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      MoH to be awarded on 11 Feb. 2013

      in United States of America

      Posted · Edited by azyeoman

      Hi I assume it's the guy in the foreground. Nice to see that military tradition is still upheld, and I assume a very uncommon event, (Is this the same as the Congressional medal of Honour?, excuse my ignorance) any idea what he did to deserve the award?.

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      Alex

      Yes, it's the man in the foreground who received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The citation shows he deserved it. http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/romesha/citation.html

      Staff Sergeant Clinton L. Romesha

      United States Army

      For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:

      Staff Sergeant Clinton L. Romesha distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Section Leader with Bravo Troop, 3d Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during combat operations against an armed enemy at Combat Outpost Keating, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on October 3, 2009. On that morning, Staff Sergeant Romesha and his comrades awakened to an attack by an estimated 300 enemy fighters occupying the high ground on all four sides of the complex, employing concentrated fire from recoilless rifles, rocket propelled grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, mortars and small arms fire. Staff Sergeant Romesha moved uncovered under intense enemy fire to conduct a reconnaissance of the battlefield and seek reinforcements from the barracks before returning to action with the support of an assistant gunner. Staff Sergeant Romesha took out an enemy machine gun team and, while engaging a second, the generator he was using for cover was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, inflicting him with shrapnel wounds. Undeterred by his injuries, Staff Sergeant Romesha continued to fight and upon the arrival of another soldier to aid him and the assistant gunner, he again rushed through the exposed avenue to assemble additional soldiers. Staff Sergeant Romesha then mobilized a five-man team and returned to the fight equipped with a sniper rifle. With complete disregard for his own safety, Staff Sergeant Romesha continually exposed himself to heavy enemy fire, as he moved confidently about the battlefield engaging and destroying multiple enemy targets, including three Taliban fighters who had breached the combat outpost’s perimeter. While orchestrating a successful plan to secure and reinforce key points of the battlefield, Staff Sergeant Romesha maintained radio communication with the tactical operations center. As the enemy forces attacked with even greater ferocity, unleashing a barrage of rocket-propelled grenades and recoilless rifle rounds, Staff Sergeant Romesha identified the point of attack and directed air support to destroy over 30 enemy fighters. After receiving reports that seriously injured Soldiers were at a distant battle position, Staff Sergeant Romesha and his team provided covering fire to allow the injured Soldiers to safely reach the aid station. Upon receipt of orders to proceed to the next objective, his team pushed forward 100 meters under overwhelming enemy fire to recover and prevent the enemy fighters from taking the bodies of their fallen comrades. Staff Sergeant Romesha’s heroic actions throughout the day-long battle were critical in suppressing an enemy that had far greater numbers. His extraordinary efforts gave Bravo Troop the opportunity to regroup, reorganize and prepare for the counterattack that allowed the Troop to account for its personnel and secure Combat Outpost Keating. Staff Sergeant Romesha’s discipline and extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty reflect great credit upon himself, Bravo Troop, 3d Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and the United States Army.

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      Small collection of POW groups. ** REGIONAL ADMIN. AWARD & CERT. OF MERIT. *A RECOMMENDED POST

      in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals

      Posted · Edited by azyeoman

      A group for a PoW from the first battle of El Alamein.

      6009188 Cpl. (later Sgt.) C.A. Balls, 1/4th Essex Regiment (taken prisoner at El Alamein on 1/7/42, initially held in Campo 70 (Monteurano, near Fermo Ascoli Piceno) and later reported seeing prisoners shot at Stalag 4B). The 1st/4th Bn. Essex Regt. was part of the the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade commanded by Brig. Dudley Russell, which was in the 4th Indian Division under Major General Francis Tucker.

