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    Bill Brouillard Jr.

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    1. Nice pic Herman - I think it is my pic - It’s always proper to give credit to the original poster when you use a photo. Bill
    2. Here is an excellent thread on the USMF - Ed put a lot of effort into this. https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/265973-tiffany-cross-recipients-update-42916/#comment-2139387 Bill There are 51 TOTAL Navy Medal of Honor recipients between 1919 and 1940 (the Tiffany Cross was first available for award in 1919). 1. Badders - STAR (Confirmed) 2. Balch - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 3. Bennett - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 4. Boone - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 5. Bradley- STAR (Confirmed) 6. Breault- STAR (Confirmed) 7. Button- STAR (Confirmed) 8. Byrd - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 9. Cann - STAR (Confirmed) 10. Cholister - STAR (Confirmed) 11. Corry - UNKNOWN 12. Covington - UNKNOWN 13. Crandall - STAR (Confirmed) 14. Cukela - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 15. Drexler - STAR (Confirmed) 16. Eadie - STAR (Confirmed) 17. Edwards - STAR (Confirmed) 18. Graves - UNKNOWN 19. Hammann - UNKNOWN 20. Hanneken - STAR (NOT Confirmed) 21. Hayden - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 22. Hobson - STAR (Confirmed) 23. Huber - STAR (Confirmed) 24. Hutchins - STAR (Confirmed) 25. Ingram - UNKNOWN 26. Izac - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 27. Janson - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed) 28. Jones - STAR (Confirmed) 29. Kelly - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 30. Kocak - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed) 31. Lyle - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 32. MacKinzie - STAR (NOT Confirmed) 33. Madison - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 34. McDonald - STAR (Confirmed) 35. McGunigal - STAR (Confirmed) 36. Mihalowski - STAR (Confirmed) 37. Ormsbee - UNKNOWN 38. Osborne - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed) 39. Petty - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 40. Pruitt - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 41. Robinson - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 42. Ryan - STAR (Confirmed) 43. Schilt - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 44. Schmidt - STAR (Confirmed) 45. Siegel - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 46. Smith, Albert - STAR (Confirmed) 47. Stockham - ARMY MOH Awarded 48. Sullivan - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 49. Talbot - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 50. Truesdale - STAR (NOT Confirmed) 51. Upton - STAR (Confirmed) Of these 51, the following 29 are NOT confirmed recipients of the STAR version of the MOH 1. Balch - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 2. Bennett - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 3. Boone - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 4. Byrd - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 5. Corry - UNKNOWN 6. Covington - UNKNOWN 7. Cukela - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 8. Graves - UNKNOWN 9. Hammann - UNKNOWN 10. Hanneken - STAR (NOT Confirmed) 11. Hayden - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 12. Ingram - UNKNOWN 13. Izac - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 14. Janson - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed) 15. Kelly - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 16. Kocak - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed) 17. Lyle - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 18. MacKinzie - STAR (NOT Confirmed) 19. Madison - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 20. Ormsbee - UNKNOWN 21. Osborne - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed) 22. Petty - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 23. Pruitt - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 24. Robinson - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 25. Schilt - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 26. Siegel - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 27. Sullivan - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 28. Talbot - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 29. Truesdale - STAR (NOT Confirmed) Of these 29, the following 20 are confirmed Tiffany Cross recipients (or strong evidence indicates a Tiffany Cross recipient) 1. Balch - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 2. Bennett - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 3. Boone - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 4. Byrd - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 5. Cukela - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 6. Hayden - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 7. Izac - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 8. Janson - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed, strong evidence indicates) 9. Kelly - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 10. Kocak - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed, strong evidence indicates) 11. Lyle - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 12. Madison - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 13. Osborne - TIFFANY CROSS (NOT Confirmed, strong evidence indicates) 14. Petty - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 15. Pruitt - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 16. Robinson - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 17. Schilt - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 18. Siegel - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 19. Sullivan - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) 20. Talbot - TIFFANY CROSS (Confirmed) That leaves 9 recipients as follows: 1. Corry - UNKNOWN 2. Covington - UNKNOWN 3. Graves - UNKNOWN 4. Hammann - UNKNOWN 5. Hanneken - STAR (NOT Confirmed, strong evidence indicates) 6. Ingram - UNKNOWN 7. MacKinzie - STAR (NOT Confirmed) 8. Ormsbee - UNKNOWN 9. Truesdale - STAR (NOT Confirmed) OK, that is the current status of the Tiffany Cross recipients. It was just time to update everyone.
