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40 YRS AGO I LOST 2 PURPLE HEARTS + OTHER RIBBONS ETC.

grumpybob

grumpybob

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40 yrs. ago I was going out with this young lady, & we broke up. I mistakenly left my Purple hearts, other ribbons, chevrons , and one of the dog tags I wore in Nam at her mothers house. A week or. so ago a UPS truck pulls up with a package for me. Wondering what it was, I opened the package. It contained everything that I had left those 40 yrs. ago. Now to be honest I had gotten an e-mail from her back around the first of May, the first time I heard from her since we parted. So I knew she had & was intending to send me what she had. Still I was amazed ad extremely happy that she had hung onto them and was willing to ship them to me. I guess there are still some really thoughtful and nice people left in this world we live in. Oh, she did ride a bike back then, a 450 Honda. Although she will not see this post, 'Thanks Again' goes out to her!!!!
 
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You may have parted with her, but she remembered what you did for all of US and our country. THANK YOU - WELCOME HOME - GOD BLESS... I served 1961-1965 (USAF).
 
I wanted to. Believe me I was pi$$ed. Some of the unit patches I had collected are irreplaceable. Not to mention the hand and power tools that went away. I won't go in to the patches that were lost but will say that many of them were from NASA missions. One was certified to have been on the moon :gaah:.
 
grumpybob said:
40 yrs. ago I was going out with this young lady, & we broke up. I mistakenly left my Purple hearts, other ribbons, chevrons , and one of the dog tags I wore in Nam at her mothers house. A week or. so ago a UPS truck pulls up with a package for me. Wondering what it was, I opened the package. It contained everything that I had left those 40 yrs. ago. Now to be honest I had gotten an e-mail from her back around the first of May, the first time I heard from her since we parted. So I knew she had & was intending to send me what she had. Still I was amazed ad extremely happy that she had hung onto them and was willing to ship them to me. I guess there are still some really thoughtful and nice people left in this world we live in. Oh, she did ride a bike back then, a 450 Honda. Although she will not see this post, 'Thanks Again' goes out to her!!!!
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40 years ago. WOW!! That says a lot about this person.
 
That a happy ending story and I do hope you will reach out to thank her again, do not think she will she it here.
 
Littlebadwolf said:
This is a very common occurance...losing medals & awards but you can replace them for nothing at the link provided....http://www.archives.gov/veterans/replace-medals.html
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The Purple hearts couldn't be replaced. Here is why. The two she sent me were made before the gov't changed the spec's. These two actually have real gold in them and the purple has a piece out of it to signify a piece of you was taken when you were wounded. The gov't changed the spec's and stopped using gold because it was to expensive. The replacements I did get also do not have a piece of the Purple missing. This is what I was told way back when. When we broke up she moved to California, I think. I was also not to easy to find. She happened to run into a mutual friend of ours from back then an he knew I lived in Fulton. She then somehow was able to search and find my e-mail address. Sure glad she went thru the trouble.
 
http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/purple-heart.pdf.......http://www.thepurpleheart.com/faqs/.....http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/replacement_medals.html.....http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sebring/unitrec.htm.........Tell you what...Send me a private email giving me the ssan of the person who needs it replaced and his period of service and I'll guarentee that I'll get a replacement sent...I'm still a commissioned personnel officer, retired, that has access to all military records and i"ve got them replaced for more people than I can count. I'm also a certified and trained Veterans Service Officer for the VFW & American Legion... All I need is the recipients permission to access thier records. I had all mine replaced after we lost everything in a house fire to include the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart
 
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Littlebadwolf said:
http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/purple-heart.pdf.......http://www.thepurpleheart.com/faqs/.....http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/replacement_medals.html.....http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sebring/unitrec.htm.........Tell you what...Send me a private email giving me the ssan of the person who needs it replaced and his period of service and I'll guarentee that I'll get a replacement sent...I'm still a commissioned personnel officer, retired, that has access to all military records and i"ve got them replaced for more people than I can count. I'm also a certified and trained Veterans Service Officer for the VFW & American Legion... All I need is the recipients permission to access thier records. I had all mine replaced after we lost everything in a house fire to include the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart
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Already had them replaced. The only thing I am missing is a Naval Citation and a Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. The last I heard the Naval Citation was on backorder and I have never tried to get the VCOG. I do have the Vietnamese Unit Cross of Gallantryour unit was awarded.
 
burg650 said:
That a happy ending story and I do hope you will reach out to thank her again, do not think she will she it here.
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I don't think she will see it here, although back in the early 70's she did ride a Honda 450. It sure is a happy ending.
 
burg650 said:
That a happy ending story and I do hope you will reach out to thank her again, do not think she will she it here.
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I don't think she will see it here, although back in the early 70's she did ride a Honda 450. It sure is a happy ending.
 
grumpybob said:
Already had them replaced. The only thing I am missing is a Naval Citation and a Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. The last I heard the Naval Citation was on backorder and I have never tried to get the VCOG. I do have the Vietnamese Unit Cross of Gallantryour unit was awarded.
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If you have any problem Bob...Let me know...I can get them for you...What I do since I retired...Voluntary Veteran's Service Officer for the VFW & American Legion. I can also help with delayed claims and medical appointments...Larry
 
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