05-22-2002, 10:24 PM
There are a large number of awards that were given out "after the fact" for actions in W.W.II. It seems to have been very common for someone to have been "overlooked" for an award only to have it awarded later.
Several examples of this include Glory 3rd Class that were awarded after the 1950s through the present day. I have researched a lot of these and every single one was awarded to a soldier who was heavily wounded and discharged from the military before the end of the war. They were awarded the Glory 3rd as a sort of "thanks for coming and being wounded" award.
There is also a picture in a recently published book (I am trying to find it, but have not been able to locat it) of an old Red Army soldier receiving an Order from Yeltsin with Clinton in attendence in Washington DC (the soldier now lives in the US).
Also, the type 3 campaign medals were for re-issues to people who should have received the award before but were overlooked.
And finally, several times a year you will see old US soldiers receiving awards that they should have received during the war but the orders never caught up with them before they were discharged and the matter just hibernated for 50 years.
It happens.
Ed
Several examples of this include Glory 3rd Class that were awarded after the 1950s through the present day. I have researched a lot of these and every single one was awarded to a soldier who was heavily wounded and discharged from the military before the end of the war. They were awarded the Glory 3rd as a sort of "thanks for coming and being wounded" award.
There is also a picture in a recently published book (I am trying to find it, but have not been able to locat it) of an old Red Army soldier receiving an Order from Yeltsin with Clinton in attendence in Washington DC (the soldier now lives in the US).
Also, the type 3 campaign medals were for re-issues to people who should have received the award before but were overlooked.
And finally, several times a year you will see old US soldiers receiving awards that they should have received during the war but the orders never caught up with them before they were discharged and the matter just hibernated for 50 years.
It happens.
Ed
