tarbridge Posted May 29, 2015 Share #1 Posted May 29, 2015 Well this is the fun and interesting part of collecting, and arrives in the form of Lt Col Roland W Estey. A WWI Officier who was awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart for wounds and OLC for Especially Meritorious Service. Not a bad War record...butt you notice a second cluster on his Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. We shall get to that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tarbridge Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted May 29, 2015 Estey is billeted in England as a OSS Officer and was wounded by a Buzz Bomb. While there,he was awarded a Bronze Star for his services.All that is known and cannot not be disputed as demostrated by the paperwork.Butt...there is a a BACK story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted May 29, 2015 Here is a copy of the document providing the second OLC to the Purple Heart for being injured by Buzz Bomb in England.Butt...wait...here is the BackStory on the next post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tarbridge Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted May 29, 2015 So Tall Tail...or Sore Tail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel griffin Posted May 29, 2015 Share #8 Posted May 29, 2015 Robert, do you mean to tell me that the same thing has never happened to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted May 29, 2015 Share #9 Posted May 29, 2015 I guess you could say the Germans caught him with his pants down! Great group and story, truly one of a kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted May 29, 2015 Share #10 Posted May 29, 2015 Interesting story. Just goes to show that not every purple heart was a wound from a front-line battle. ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted May 29, 2015 Share #11 Posted May 29, 2015 Hasnt this just happened to us all?! Man what a fantastic story!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted May 29, 2015 Robert, do you mean to tell me that the same thing has never happened to you?Sadly Danny not at all...You see I'm a Militaria dealer...we are lonely folks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted May 29, 2015 Share #13 Posted May 29, 2015 Yup...definitely would have walked myself to the ER on that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warguy Posted May 29, 2015 Share #14 Posted May 29, 2015 Kept asking myself, why does Robert keep mis-spelling "but". It all makes sense now. Thanks for sharing, great story butt an even more fantastic grouping. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron3-6 Posted May 29, 2015 Share #15 Posted May 29, 2015 I am laughing very hard on this one. Well done Sir, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted May 29, 2015 Share #16 Posted May 29, 2015 Can we assume the lady got away without so much as a scratch ? W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 29, 2015 Share #17 Posted May 29, 2015 Thats a great story..Im sure he told his grand kids a different version...lol I guess he really got caught with his azz hanging out...! Or you could say he was supporting the local economy in a war zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohn#3RD Posted May 30, 2015 Share #18 Posted May 30, 2015 Robert, Great back story to a medal group and very interesting the awarding of the OLC for Citation not being revoked. Thanks for posting. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted May 30, 2015 Share #19 Posted May 30, 2015 Great Story!! - A wound is a wound no matter how you get it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
355fg Posted May 30, 2015 Share #20 Posted May 30, 2015 Great story! Sometimes you just can't make this stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12A54 Posted May 30, 2015 Share #21 Posted May 30, 2015 Best. PH. Research. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted May 30, 2015 Share #22 Posted May 30, 2015 Let's hope this man's family doesn't Google grandpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 30, 2015 Share #23 Posted May 30, 2015 Great story! You know he just told his family later that he was just wounded by the V-1 with no other explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted May 30, 2015 Share #24 Posted May 30, 2015 Great story! You know he just told his family later that he was just wounded by the V-1 with no other explanation Being in England, maybe he told them that he was wounded in a "rear area" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted May 30, 2015 Share #25 Posted May 30, 2015 Great group and research, Robert. The back story is, literally, one for the books! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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