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A list of European Theater World War 2 Bronze stars recepients?
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∙ 14y ago
There is no list of WWII Bronze Star recipients. The Medal was awarded tens of thousands of times. The Medal could be awarded for either Valor or "Meritorious Service". If the award was for valor the Medal came with a "V device" of bronze to be attached to the ribbon of the Medal.
A new award for WWII was intended to recognize the "average" infantryman. It went to exactly those persons - combat infantrymen, and is the Combat Infantryman's Badge (CIB). This is about four inches long and a half inch tall, and is an enameled metal badge with a rifle-musket superimposed on a blue field. It is worn above all other medals and ribbons on the uniform, except for the ribbon of the Medal of Honor. Postwar the Army decided that anyone who was awarded the CIB during WWII was also entitled to the Bronze Star Medal. This mass awarding of the Bronze Star was for "meritorious service", so, no "V device". Most soldiers were already discharged. Soldiers had to get in touch with the War Department to obtain this Bronze Star they were entitled to, and a great many never knew of this decision or did not bother to obtain the Bronze Star.
If you are interested in learning whether a particular individual soldier was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, you would have to check the individual's personnel record, or perhaps a published history of his unit, which might contain a list of unit personnel decorated. However, 90% of WWII personnel records were destroyed in a fire in a warehouse in St. Louis in 1971. I understand the National Archives is "reconstructing" records nowadays if someone inquires. I also understand that if the individual soldier lived to get home, there is a chance that the VA might have a copy of his personnel record.
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The Eastern Front of the European Theater.
Theatres of War in world war?
The Pacific Theater, where the US fought Japan and the European theater the war, the war with European countries in the second world war
Was eisenhower the american general of the pacific during world war 2?
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Who was the allied commander in the European theater?
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In world war 2 what does ETO abbreviation mean?
European Theater of Operations Basically the operations in Italy, France, Germany. The Pacific Theater of Operations refer to the operations in Pacific Ocean and the islands.
Which theater of world war 2 was most closely associated with the leadership of Joseph Stalin?
The Eastern Front of the European Theater.
What were the 2 Theaters of World War 2?
The European Theater and the Pacific Theater.
Theatres of War in world war?
The Pacific Theater, where the US fought Japan and the European theater the war, the war with European countries in the second world war
What does a World War 2 EAME Theater Ribbon with 4 bronze stars represent?
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What theater of operation was Eisenhower in during World War 2?
Eisenhower was the commander of the European Theater of Operations.
What were two theatres of world war 2?
Two theaters of WW2 were the European theater and the Pacific theater.
What is a GI in the European theater?
A government Issuel (GI) during world war 2.
Was eisenhower the american general of the pacific during world war 2?
No. he was in charge of the European theater in WW2. MacArthur was in charge of the Pacific theater.
What theatre of world war 2 was most closely associated with bataan death march?
The European theater because of the Holocaust. WrongIts thePacific Theater
I need info on World War 2 in the European Theater?
It took place in 1941-1945
What does VE day mark?
The end of the second world war in the European theater (the defeat of Germany)
What were the human cost of war?
World War 2 had a death toll of fifty million people in the African and European Theater of the war. There were twenty million people who died in the Pacific and Asian Theater of the war.
