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a2jacketpatches said:Oh! And I'm pretty sure the Victory with star means WW1 service, but don't hold me to that.
a2jacketpatches said:A few different reasons from quick google search, but the most popular theory seems to be for actual combat, unofficial, but they did it anyway.
How true!a2jacketpatches said:Just the most popular theory as I said from a quick search, and one of those guys states " straight from the vets mouth " But as we all know, there's a lot of people out there that need to inflate themselves for one reason or another.
Would Air Corps ground personnel get an infantry decoration?dmar836 said:The one everyone wanted was the CIB. The Combat Infantry Badge was the official notation that you saw actual hostile fire. Now if a guy saw combat but not for at least 30 days(I think it was 30 days in WWII) he wouldn't rank the CIB. Perhaps the star was a guys way of showing this.
This star rumor might have come from the post war policy of Bronze Star being a designation of same. Unless this guy was in later or kept up with stuff, he would not have known about the BS as it wasn't done until later. This is, to me, possible evidence as to the origin of the rumor.
Dave
I am not really sure what to make of your comment. This guy was not a ground pounder, and would not have had a CIB or a chance to ever get one. He was probably loading bombs on B-24's and then later B-29's.dmar836 said:The one everyone wanted was the CIB. The Combat Infantry Badge was the official notation that you saw actual hostile fire. Now if a guy saw combat but not for at least 30 days(I think it was 30 days in WWII) he wouldn't rank the CIB. Perhaps the star was a guys way of showing this.
This star rumor might have come from the post war policy of Bronze Star being a designation of same. Unless this guy was in later or kept up with stuff, he would not have known about the BS as it wasn't done until later. This is, to me, possible evidence as to the origin of the rumor.
Dave
dmar836 said:Would Air Corps ground personnel get an infantry decoration?
unclegrumpy said:dmar836 said:Would Air Corps ground personnel get an infantry decoration?
If you mean a CIB, not unless they had served in the infantry and earned one there.
"Decorations" are technically medals for valor...like the Bronze Star, Soldier's Medal, Silver Star, DSC, and Medal of Honor. AAF ground personnel could get these.
dmar836 said:My point was just that perhaps the rumor may have started partially due to some seeing combat less than the 30 days required for the CIB. I believe that if you were trained for combat there was a way to get it.