(ArtKramr) wrote in message ...
Subject: U$ Military Medals meaningless junk ...!
From: "= Vox Populi ©" Vox Populi ©"

Only meaningless junk to those who have none.
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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Back in the early days of B-52 ARC Lite missions over Nam it took 25
missions to get an Air Medal. I had a Radar Navigator friend who was
on the Wing Bomb/Nav staff. He only had 24 missions so he volunteered
to sub for a sick RN to get his 25th mission and an air medal. The
Buff he was flying on developed some problems and the crew eventually
ejected over the Pacific. His upper torso skeleton with his dog tags
still attached washed up on the beach at the island of Yap some time
later. I have often wondered if he was awarded his Air Medal
posthumously.

Gene Myers
Old Buff driver