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My wife's grandfather served in WW2 and her grandmother did her best to put together a shadowbox of all of his stuff. I retired in 2011 and when I moved in with her 3 years ago (my wife, not her grandmother) and brought my shadowbox along she decided to try and get one made with her grandfather's stuff. She pulled out his DD214, which I helped her understand and it turns out he was a loving no poo poo war hero. We are going to get a new ribbon rack and medals made for the shadowbox because his are in terrible shape. Here's how it currently looks: We are having a tough time identifying these patches though:    Any help with those three would be greatly appreciated.
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Feb 23, 2017 15:13
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Wow, thank you guys for all the information. I shared this with my wife and she was really appreciative of all of the info. Here is his DD214 and honorable discharge, showing that he was in the 106th AAA:   Here is his Purple Heart award letter:  And just becuase I think it was interesting, here is this:  One other thing - We have paperwork from when he applied for VA benefits and was denied. They said they could not find any record of medical treatment for his gunshot wound, nor was there evidence of him earning the Legion of Merit even though it is on his DD214.
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Feb 24, 2017 13:47
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Well then so do I 
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Feb 24, 2017 15:21
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Oh man, thank you SO MUCH. I told my wife that there was a chance that at least one of those patches might have been a trade (I have a couple sets of foreign dolphins from my sub days) and when her grandmother put all of his stuff together she just added those in because they were with his stuff. Not really worried anymore about the missing information - I know that the right personnelman can put whatever into your record and you can just buy any medal you want at the PX, but nothing I have heard about Gus leads me to believe he was like that. We just want to get a nice shadowbox made to go next to mine. We have his burial flag as well. He died when my wife was 5, so there was no chance at all for me to have met him, which I really hate. 
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Feb 24, 2017 20:07
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