05-19-2011, 05:49 PM
I suspect the awardee never got his 20th anniversary VOG medal due to a clerical error and never got to requesting one--until 1983. Most of us have seen firsthand how the veterans get more nostalgic with age, developing a penchant for znachki, commemorative medals, etc. To me that's more plausible.. Not sure why one would want the doc alone--so my theory is that they were requesting the medal, and the doc had to be typed up due to regulations. :)
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