Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

"During the Solomon Islands campaign, a Marine on night sentry duty heard someone approaching in the jungle and fired a few bursts from his machine gun. A voice called out: "Hold up your fire! We are Americans. I am bringing in my platoon." The Marine responded by blasting away with his weapon, wiping out a Japanese patrol. When asked how he knew they were the enemy, he explained that they were "Just too damned grammatical to be Marines." "
 
GreatwhiteNorth said:
In 24 years of service I don't believe I ever heard of anyone receiving the DFC but then again I was a Ship Snipe.
Bravo Zulu shipmates !!
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Roll of Valor - Coast Guard Aviation Association

The Roll Of Valor was created to honor those personnel who have received higher ranking medals during or associated with flight. The Aviation Association realizes that some citations may be sparse in written justification for the medal in question, but under the rules of award the absence of...
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Roll of Valor - Coast Guard Aviation Association

The Roll Of Valor was created to honor those personnel who have received higher ranking medals during or associated with flight. The Aviation Association realizes that some citations may be sparse in written justification for the medal in question, but under the rules of award the absence of...
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The DFC is not passed out like chicklets. Proud of both the recipients, the crew was in the right place at the right time to make heroic rescues.
Bravo Zulu.
 
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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.

The National WWII Museum is preparing an exhibit on the city’s namesake ship to open next year.
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"The bow represents a war grave. Some 183 USS New Orleans sailors were killed on the ship that night and many went down with the number one turret and separated bow section. USS New Orleans received 17 battle stars during WW2. Members of New Orleans′s crew were awarded five Navy Crosses, 10 Silver Stars, one Bronze Star, one Air Medal and 206 Purple Hearts"
 
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WWII shipwreck found in Pacific linked to famous David-vs-Goliath sea battle

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"The Battle Of Samar would come to be known as the last stand of the Tin Can Sailors"

read more about the Battle of Leyte Gulf in this post:
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This week in Military History:

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USS Enterprise under Kamikaze attack​

The Battle of Leyte Gulf is considered to have been the largest naval battle of World War II and is, by some criteria, a contender for the title "largest naval battle in history", with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon, from 23–26 October 1944, between combined American and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), as part of the invasion of Leyte, which aimed to isolate Japan from the...
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