Los Banos Raid parachute officer medal

[Rich]

Army Commendation Medal named to  Alan Harvey Chenevert, who, as a 1st Lieutenant of a platoon drawn from Company C, 127 Airborne Engineering Battalion, took part in the archetypal 1945 prisoner rescue mission. Chenevert and eight of his men jumped with B Company, 1st Company, 511 Parachute Infantry Regiment, whilst another force arrived amphibiously nearby. They set up booby-traps using C3 explosives. This medal would have been awarded in the mid-1960s or so. I found a trove of pictures on the FamilySearch site.

 

I attached a new suspension ring and ribbon to the medal.

Edited February 10, 2023 by Rich