A place to find out about a real WWII Bronze Star story?

ATR-42 · 02-15-08, 11:15 PM

Tiger,
Thanks much for the reply, that would make sense if we cant find any further data. Much thanks for that post. On tuesday im going to try the 78th Lightning web site phone numbers as well as VA affairs. Im just not sure im on the right track or not.

JSLTIGER · 02-15-08, 11:28 PM

No problem. I'm still trying to get the government to issue one for my great-uncle. He fought with the 100th Inf. Div. in WWII and survived the war (despite being injured in France), but was killed when his motorcycle was clipped by a drunk driver in August 1947. Obviously, this was before he had the opportunity to obtain his Bronze Star, and my grandfather has never really come to grips with the loss of his older brother. So, I decided that I would look into attempting to obtain it for him, though this has been hampered by the loss of his records in a warehouse fire back in 1973. I'm still working on it though.

Stealth Hunter · 02-16-08, 04:34 AM

Salute to your grandfather.

02-15-08, 11:15 PM	#1
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	Tiger, Thanks much for the reply, that would make sense if we cant find any further data. Much thanks for that post. On tuesday im going to try the 78th Lightning web site phone numbers as well as VA affairs. Im just not sure im on the right track or not. __________________

02-15-08, 11:28 PM	#2
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	No problem. I'm still trying to get the government to issue one for my great-uncle. He fought with the 100th Inf. Div. in WWII and survived the war (despite being injured in France), but was killed when his motorcycle was clipped by a drunk driver in August 1947. Obviously, this was before he had the opportunity to obtain his Bronze Star, and my grandfather has never really come to grips with the loss of his older brother. So, I decided that I would look into attempting to obtain it for him, though this has been hampered by the loss of his records in a warehouse fire back in 1973. I'm still working on it though. __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

02-16-08, 04:34 AM	#3
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Salute to your grandfather.