USMC Aviator receives British DFC
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Personally, I couldn't give a rat's @rse where he wears it or even IF he wears it. The brilliant bit is it WAS awarded, and when it mattered to our guys, he and his crew stuck their @rses on the line.
Reckon a huge thank you was deserved and, for once, freely given.
WELL DONE ALL CONCERNED!
Reckon a huge thank you was deserved and, for once, freely given.
WELL DONE ALL CONCERNED!
Respect!
Pure & simple
Pure & simple
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Respect to the USMC involved....and to the trolls and stuck up arses:
O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
An' ev'n devotion!
Translation:
And would some Power the small gift give us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us,
And foolish notion:
What airs in dress and gait would leave us,
And even devotion!
Robert Burns 1786 ....ten years after the birth of a nation.
O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
An' ev'n devotion!
Translation:
And would some Power the small gift give us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us,
And foolish notion:
What airs in dress and gait would leave us,
And even devotion!
Robert Burns 1786 ....ten years after the birth of a nation.
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Well done to Cpt Jordan and his crew. I didn't have a lot to do with the US Marines when I was in but the few I met left me in no doubt whatsoever that they would give their all to rescue a comrade. Cpt Jordan's modesty is very humbling.
knarfw - interesting picture. Enlarging it reveals that the DFC is mounted at the end of the second row of medals, as is the US style for mounting long groups, rather than our way of overlapping in a single row. It would appear that the restriction on non standard size medals referred to in the regulations quoted earlier by SASless has been ignored.
Digging around I found an earlier award of the DFC to Captain William Chesarek USMC, this time for Iraq. The action also involved the rescue and casevac of a severely wounded British soldier. Interestingly the first woman to receive the British Military Cross was a medic who had attended the same casualty on that occasion. The Wiki entry mentions that Capt Chesarek received his award from The Queen at a Buckingham Palace investiture in 2007, and also illustrates his medal ribbons with the very distinctive DFC ribbon at the end.
William Chesarek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interestingly Capt Chesarek is wearing the DFC ribbon at the head of his group for the investiture. This is in accord with US regulations, and on return to normal duties the DFC would go back to the end of his group.
Sorry to go on a bit, but I do find medals fascinating - shame I've only got one!
Digging around I found an earlier award of the DFC to Captain William Chesarek USMC, this time for Iraq. The action also involved the rescue and casevac of a severely wounded British soldier. Interestingly the first woman to receive the British Military Cross was a medic who had attended the same casualty on that occasion. The Wiki entry mentions that Capt Chesarek received his award from The Queen at a Buckingham Palace investiture in 2007, and also illustrates his medal ribbons with the very distinctive DFC ribbon at the end.
William Chesarek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interestingly Capt Chesarek is wearing the DFC ribbon at the head of his group for the investiture. This is in accord with US regulations, and on return to normal duties the DFC would go back to the end of his group.
Sorry to go on a bit, but I do find medals fascinating - shame I've only got one!
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TTN, that's the picture I mentioned in post 16 and is in the first link, appears to be minus the ribbon, but looking at the huge version of that shot, it is there, just peeping out from behind the one on top.
See
http://media.dma.mil/2014/Feb/12/200...-JU941-003.JPG
See
http://media.dma.mil/2014/Feb/12/200...-JU941-003.JPG
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A good effort at keeping it conformal!!
Must be the shortest DFC ribbon on record
... and Chf Tech Prictor's Queens Medal for Champion Shot must be one of the longest (I believe he has a couple more bars since then).
(Edit = finished up with 14 awards = Medal + 13 bars)
Must be the shortest DFC ribbon on record
... and Chf Tech Prictor's Queens Medal for Champion Shot must be one of the longest (I believe he has a couple more bars since then).
(Edit = finished up with 14 awards = Medal + 13 bars)
Last edited by MPN11; 17th Feb 2014 at 13:10.
Thanks Nutloose - it's much clearer on that picture.
I used to do medal mounting and always found it a fiddly job, so I eventually farmed it out to someone with much nimbler fingers than mine. I have to say I'd have given up at the outset if presented with that group to mount!
I used to do medal mounting and always found it a fiddly job, so I eventually farmed it out to someone with much nimbler fingers than mine. I have to say I'd have given up at the outset if presented with that group to mount!
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well we hand out knighthoods or more precisely KBE's etc to the Yanks all the time
I'd be amazed if he didn't qualify for a gallantry medal - the only sort of medal that should be awarded to anyone IMHO
I'd be amazed if he didn't qualify for a gallantry medal - the only sort of medal that should be awarded to anyone IMHO
Gentleman Aviator
the only sort of medal that should be awarded to anyone IMHO
"Round ones don't count!"
I give far more value to my heart shaped one.....done in Purple.
That is the ultimate "I showed up" gong!
I am still trying to figure out what "Military Merit" has to do with the Recipient....seems that accolade should go to the guy that was on the other side.
That is the ultimate "I showed up" gong!
I am still trying to figure out what "Military Merit" has to do with the Recipient....seems that accolade should go to the guy that was on the other side.
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Interestingly the first woman to receive the British Military Cross was a medic who had attended the same casualty on that occasion.
It is pleasing to learn that LCpl Michelle Suzanne Claire Norris, MC, RAMC is known as "Chuck".
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I read her story in a book and it was humbling, she used to jokingly call the guy shot "dad" because of the age difference, she was pulled back in by the gunner if I remember correctly as he was concerned for her.... A well deserved MC
Indeed well deserved all round.
Indeed well deserved all round.
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she was pulled back in by the gunner, if I remember correctly, as he was concerned for her.... A well deserved MC
As George S. Patton said...
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.”
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Her full citation is here, one brave lady, just out of training a few months before.
Big day for 5ft Army medic who won MC - Telegraph
Big day for 5ft Army medic who won MC - Telegraph
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Cracking lass.
But then, realistically, isn't that what we ALL joined up to do?
Be brave, go the extra mile, be professional, never quit?
Just that the majority of us never got the opportunity to excel under fire, thank God
But then, realistically, isn't that what we ALL joined up to do?
Be brave, go the extra mile, be professional, never quit?
Just that the majority of us never got the opportunity to excel under fire, thank God