Brig Posted January 28, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 28, 2014 Picked up this 1930's portrait of Captain Ford O Rogers, who earned a Navy Cross as a pilot with the Northern Bomb Group in France during WWI, and would retire after WWII as a Major General. Great photo with Army style marksman badge, Navy Cross ribbon, WWI Victory ribbon w/ 2 stars, and USMC Expeditionary Ribbon. May be the studio light, but ribbons sure look pretty worn on the edges. He also earned a Legion of Merit and DFC during his career The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to First Lieutenant Ford Ovid Rogers (MCSN: 0-840), United States Marine Corps, for distinguished and heroic service as an Aviator of an aeroplane while serving with the First Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), in active operation co-operating with the Allied Armies on the Belgian Front during September, October, and November, 1918, bombing enemy bases, aerodromes, submarine bases, ammunition dumps, railroad junctions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagmanL6 Posted January 28, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 28, 2014 Brig - One salty looking, weather worn Devil Dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumshoe Posted January 28, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 28, 2014 Would you have the nerve to tell that Navy Cross recipient his ribbons were unsat? Think I'd pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted February 5, 2014 Would you have the nerve to tell that Navy Cross recipient his ribbons were unsat? Think I'd pass. Sure, if I had some stars on my collar or a MOH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted February 5, 2014 Share #5 Posted February 5, 2014 Great image, appears he's wearing old style coffin bars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted July 29, 2015 I just discovered that in October of 1942, Col Rogers became the Chief of the US Naval Air Mission to Peru, as well as CG of the Peruvian Air Force by authority of the Peruvian president Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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