firefighter Posted June 3, 2016 Share #26 Posted June 3, 2016 William O Darby commander 1st Ranger BN & 179th INF RGT(45th Inf Div), & Asst Cmdr 10th MTN DIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emccomas Posted June 6, 2016 Share #27 Posted June 6, 2016 So here is a semi-related question... What Medal of Honor recipient has the least number of ribbons officially awarded to him? I am not asking what they normally wore, but what they were entitled to wear. Let's make it a bit easier by saying from WWII and later time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turko Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share #28 Posted June 6, 2016 What Medal of Honor recipient has the least number of ribbons officially awarded to him? I was just looking at a few WWII guys who had four ribbons total. MOH, Purple Heart, a campaign ribbon, and WWII Victory. That's probably close to the bare minimum a MOH recipient can possibly have, as a purple heart seems to go hand in hand with the MOH most of the time. Maybe there's somebody out there who has the MOH and a campaign ribbon and that's it...now that would be pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 6, 2016 Share #29 Posted June 6, 2016 I was just looking at a few WWII guys who had four ribbons total. MOH, Purple Heart, a campaign ribbon, and WWII Victory. That's probably close to the bare minimum a MOH recipient can possibly have, as a purple heart seems to go hand in hand with the MOH most of the time. Maybe there's somebody out there who has the MOH and a campaign ribbon and that's it...now that would be pretty impressive. WWII and later would have to have at least 3 in every scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted June 6, 2016 Share #30 Posted June 6, 2016 I don't consider a 5 ribbon stack to a first termer modern war vet small, more like average. Here's an impressive small stack in my opinion, considering this Marine spent an entire 30 year career in the service, as an infantryman, including early Force Recon. Col Modrzejewski. And yes, this is the stack he retired with, minus a PUC. 7 ribbons in 30 years Outstanding portrait of an incredible Marine. I realize that this most like an original press or command photo but this (in my experience) is mostly what you see in MOH portraits. I wonder what others experience is with this. I have seen very, very few original private MOH portraits (of the MOH in wear). In fact, I have never had the chance to buy one. Again, this, to me, is a stunning image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green hell Posted June 6, 2016 Share #31 Posted June 6, 2016 What award does the purple and white diagonally striped ribbon denote on Gen. Armstrong's 'rack'? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 6, 2016 Share #32 Posted June 6, 2016 Outstanding portrait of an incredible Marine. I realize that this most like an original press or command photo but this (in my experience) is mostly what you see in MOH portraits. I wonder what others experience is with this. I have seen very, very few original private MOH portraits (of the MOH in wear). In fact, I have never had the chance to buy one. Again, this, to me, is a stunning image. Unfortunately, that is indeed his official portrait, used everywhere by the Marine Corps and CMOHS...I do not own a copy, though I imagine press copies are out there of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted June 6, 2016 Share #33 Posted June 6, 2016 General Louis Wilson CMC wore only a few ribbons when he stopped by MCRD San Diego when I was in Boot Camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettow Posted June 6, 2016 Share #34 Posted June 6, 2016 What award does the purple and white diagonally striped ribbon denote on Gen. Armstrong's 'rack'? Thanks British DFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardheaded Posted June 11, 2016 Share #35 Posted June 11, 2016 Picked up some ribbon bars today and pulled these out to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniformcollector Posted June 12, 2016 Share #36 Posted June 12, 2016 Great ribbons! Are any attributed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardheaded Posted June 12, 2016 Share #37 Posted June 12, 2016 Great ribbons! Are any attributed? If you're asking about the ones I posted, No names for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 12, 2016 Share #38 Posted June 12, 2016 Here is Nimitz in his dress uniform and NO ribbons. No need to wear ribbons when you have that many stars on your collar. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted June 12, 2016 Share #39 Posted June 12, 2016 No need to wear ribbons when you have that many stars on your collar. Kurt LOL!! True story Interesting thing about the pic is that he's not even wearing his DOLPHINS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted June 12, 2016 Share #40 Posted June 12, 2016 So here is a semi-related question... What Medal of Honor recipient has the least number of ribbons officially awarded to him? I am not asking what they normally wore, but what they were entitled to wear. Let's make it a bit easier by saying from WWII and later time period. Simply as a contrast your question, a Civil War or Indian War MoH veteran, if he lived long enough to receive campaign medals and wear ribbon bars, would have two ribbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFZFlyer Posted June 12, 2016 Share #41 Posted June 12, 2016 When I was stationed at Heidelberg, Germany in the late 1960s the USAREUR CG, James Polk, let it be known he did not like seeing ribbon racks on uniforms. He apparently thought they were pretentious. So, you had a lot of GIs, many still WWII and Korea vets, EM and officer, who showed up for work with nary a ribbon on their blouse. It was a great relief for me not to have to try and center my proudly earned NDSM every day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Share #42 Posted June 12, 2016 When I was stationed at Heidelberg, Germany in the late 1960s the USAREUR CG, James Polk, let it be known he did not like seeing ribbon racks on uniforms. He apparently thought they were pretentious. So, you had a lot of GIs, many still WWII and Korea vets, EM and officer, who showed up for work with nary a ribbon on their blouse. It was a great relief for me not to have to try and center my proudly earned NDSM every day!!! sounds like my kind of guy...ribbons are good for getting stuck in the chest strap of a seatbelt, and you're always afraid of ripping a star off. I hate wearing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksman Posted July 2, 2016 Share #43 Posted July 2, 2016 To me unknown Marine. I hope someone has a name and Infos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted July 2, 2016 Share #44 Posted July 2, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_V._Lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Modrzejewski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_W._Pless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_R._Vargas ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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