(August 6, 2016 at 12:10 am)Sterben Wrote: My grandma gave me his war medals, I'm not 100% sure what they mean since I'm more familiar with the German side of the war.
What medals are they? The UK was (and is) a lot less generous with its medals than the US army is, a lot of the stuff that most US soldiers can expect to get (good conduct &c.) just don't have medals under the UK system. In fact, bravery in combat situations my just get you citations in dispatches under the British system.
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