View Single Post
  #1  
Old 11-20-2009, 01:07 AM
honeychile's Avatar
honeychile honeychile is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Counting my blessings!
Posts: 31,435
Quote:
Originally Posted by AnotherKD View Post
I've been watching, and it's helping me better understand my (now deceased) grandfather. He won a silver star in the Battle of the Bulge.

Also, my grandmother (who is slightly nutty) threw away said medal. Through my contacts here in DC, I was able to get a replacement medal and give it to my mom last year for Christmas. Her reaction was priceless.
You were able to get a replacement medal?? I've been helping my brother try to get medals he was entitled to from Viet Nam for over 15 years, and he still doesn't have them.

My mother's eldest brother was killed at the Anzio Beach Invasion. I have no idea who has his medals, as he had no children, and my other uncle, my brother & I are the only family left. He was 21.
__________________
~ *~"ADPi"~*~
Proud to be a Macon Magnolia
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
Reply With Quote