That would make his medals ...   LOM NUC, Navy LS, WWI Cuba Occupation, Haiti, Asiatic-Pacific WW2, WW2, WW2 Cloud and Banner, ???, ???

I have a question. On some of my ribbon racks and just regular ribbons, half of one ribbon is replaced by another. What is it for? What is the story behind this?! WHY?! Example: 

While there is photographic evidence of the 173rd using some kind of cat-eyes in Vietnam, it looks like these on this band are factory applied, which makes me think post-war.  If this is a post-war band then all those dates are post-war.  The name Barbara appears on both the band and the cover...and if the band "Barbara" is post-war I'd tend to think the cover "Barbara" is also.    Unfortunately with these graffiti covers, you'll never know for sure unless you see the vet pull it out of his duffle bag.     

The mystery "medal" is most likely the U.S. Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon. 

Yes, you all are correct. Got it for $63 to my door off of EBay. It looked legit so I took a chance on it.

In Tim Klie's book this EGA appears on page 233 and is identified as an Enlister Service Collar emblem dated 1930s.

Thanks Leigh!

A link to an article about SACO's "What the Hell" Pennant:   https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2020/09/04/75-years-ago-the-what-the-hell-pennant/   A link to an article about the role of SACO, written by its Commanding Officer Milton (Mary) MIles in 1946:   https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1946/july/u-s-naval-group-china   An newspaper article found on his Find My Grave page about this Secret Mission to China:   https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2025/147/49201066_5d0701e5-0b5d-4bec-a28b-189f6bc44b9d.jpeg   An excellent article from the Navy Times about SACOs Camp 4:   https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/12/30/how-naked-world-war-ii-sailors-ended-up-riding-mongolian-ponies-in-the-gobi-desert-to-shoot-bazookas-at-the-japanese/   And finally here is an excellent shot of Heagy , Post war, when he was commander of NCU 35.  He is on the extreme right.  His full medal entitlement is present.   I don't know what the second medal (left of second row) is.   

BG 612,   Based on the information I found in the reference book: Canteens, Cups, and Covers of the U.S. Army by L.C. Scott, The 1942 enamel canteens did have a screw on type cap made of black hard plastic, flat on top as compared to the slight dome shape of aluminum caps. The REP company made porcelain canteens in 1942 (only).    The book did not however mention in detail the cap. There is a photo of a Vollrath made enamel canteen with a flat cap, so presuming that, I would say that the REP made enamel canteens would also have had the flat cap.,   Hope this helps some   Best regards   Leigh     

This is from his obituary in the Washington Post:   DANIEL WEBSTER HEAGY JR., 88, a retired Navy captain who began his career as an enlisted man, died of cardiorespiratory arrest May 6 at his home in Vienna. Capt. Heagy, who was born in Columbus, Ind., enlisted in the Navy in 1918 and became a pharmacist's mate. In the years between World War I and World War II, he served on various ships and at shore stations in this country and with the Marines in Cuba and Haiti. He was commissioned early in World War II and his subsequent career was in communications. During the war he helped set up communications stations in China. He later served in Japan and Alaska and he was at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington when he retired in 1956. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit and an award from China. Capt. Heagy was a member of the Retired Officers Association, the American Society of Naval Engineers and the Masons. He had lived in the Washington area since 1951.