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> My Dad Was in WWll Came home Thank God. and For Many Many years until he Passed in 1982 My Mom Was Digging Steel out of His Back as It festerd up Why Did he Not Get a PURPLE HEART? I was told it was from a Grenade. Can Anyone Check the Records And Locate Anything? Please Help.

> Go to the below web site and supply the information about your father. The more information you can provide the easier you make it for the technicians that search the records. Now that being said, there was a large fire in 1973 that destroyed a great deal of WWII records. I sent for my wife's dad's records and we got them though they were singed by fire. His last name started with the letter L. I don't remember what part of...

> Probably because no one ever recommended him for the medal. Or the paperwork got lost. Did he request to be awarded the medal? Go to the top of the forum page & get a copy of his DD214. This document will tell all of the medals he is qualified to receive. You will need his service number. My wife got all of her father's records by applying at the local V.A. office . It took about 3 months. Ed

> I am trying to get info on a show that aired on the National Geographic channel a few years ago. I believe the series was called, Life on the Edge and the episode was "A Vietnam Story" or "A Vietnam Tale". I tried google but no luck. It was an amazing story about a US soldier in vietnam that took a photo from a vietnamese soldier he killed. He tried to find the family of the dead soldier by putting the picture on the...

> I had totally forgotten about Chicken Man...it was an amazing night I had after watching the youtube flick. My wife got up and spent the night in the guest room. Loved CM