What's the pin on him?

[ProudGrandDaughter]

My grandfather.  Staff Sgt George D. Jackson. 

WW II. Started out a medic, finished Infantry Staff Sgt.

His discharge papers are on my profile.

I am very new here and new to this, so please pardon my ignorance. I'm trying to learn and piece things together. 

He was in the 90th Division, Company E  359th Infantry. 

I have his medals. (Except the ones he's wearing in both attached pictures and the "ruptured duck") I'm attaching a picture of the medals to this post. His discharge papers/medals all match up. 

But there's a picture of him (also attached to this post) wearing wings? I think it's wings anyway. It's a photo he sent home. He wrote on the back of the picture.

Anyone have any ideas what that would be? He wasn't a pilot.

[manayunkman]

He’s wearing the CIB aka Combat Infantry Badge. 

[ProudGrandDaughter]

That does fit, the more I look. I kept seeing wings...lol

Thank you, I'm obviously going blind!

[manayunkman]

We all suffer from blindness at one point or another.

[ProudGrandDaughter]

Yes, I reckon you're right about that. Thanks for being the light! :)

[jumpship]

His CIB and PH orders (Source: NARA via Golden Arrow Research):

 

Original image is poor quality; Combat Infantryman Badge: Generals Orders No. 19 359th IR 7 February 1945. He is on the second page.

 

 

Purple Heart:

 

 

[ProudGrandDaughter]

Oh WOW!!! I'm trying to "like" this and it won't let me. 

So WOW!  And a heartfelt THANK YOU!!!

Incredible!!!!

 

You know, I was always proud of him, but even more so now. I'm proud and grateful of the things he did for our country.

I'm more than a little sad thinking about the things he must have seen and had to do. The images in his mind that I know had to haunt him.

I'm proud and grateful he came home and left it over there best he could. He was the best grandpa anyone could ever ask for. 

He died when I was 11. My kids can tell stories about him, they've heard them so many times from me.