Frank-F70 Posted February 1, 2021 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2021 Apologies if this is posted in the wrong forum, I am a bit overwhelmed by the massive amounts of subforums around here. I recently came across a master thesis about a Norwegian who appear to have been fighting in some sort of secret Norwegian troop of around 25 soldiers in the Korea war in 1952. Maybe in some sort of multinational UN unit, it's a bit unclear, and apparently not possible to verify with any available sources. Among the things in the story about Korea was what to me looks to be some sort of letter or telegram with a copy of the text from a Bronze Star citation, or maybe an announcement of some sort. It seems to be written on a type writer. I tried to have a look at it but I don't quite understand what I am reading. This is a 100% accurate reproduction of the text in the letter, I have left spelling errors as they were, and kept the capitalization and breaks. I removed the name just in case, but it's all public information: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING: THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER- ICA AUTHORIZED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER , DECEMBER 24. 1952, HAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, SECOND OAK LEAF CLUSTER, AND THE PURPLE HEART ME- DAL TO SERGEANT [NAME REMOVED]. 3. UN VOL., US 52755662, UNITED STATES ARMY FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIVEMENT IN GROUND OPERATIONS AGAINST HOSTILE FOR- CES IN THE REPUBLIC OF COREA DURING THE PERIODE FROM JUNE 1952 TO OCTOBER 1952. It was signed by Charles M. Gettys according to the thesis. Anyone who got any ideas on this? Is it real? Why is the Purple Heart mixed in with what appears to be a citation on the Bronze Star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted February 1, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2021 A picture would be worth a thousand words to determine if it is real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank-F70 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted February 1, 2021 @joeclown This is the whole thing as published in the thesis. As far as I can tell from what I've read there's never been found an actual original or the medals themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank-F70 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted February 1, 2021 When looking at the text on the Bronze Star on Wikipedia, shouldn't the executive order have said 4 February 1944 at the time (1952)? What's up with December 24. 1952? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted February 1, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 1, 2021 Very poorly typed Korea is spelled wrong, period is spelled wrong this thing does not look legit to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted February 2, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 2, 2021 With the service number being 52755662, that individual would've enlisted from one of the following states. 52: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank-F70 Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, aznation said: With the service number being 52755662, that individual would've enlisted from one of the following states. 52: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Hm, ok. So since he was supposed to have been recruited by the US Army while serving under the Norwegian Army in Germany he should have gotten a number starting with 50, or maybe 57, 58 or 59? I looked at the wikipedia article on service numbers. Also, if there is a medal, is it engraved with his name on the backside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank-F70 Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted February 2, 2021 @joeclown By chance I just saw that there was more text on that citation, this is the full thing, if that's of any more help: The second last line is in Norwegian. I'm not quite sure what the first word translates to, maybe order of presentation or handover. The rest says that it has a seal and stamp from the War Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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