Soviet U.S. Army Decorations Awarded to Red Army Personnel in World War II

[paul wood]

Bought one the other week for our reference library, highly recommended.

 

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[slava1stclass]

Gents,

 

  I can now confirm an eleventh Red Army recipient of the Legion of Merit in the degree of Chief Commander - Army General Ivan D. Chernyakhovskiy.  Chernyakhovskiy commanded 3rd Belorussian Front at the time he was killed in action on February 18, 1945, in East Prussia.  President Truman approved Chernyakhovskiy's posthumous Legion of Merit award on May 22, 1946. 

 

  I have updated my book to reflect this important new addition.

 

Regards,

 

slava1stclass  

[Tupper]

Hello all, i Hope its OK to Post this ribbon bar here. My Familie Had a Tailor Shop since the 70/80s. I found some ist ribbon Bars the where für off from Uniforms. But this one we're in a small Packet together.

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

 

  A real unicorn.  One of only two confirmed Red Army female recipients of a U.S. Army decoration in World War II. 

 

  Guards Senior Lieutenant Valentina P. Komarova was assigned to the 86th Guards Rifle Division when it linked up with the U.S. 26th Infantry Division in Czechoslovakia in May 1945.  She was awarded the Legion of Merit in the degree of Legionnaire.  Komarova served as an admin officer in the division headquarters' 4th Department.

 

  She is highlighted in the reference book We Were Allies Once - U.S. Army Decorations Awarded to Red Army Personnel in World War II.

 

Regards,

 

slava1stclass

 

Edited February 9 by slava1stclass

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

 

  I like Ike (and Zhukov) too!  My latest book is now out:  Amazon.com: Uncommon Allies: U.S. Army Recipients of Soviet Military Decorations in World War II: 9798344468075: Empric, Bruce E.: Books

 

Regards,

 

slava1stclass

[NavyFCO]

On 27/10/2024 at 04:18, slava1stclass said:

Gents,

 

  I like Ike (and Zhukov) too!  My latest book is now out:  Amazon.com: Uncommon Allies: U.S. Army Recipients of Soviet Military Decorations in World War II: 9798344468075: Empric, Bruce E.: Books

 

Regards,

 

slava1stclass

 

Just got your book and I think it's very good. I encourage people to buy a copy as it's a good reference value for the money. 

 

My only contention with the book is it would have been nice to have seen proper photo credits for several of the photos. This particular one, of John Wohner, came to me from the family. No one else has had the opportunity to scan or otherwise image this photo - it is a one-off portrait that I scanned at their house. 

 

In my JOMSA article, I credited the family for the photo. On here, I credited the family for the photo AND had a watermark on the photo, that appears to be removed. 

 

A simple "thank you" to me for posting the photo originally, or particularly, a "thank you" to the Wohner family would have been very nice since the photo has not been posted anywhere without attribution...except in your book. Even an "unknown source" or "posted on the GMIC forum" or "out of the JOMSA magazine" would have been a better credit than no credit at all. 

 

Is it a big deal? No. But should you give credit when writing? Absolutely. 

[slava1stclass]

32 minutes ago, NavyFCO said:

 

Just got your book and I think it's very good. I encourage people to buy a copy as it's a good reference value for the money. 

 

My only contention with the book is it would have been nice to have seen proper photo credits for several of the photos. This particular one, of John Wohner, came to me from the family. No one else has had the opportunity to scan or otherwise image this photo - it is a one-off portrait that I scanned at their house. 

 

In my JOMSA article, I credited the family for the photo. On here, I credited the family for the photo AND had a watermark on the photo, that appears to be removed. 

 

A simple "thank you" to me for posting the photo originally, or particularly, a "thank you" to the Wohner family would have been very nice since the photo has not been posted anywhere without attribution...except in your book. Even an "unknown source" or "posted on the GMIC forum" or "out of the JOMSA magazine" would have been a better credit than no credit at all. 

 

Is it a big deal? No. But should you give credit when writing? Absolutely. 

NavyFCO,

 

  Thank you for your message.  The image used in my book was found on this site:  Wohner, John H. - TracesOfWar.com 

 

  Like the other Wohner image on the site, I assumed it was an official U.S. Army Signal Corps image.  Its quality clearly differs from the image you accessed via the Wohner family.   

 

Regards,

 

slava1stclass

Edited October 29 by slava1stclass

[NavyFCO]

Thanks for the clarification. Both of those photos were ones I posted on the web and both were "borrowed" for that website without my permission. 

 

The original photo of Col Wohner is the one that's in bad shape. I did the editing that is present on the photo in your book as well as the photos here on GMIC, WAF, and in my JOMSA article. 

[slava1stclass]

2 minutes ago, NavyFCO said:

Thanks for the clarification. Both of those photos were ones I posted on the web and both were "borrowed" for that website without my permission. 

 

The original photo of Col Wohner is the one that's in bad shape. I did the editing that is present on the photo in your book as well as the photos here on GMIC, WAF, and in my JOMSA article. 

 

Thank you for the background.  I had no knowledge.  I actually cleaned up the image found on the ToW site before including it in the book.  I assume the image is an official Signal Corps product.  That said, I will be very happy to amend the credit entries to include whatever crediting information you wish.  Please PM me the desired credit entry and I will update the manuscript and republish.  Thanks.

[NavyFCO]

8 minutes ago, slava1stclass said:

 

Thank you for the background.  I had no knowledge.  I actually cleaned up the image found on the ToW site before including it in the book.  I assume the image is an official Signal Corps product.  That said, I will be very happy to amend the credit entries to include whatever crediting information you wish.  Please PM me the desired credit entry and I will update the manuscript and republish.  Thanks.

 

Thank you. Please credit the family or his daughter, as I credited it. 

 

[No one]

Dear slava1stclass,

 

I just got your book. I'll read it this week-end.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one