    3. The 10 Recruits Bar belongs on a New York National Guard Recruiting Medal Bill
    4. Your numbered medal is a WWII Period medal - can't tell you any more info regarding a date of manufacture/issue etc. Medrow was not awarded the Silver Star in WWII or Korea - Lawton OK. is home to Ft. Sill an Artillery base and this may be an early Vietnam award. Medrow was born in 1946 and in 1972 he was a US Army Reserve Captain. I think he died in 2005. Bill
    5. The No. Medals came out in 1908 and I was told that the MNo. medals came out around 1909. So it is a correct period medal from 1909. Bill
    6. The Marine Corps muster rolls are on Ancestry - he should have received a "No Bar" WWI Victory medal and any local or state medals from where he resided. Bill
    7. M stands for the US Mint which manufactured this medal - Medals that prefix MNo. are not traceable on the medal rolls - These medals were sold to veterans who had left the military when the medals came out. The veteran would send his money to the mint and they would mail him a medal - However the data for these medals was never captured into rolls or databases. The M has nothing to do with the 6th Cavalry. Bill
    8. Harry W. Smith enlisted in 1939 - In April 1942 he joined the 2nd Raider BN Company D, and later as GySgt with Company G. When the Raiders were disbanded in 1944 he was transferred as GySgt. with 1/26 5th Marine Division where he was wounded on Iwo Jima. During the Korean War he was M/Sgt. of H/3/5 1st Marine Division.
    9. If an individual fought with the Philippine resistance movement they were authorized a second star for the Defense Ribbon. Bill
    10. Looks like Byron spent his entire WWI Service at Parris Island. Bill
    11. Gordon, The ribbon was authorized for wear on uniforms for the Liberation Medal, Defense Medal, and Independence Medal to US Forces. The medal itself was not authorized for wear while on active duty but can be worn as a veteran. The medal and ribbon were not issue items to US Forces and if the individual wanted to wear it he/she had to purchase it. The original medals were designed and manufactured by a Philippine company called El Oro. Bill
    12. These were sent to Museums, Collectors, and Veteran Groups as wall display items - They have some value but not as much as an awarded medal Bill
    13. No idea - Never saw this before You should post it on the US Militeria Forum (USMF) Bill
    14. Here is better photo of an Army China this is a good posting to help educate yourself on what is good and bad. https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/365979-fake-wwi-dsc-navy-cross-group-ebay-seller-bigp63/page/6/
    15. I put this up on US Militaria Forum in the section called "Real or What" - Not sure if you are a member so put it on for you. - It is clearly a fake with the intent to deceive - Those guys are very knowledgeable and willing to assist. Let me know Bill Correct Numbering looks like this - notice the differences: https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/344487-indian-wars-no770-campaign-medal/page/2/
    16. Captain James Pope - Battery D 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery (1839-1922)
    17. Pvt. Richard Keith Gillespie USMCR was born September 27, 1924 in Chariton County, Missouri and grew up in Chariton County until he enlisted in the Marine Corps in Kansas City MO on February 28, 1944 and completed Boot Camp at MCRD San Diego, CA. On May 12, 1944, Pvt. Gillespie was assigned to the Service and Supply Company, 5th Service Battalion of the newly formed 5th Marine Division. After additional training in Hawaii the 5th Division boarded the USS Talladega on January 7, 1945 bound for Iwo Jima. February 19, 1945 was D-Day for the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima and Pvt. Gillespie was among those Marines that made the landing. The 5th Marine Division sustained heavy casualties and their valor would be tested throughout the campaign to secure Iwo Jima. The 5th Marine Division would be awarded the Navy Presidential Unit Citation for its actions on Iwo Jima and the 5th Service Battalion would be awarded the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon. On May 16, 1945 Richard’s Mother received a letter from his friend Pvt. Paul T. DeShetler from Youngstown Ohio who described the events of February 23, 1945 and Richard’s death in combat. “Well to begin on Feb. 23 or D+3 9 of us fellows went out on a sniper patrol in the area surrounding the place that we worked. It was about 8:30 (AM) when we first started to go back because the wind was blowing quite swiftly, the sun was shining and it was comparatively quiet morning. At about 10:00 Richard was shot (in the neck) and died instantly. There were 5 of us that went to get him and we picked him up and carried him to the cemetery to give him a decent burial as possible.”
