Original U.S. WWII Bronze Star With “Combat V” Award Citation With Documents and Replacement Medals for Chief Radioman Robert Emmet Miley - For Actions Against Enemy Forces on Saipan, Angaur and Iwo Jima French Flags There is a ALCOSO logo

There is a ALCOSO logo with scales and the trade name along with Solingen on the ricasso

probably to make it easier to hold onto with gloved hands

are a special operations force of the United States Army that are designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventional warfare

more and more officers (and even some enlisted personnel) purchased privately-made caps which were once the sole prerogative of generals and colonels expecting promotion to that rank

While wartime conditions might prevent them from practicing their ideal of the “good death

Original U.S. WWII Bronze Star With “Combat V” Award Citation With Documents and Replacement Medals for Chief Radioman Robert Emmet Miley - For Actions Against Enemy Forces on Saipan, Angaur and Iwo Jima French Flags There is a ALCOSO logoOriginal Items: Only One Grouping Available. The Bronze Star became part of the military award catalog in 1944. Colonel Russell Potter Reeder came up with the idea for the medal after an injury in Normandy, which medically retired him from the Army. While he received the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star after he returned home from battle, he wanted commanders in the field to have a way to award ground troops