      Stalag IV-B was one of the largest PoW camps in Germany during WWII. Stalag is an abbreviation of the German Stammlager ("Main

      Camp"). It was located 8 km (5.0 mi) north-east of the town of Muhlberg in Brandenburg, just east of the Elbe river and about 30 mi (48 km) north of Dresden. A sub-camp, sometimes identified as Stalag IV-B/Z, was located at Zeithain, 10 km (6.2 mi) to the south in Saxony. The camp, covering about 30 hectares (74 acres), was opened in September 1939. The first inmates were about 17,000 Polish soldiers captured in the German September 1939 Offensive. For the first two months they lived under the open sky or in tents. Most of them were transferred to other camps. In May 1940 the first French soldiers arrived, taken prisoner in the Battle of France. In 1941 Australian, British and South African soldiers arrived after the fall of Tobruk, and later in the year Russian POWs from the invasion of the Soviet Union. In October 1944 several thousand more Poles arrived, members of the Armia Krajowa ("Home Army") captured after the Warsaw Uprising, including several hundred women soldiers. In November 1944 the Polish women were transferred to other camps, mainly Stalag IV-E in Altenburg and Oflag IX-C at Molsdorf. At the end of December 1944 about 7,500 Americans arrived from the Battle of the Bulge and At least 3,000 of them were transferred to other camps, mostly to Stalag VII-A. On 23 April 1945 the Red Army liberated the camp. Altogether soldiers from 33 nations passed through the camp.

      Interestingly, the British prisoners published two periodicals: the wall newspapers The New Times and a richly illustrated Flywheel. The Flywheel was founded by Tom Swallow, and comprised pages from school exercise-books that carried hand-written articles with colour illustrations from whatever inks the editorial team could produce from stolen materials, like quinine from the medical room; these were stuck into place with fermented millet soup, kept from the meagre camp rations. One copy per issue was produced, to be circulated among members throughout the camp. When extracts were published in hardback format in 1987, the book ran to two reprints. An additional periodical, The Observer was published between December 1943 and May 1944. The camp's Welsh soldiers also created their own periodical called Cymro ("Welshman"), edited by prisoner William John Pitt. The magazines were produced between July 1943 and December 1944. Eight issues of the magazines were created, and out of these one was lost in the camp. Although most of the issues are in English, two pages are in Welsh

      Tom Shallows obituary: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tom-swallow-founder-of-flywheel-magazine-781058.html

      When the Soviet Army arrived at the camp in April 1945, there were about 30,000 PoWs crowded into the facilities, of these 7,250 were British. About 3,000 died, mainly from tuberculosis and typhus. They were buried in the cemetery in neighboring Neuburxdorf, Bad Liebenwerda; there is a memorial and a museum commemorate them today. The Soviet liberators were in no hurry to repatriate the British and American prisoners to their homelands. In fact they were held in the camp for over a month. Some individual soldiers "escaped" from the camp and made their way on foot to the American lines. In August 1945 the Soviet secret service NKVD opened on the area of Stalag IV-B its Special Camp No. 1, using the shacks of Stalag IV-B. More than 22,800 persons were imprisoned and over 6,700 of them died until the camp was closed in 1948.

      1939 Star, Africa Star, War Medal and TFEM GVI - Territorial - 1st type to 6009188 Cpl. C. A. Balls, Essex Regt.

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      Burma Star Association

      in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals

      Posted · Edited by azyeoman

      An unusual apparently older Burma Star Association badge.

      The Burma Star Association is a British veterans' association for ex-servicemen and women of all services who served in the Burma Campaign during World War II. The criterion for membership is the award of the Burma Star for service in Burma during World War II for the necessary qualifying period or the Pacific Star with Burma Clasp.

      The Association was first formed on 26 February 1951 to promote comradeship and the welfare of its members. The arduous nature of the Burma Campaign has been recognised by permission granted to members to wear a replica of the Burma Star in a lapel badge and cap badge.

      The Association's Patron is Prince Phillip , the Duke of Edinburgh and its President is John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim and the son of Bill Slim, who commanded the 14th Army in Burma.

      For more info on the organization, go to:

      http://www.burmastar.org.uk/

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