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Please look at the picture again, I guess there have been alot of people as good at noticing a fake as you guys, I lived the story so I did not take much time in noticing the fine points, I just about dropped over when I saw it. however he has replaced the fake picture with the real one. And please understand, I get to spend some time with some people who have been to combat and the friend that we both share was the Vietnam Vet. we both enjoy talking to him, and hearing anything he wants to talk to us about, I could eloborate on his burning all his stuff, however he was a medic on the ground for 3 tours and after 3 purple hearts I doubt, besides knowing him he could have made the trip to OIF. We should all understand his ill feelings towards the war. It seems thier is a brotherhood of Infantry, who would have thought, you walk in one day and are in this thing for life. Battlefield Diaries - Episode 8: Kiowa Down http://www.militarychannel.com/store.html Please check out the movie, you will see the awardee getting interviewed, and then you will have met him, I was not intending to start a fuss, just learn what I could, I have no intentions of selling my stuff. I tried to have him pull it off the sale however all this fuss (not you all) has just made him more determined.

THANK YOU! I have now read the law it is very interesting. I am now going to be emailing it to him, it would seem that getting ahold of any earned medal has been made very difficult for you collectors. And from what I understand after reading the law to buy or sell it would become a nightmare. As there are alot of laws that will attach to that, to include mail fraud and or import and export issues. Thank you for paying attention and spending a little time helping me understand. If there is anything I can help you with please do not hesitate to let me know, I am not sure what you collect, not that I may have it, however I have seen my share of things I would never have thought anyone would collect, being collected. Dan Black

The awardee and the Vietnam Vet as well as myself are all friends.

Thank you again, it is great to hear and to see your involvement here. This is not my medal, I am mentioned 2 times in the story though. A dear friend of mine and the recipient of this award has taught us some things and that being that he regrets burning everything from his tours in Vietnam, and I do not want to see the same regret here, however if the award is unsellable then I do not need to worry about it and can let the sale run it's course and all will be the same. As for the job part mentioned, things are changing all the time, almost all employers are now required to honor the medical retirement and to do job placement according to that. I would love to tell everyone who is reading this alot more details, however I am affraid of losing the medal, I will continue on the path I am going and hopefully will have Chris employed by the end of the month, and then I will be happy to talk to you all about everything, it is a good story, and it does have a good ending, barring the obvious, in the fact that we have both made it to the home I never want to leave again.

Thank you for replying. There was a movie made about this event, it is called Kiowa Down, it can be obtained through the Military Channel. The KW was shot down by an R.P.G. which as you probably know is not a very common event, alot of news was never reported, however Tal Afar was one of the most dangerous places to be, and as the Ebay page tells you we were given a clear ok to engage, for five months we had been dealing with the people of this city, our sister element had set up station in the city and were run out, they were pounded regularly by every type of indirect fire that could be sent thier way, when they finaly became combat ineffective we were sent to plus them up and to continue raiding strong holds. On the day before this event we had had over 50 R.P.G.'s fired at us while we moved in to try to get ahold of the strong points that were being held along the M.S.R.. This event became out of control, being out numbered 250,000 to about 400, and our chain of command had decided in the wake of the Black Water event earlier that year that none of the equipment would even be left behind. For a more intense account view the movie, it is obtainable. I do agree with the comment that these medals are handed out like candy, however in the Infantry world nothing is above the job, so these medals are not very common, as at that point atleast. We did for the most part all get these awards, however I feel we earned them, the award is decorated with the V device. And my opinion is that this is what we wear to hide the scars. I do not support the selling of the award, I am from Gettysburg, PA a small town north of the Mason Dixon line that is adorned with the sacrafices that changed the world, that is what made being an Infantry soldier an easy choice for me. I have never known why others do it, it is all great untill a war comes along, I miss all the guys that have gone away, but honestly find it very hard to talk to them at times, however I rarely miss or avoid any opertunity to to be coached by any Vet. And I do know what they paid. And do believe whole heartedly in the Infantry Man's Creed. Again thank you.

Hello all. I am new here and have found something that I wanted to share, I would be happy to write you pages on how I feel about this, however I just wanted to get this out so you all could see it and help me with the issue I am having. http://cgi.ebay.com/US-Army-Accommodation-...1QQcmdZViewItem I found this today on ebay out of the blue, I have no idea of the value of this, I do not want to let this go. I was there on the day this medal was both earned and awarded, and am affraid I may not be of the most service if I obtain this to give it back at a later date, however I do know what it cost to earn. Thank you for reading this if you have.