    18. Approximately 22 (only) of this award was given by the Marine Corps making it scarcer than the Marine Corps Brevet Medal. RESERVE SPECIAL COMMENDATION RIBBON 1. The Secretary of the Navy on 16 April 1946 established the Reserve Special Commendation Ribbon (no medal involved). The award will be made to those officers of the Organized Reserve who have officially commanded in a meritorious manner for a period of 4 years between 1 January 1930 and 7 December 1941, an organized battalion, squadron, or separate division (not part of a battalion) of the Naval Reserve, or an organized battalion or squadron of the Marine Corps Reserve, and have had a total service in the Reserve of not less than 10 years. The 4-year period need not be continuous, but officers must have been regularly assigned to command such units for a total of 4 years. As the designation "Fleet Reserve" was changed to "Organized Reserve" as of 1 July 1938, command under either designation will qualify.
    19. This is another Purple Heart that I have been the caretaker of for many years. S1/c Warren Hunter Chapple was born in Littleton Massachusetts in 1905 and was married in 1926 to a local girl Esther A. Tullson. Warren's son Kenneth was born in 1926 and daughter Mary was born in 1927. Warren was a weaver by trade and worked in various textile mills in the area. In November 1942 Kenneth who was 17 enlisted in the US Navy and spent the war years on the USS New Orleans. On July 3, 1944 Warren at age 39 enlists in the US Navy and following Boot Camp he was transferred on October 10, 1944 to the USS Pringle (DD477) with the rank of S1/c. In November 1944, the Pringle supported the landings at Ormoc Bay, Leyte and conducted anti-submarine patrols and convoy escorts through the next month around the Philippine Islands. During one convoy escort to Mindoro in late December, the Pringle and her crew came under a massed Kamikaze attack, then a still relatively new tactic used by the Japanese. The Pringle was struck in her aft deckhouse by a Kamikaze, killing 11 of her crew and injuring 20 in addition to heavily damaging her Stern superstructure and gun mounts. On the morning of April 16th, the Pringle's radar began picking up inbound aircraft, and the ship went to General Quarters with Warren Chapple at his battle station manning a 40mm gun. During the attack Pringle's crew shot down two Kamikaze planes before they could strike, and her escorts downed two more, but despite the significant amount of AA fire a single 'Val' Dive Bomber crashed into the Pringle's bridge. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact with the Pringle's deck armor, showering the entire forward section of the ship with shrapnel and burning gasoline, but the plane's engine and it's bombload punched through the ships superstructure and main deck foreword of her #1 funnel and into her engine room where the bombs detonated, blowing out the hull and splitting the Destroyer's keel. As the action continued around her, the Pringle slowed to a halt and began to jackknife as she split amidships, heavily aflame. Her surviving crew abandoned ship at 1000hrs, and six minutes later, 258 survivors watched the USS Pringle slide beneath the surface. Sixty nine men were killed including S1/c Warren Chapple. Kenneth Chapple survived the war and was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and passed in 2017.
    20. Yes - John was their only child - The Parents also sacrificed during the war. Bill
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