Comments | gryphonrhi: Man, that was fun!

gryphonrhi

Man, that was fun!

Sep 16, 2013 01:38

I haven't done concentrated data hunting in a while, and I just spent three hours tracking down Air Force and Army service ribbons and medals for a friend. She inherited a box from her dad with random, and sometimes repeating, service ribbons. Some are amazingly faded, several are no longer issued (he served before WWII was declared, during WWII, ( Read more... )

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lanalucy September 16 2013, 06:46:55 UTC

Okay, first, love your icon. Hammond of Texas, with that little hand gesture that Bratac always did.

Second, what fantastic fun, looking all that stuff up!

Third, those sound like some really great memories!

Sleep well!

gryphonrhi September 16 2013, 19:24:55 UTC

Thanks, Springwoof made it for me!

Yes, it really was! And they really were; Dad G was a great guy.

ziasummer September 16 2013, 07:08:23 UTC

Great job. My dad had some retired military that had several ribbons from their tours and for the life of me, I don't I would be able have the faintest ideas of when, what or why if I saw them today. Sounds like a wonderful job for your friend. :-)

gryphonrhi September 16 2013, 19:23:49 UTC

I kid you not, I've been working through Wikipedia, which was gorgeously set up by someone(s?) who knew what she/they were doing, down to pictures of the badges and ribbons in color so I could compare. Then I found a full color poster of the ribbons in order of precedence, which also helped a lot.

::grinning:: You know: Google is my friend!