WWII - US Army Medals Explained

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[@pyeitme508]

Not bad

[@CL-we8tn]

Excellent!

[@CL-we8tn]

It's so easy to distance yourself from history and look at it without bias or emotional connection, even military history. But a medal is something very personal, it's not a piece of soldier's kit, it belongs to the soul of the man who receives it. It puts the face on nameless dead and you swallow an uncomfortable lump while thinking; we are all family, really.

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Thanks for this. My late father was an enlisted man who later became a Commissioned Officer in the Army of the United States 1942-44 and who had no medals in any of the photographs of him. I was always curious what, if any medals he would have been entitled to. So now I see he would have been authorized the American Campaign Medal, and the WW2 Victory Medal. Now I can add a little authorized color to his shadow box ! * I'll buy them myself because although the Government is by law required to issue / reissue them at No Charge, I, 59, may not live to actually receive them because the MPRC is so understaffed because of the coronavirus. I've been waiting a YEAR for a copy of my DD214.

[@PremierHistory]

Very unfortunate Barone, hopefully that DD214 can be found and sent to you sooner rather than later.

[@erwin669]

Around 18 million records of Service Members who servered prior to the 1970s were lost in a fire in 1973 so unless your family has a copy of his records then the chances are you probably won't be able to get another copy of his 214.

[@L_Train]

Like you said, to receive the Medal of Honor there must be risk of life and usually the action must have saved a life or lives

[@bartschwartz9233]

Most of the time u got killed and awarded after death. If u did not lose a limb or get shot up

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

one fact the Army of occupation service medal was still issued to us personnel as late as 1989 if they served in berlin.

[@PremierHistory]

Great info Lupin!

[@Spaghetter813]

Considering the implications, they really should have come up with some other award for that.

[@ridgerunner5772]

@@Spaghetter813, there was the air medal for the Berlin Air Lift...... The duty to serve in the occupation covered this service and, any acknowledgement that it was a burden to serve with "allies" as not cricket...... Bugger the Bolsheviks and their murderous Stalin...., partner of Hitler......

[@jamalwilburn228]

The Good Conduct Ribbon is given to anyone who doesn't get into any serious trouble. There was also a time the Purpel Heart was given for meritorious service which is how some Nurses at Pearl Harbor recieved there's

[@Rondrent]

The good cookie award

[@erwin669]

The Army Commendation Medal wasn't authorized until Decembr 1945, but was back dated to 1943. The Navy also had a Commendation Medal which was authorized in 1943. The one shown in the video was the Army verison The Good Conduct Medal is an enlisted only award and each branch of the US Military has their own verision of it. The one shown was the Army verison. The Air Medal is awarded by all branches of the US Military not just the Army and Air Force. Each branch has slightly different criteria for awarding the medal and different devices to show multiple awards.

[@albertalbao8149]

My late grandfather was ww2 vet USAFFE mindanao asignmeng, award medal" word war 2 victory medal"

[@huggdeeznutz]

Hey i found a couple medals from ww2 on the front says 1861-1865 i uploaded a video if u can tell me anything about it or who the person was named on it.

[@leopardknowledge.1430]

Great video premiere as always and hopefully you make more of these in the future because they really needs to be more videos like this one making a guide to army medals.

[@PremierHistory]

Thanks for the support as always Leo!

[@ak9989]

I have my dad's ww2 medals, a bronze star, ww2 asiatic pacific with battle star, Okinawa, and China medal. Plus others. I also have 110 British Victorian campaign medals 🤣 plus a ww2 nevsky, order of Lenin and 67 German combat badges ww2

[@jamesbednar8625]

Greatly enjoyed these videos about the medals/decorations of the various nations of WWII. Would be nice to see a video about the medals/decorations from the Soviet Union, Japan, France, and Italy, if possible.

[@sergeantscar6224]

Wow I’m the first one to watch

[@PremierHistory]

But not the last! Thanks Sergeant

[@onrr1726]

I managed to collect every WWII Soviet liberation and campaign medal made over the years while going back and forth to visit my wife's family in Ukraine.

[@ridgerunner5772]

Bugger the Bolsheviks and, the murderous deeds they did to the Ukrainian People before, during and after the War....

[@chrismillard8222]

Medals make men put their asses on the line

[@shuaibbristleblok4417]

I wonder if it goes for a lot of money

[@cool7boy803]

Q USSR Medals please

[@shaunwebb6406]

Great narrative

[@paulkociara5992]

Creepy upside down pentagram on the medal of honor. Whats up with that????

[@arvisbalodis4875]

LAURA FARM

[@NaturesBestPal_YT]

Found my great great grandfather’s good conduct medal. Now I know what it is. Thanks

[@cgimovieman]

Medals are just things. They don’t make a person any better or worse than any other. A person’s true honor lies in who they are as a person and their actions. Some of the greatest and most honorable people in history never received a medal, or in many cases were never even known. I tend to think of those people as having the most honor.

[@Wykletypl]

Is it true that 6 out of 10 MoH recipients receive it posthumously?

[@robertsansone1680]

Thank You. Very informative. For those people who saw the movie "Patton". He had the Chaplain write a "weather prayer", to improve the weather during the Battle of the Bulge. After the weather cleared, he said, "Bring me that chaplain"! "I'm going to decorate that SOB"! "He's in good with the Lord"! Patton awarded him The Legion of Merit.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The Belgians instituted a prisoner of war medal of their own after WW2, but they seem to be fairly unusual. Being captured is often not in itself seen as worthy of an award, and sometimes even as suspect. For example the mother of a British officer captured in 1951 by the Chinese in the Korean War asked him on his release two years later how he could have let himself be captured, and told him he would have to pull himself together. It was normal for US servicemen who had been captured to be put through "clearance" after they were freed, to determine whether they had assisted the enemy in any way.

[@jamalwilburn228]

The Air Medal was given to bomber crews for flying 5-8 missions and a DFC upon their completion of tour up until very late 1944.

[@nastybastardatlive]

You keep saying "soldier", so I assume sailors, Marines, and airmen didn't get these medals. And the US Air force was never a part of the army. Prior to the advent of the air force there was the USAAC, or United States Army Air Corps.

[@abdulqayumkhan3992]

Thanks to know about Medals of the USA ARMY .Medal of HONOR is the best

[@jasonpines5534]

Well done, Thank you! God Bless our Troops

[@alfonso9626]

The video was very well done there's still a lot of soldiers for World War II did not get all their awards they were supposed to get but that happens in every military service

[@shuaibbristleblok4417]

I actually have a US metal

[@pootus_automotive]

I heave my great grandpas medals 😊

[@alibozkurt4173]

Please make turkish army ranks

[@MidlandTexan]

Very good, thank you.

[@SagarSharma-qp5sb]

Purple heart hai mara pass

[@jennifercarruth7390]

I should have a medal of honor, when I was five years old, I had to go downstairs through the dark to get something for my mom, and it was pitch black

[@JA37Viggen]

0:45 Ayo what flag is that?

[@Kevin1230san]

I think that all US soldiers and airmen who was a part of the Battle of Berlin and crushed the nazis are the definition of the Medal of Honor.

[@PremierHistory]

Nicely said Kevin

[@L_Train]

The US didn't fight the battle of Berlin it was the Soviets

[@reubeng2110]

@@L_Train and they loved draggin up a enormouse amount of artillary and ammunition and pumbled that city. good one for them on those nazis the civilians cooud have been evacuated or they could have surrendered but you know nazi vs soviet two dictator type thing you blew up my stalingrad stuff

[@kambiz7556]

The only Medal left to be awarded is farting above and beyond in the battle.