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My husband’s grandfather recently passed away, and his mom passed this on to him. I haven’t been able to identify it looking around online. Does anyone know what it is, please? His grandfather was in the Navy during World War II, and he was from Wisconsin. His ship was the USS Acubens, and he served from 7/22/1943-05/20/1946. Thank you, in advance, for any help you’re able to provide.

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The medals are (left from right): the Philippine Liberation Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the American Campaign Medal. The stars represent service in particular campaigns or other qualifying actions. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Liberation_Medal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic–Pacific_Campaign_Medal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal

 

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20 minutes ago, manayunkman said:

FYI the bar is upside down😉

I wondered about that! Thank you.

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58 minutes ago, uniformcollector said:

The medals are (left from right): the Philippine Liberation Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the American Campaign Medal. The stars represent service in particular campaigns or other qualifying actions. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Liberation_Medal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic–Pacific_Campaign_Medal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal

 

Thank you so much for this information. My husband will be thrilled to know what it is for.

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USS Acubens (AKS-5) was a Acubens-class general stores issue ship. Commissioned 15 July, 1944.

 

Acubens spent her WWII service based in the Philippines for the duration of the war. Her routine consisted of loading stores at Milne Bay, New Guinea; proceeding to Manus Island to load more provisions, then steaming back to the Philippines to distribute her cargo.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Acubens

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1 hour ago, dbirming said:

USS Acubens (AKS-5) was a Acubens-class general stores issue ship. Commissioned 15 July, 1944.

 

Acubens spent her WWII service based in the Philippines for the duration of the war. Her routine consisted of loading stores at Milne Bay, New Guinea; proceeding to Manus Island to load more provisions, then steaming back to the Philippines to distribute her cargo.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Acubens

Thank you for this information!

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