEORGE VI:A, facing left and one of the legends :
GEORGEIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP: (for WWII).
GEORGEIVS VI DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: (for Korea).
QUEEN ELIZABETH II, facing right and the legend :
ELIZABETH II D: G: BR: OMN: REGINA R: D: (for Korea and Vietnam).
The reverse shows the legend FOR / DISTINGUISHED / SERVICE in three lines, encircled by a laurel wreath and surmounted by an Imperial Crown. The medal is awarded with the inscription of the service number, rank, initials, surname and service of the recipient.
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide and consists of three equal vertical stripes : dark blue, white and dark blue, with a thin dark blue stripe down the centre of the white.
Total issued to Canadians : 116 plus 2 bars, 114 + 2 bars during the Second World War and two awards during the Korea War.
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 7:16am
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Medal for the Capture of
Medal for the Capture of Vienna
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 12:18pm
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Red Cross Medals
Red Cross Medals. During the First World War, the French Red Cross was composed of three distinct, and fairly autonomous societies. The oldest was the Soci?t? de Secours aux Bless?s Militaires, (SSBM) established in 1864. Next was the Association des Dames Fran?aise (ADF), created in 1879. The youngest of the three was the Union des Femmes Fran?aises, (UFF) begun in 1881. Each of these three Red Cross societies issued three different types of medals. Each issued a membership medal, a commemorative for the war, and each issued a merit award. In some cases there were different models or designs. Each of these medals hung from a white ribbon with a red cross. Click the links below to view the obverse sides of each.
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 12:43pm
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Tapferkeits Medaille
Tapferkeits Medaille (Bravery Medal) Awarded to non-commissioned officers and other ranks for a deed of bravery in war. This medal was instituted on 19 July 1789 in 3 classes : the Gold Medal, the Large Silver Medal (also called 1st Class Silver Medal) and the Small Silver Medal (2nd Class Silver Medal). On 14 February 1915 a Bronze Medal (50% bronze, 50% gunmetal) was added. During the 1st World War two types of the "Tapferkeits- Medaille" were issued : a first type bearing, on the obverse, the bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I with the text "FRANZ JOSEPH I V.G.G. KAISER V. OESTERREICH" (Franz Joseph I, by the grace of God, Emperor of Austria) and on the reverse, within a laurel wreath with crossed flags at the bottom, the words "DER / TAPFERKEIT" (For Bravery, in German) and a second type, issued after Franz Joseph's death in November 1916, bearing, on the obverse, the bust of Emperor Karl with the text "CAROLVaS D.G. IMP. AVST. REX BOH. ETC. ET REX APOST. HVNG." (Karl, by the grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia etc. and Apostolic King of Hungary). The reverse is similar to the first type but for the word "FORTITVDINI" (For Bravery, in Latin). On 29 November 1915 bars, trapeze form and in rustless iron, were installed for subsequent awards of the same class. An order of 15 September 1917 made officers also eligible, under special conditions, for the Gold or Silver Classes and in those cases a gilt or silver "K" was affixed to the ribbon. By mid March 1918 the Vienna Mint had struck, during the war, some 950,000 bronze, 384,000 small silver 2nd Class, 143,000 large silver and 3,700 gold medals.
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 12:44pm
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Milit
Milit?r-Verdienstmedaille (Medal for Military Merit) Often called 'Signum Laudis' from the text on the reverse, this medal was awarded to NCO's and other ranks for exceptional merit in war or peace. Instituted on 12 March 1890 by Emperor Franz Joseph I, it was issued on a plain red ribbon for peace merit, in silver or gilt bronze. On 1 April 1916 Franz Joseph added a higher class, the Large Medal for Military Merit. For merit whilst in view of the enemy, crossed gilt swords were attached to the ribbon and in February 1917 Karl I instituted silvered bars for a second and third award of the small medal, gilt bars for the Large Medal. In November 1916, at the succession to the throne of Karl I, the medals were adapted. The obverse was changed to have the new Emperor's bust and a corresponding text : "CAROLVS D.G. IMP.AVST.REX BOH.ETC. ET REX APOST.HVNG" (see Bravery Medal) and the suspension was altered to have 2 crowns on oak and laurel leafs (Emperor's crown of Austria, King's crown of Hungary). At first the oak and laurel leafs were repeated on the reverse, later in the war the suspension's reverse was plain. The reverse itself bears the words "SIGNVM / LAUDIS" (sign of esteem) within an oak and a laurel branch.
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tdeane
Sat February 12, 2005 12:13pm
Rating: 10
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Tower
Another view of our Tower overlooking MSR
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Doc Gehrke
Thu February 17, 2005 7:05pm
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1stBn9thmar 1966 who is t
This is a Marine I am trying to figure out his name, It was taken on Hill 55 outside DaNang Viet Nam in 1965 or 66
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