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Well , he's in dress blues , dk blue jacket , lt blue pants with the stripe , seargent , old school as the 4 stripes means 16 years , 2 medels and four ribbons .

BTW , I ment his other left . :>) . Looked dark to be a hand and white gloves would be propper for the blues , so I figured a replacement. Looking closer , It just appears to be in a shadow .

Don't see anything special.

Chris

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Well , he's in dress blues , dk blue jacket , lt blue pants with the stripe , seargent , old school as the 4 stripes means 16 years , 2 medels and four ribbons .

 

Chris

 

You're getting warm...There is something very special about this soldier...Click on the photo, and examine the uniform closely...

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

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Is he related to you? Almost seems to be some resemblance..

 

His ribbons look to be wide, more like the Naval style. I'm still drawing a blank.

 

- Ron

 

No relation to me whatsoever...

 

Ribbons are standard size...Though now we've gone from cold, to warm, to hot...

 

David

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MOH ?

Chris

 

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!

 

Yes, this photo is dated April 19, 1942, and features Sergeant Donald L. Truesdale, who at the time was the only enlisted man in the Marine Corps to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. He received it for action in Nicaragua.

 

I had not read the citation until now...only the photo caption, which was brief. It turns out the missing hand you mentioned is correct. He lost his right hand while throwing away a rifle grenade during the course of the action that led to the award. Looks like he might have had a prosthetic with a glove on it in the photo.

 

Thanks!

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

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Yep , I could not see it clearly either . Top center , all alone , matched only the MOH mounting . The B&W shade looked to match the light blue pants . I now know a LOT more about Marine Dress uniforms that I did Monday .

Chris

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