medal identification/ ww2 medals

[dakota port]

I just bought this lot of medals and ribbons from ebay and want some info, was the star given out often? the star has JOHN O. FAULKENBURY engraved on it

i know my rifles well but medals are a side hobby of mine, the star medal was my main objective and for $12 I couldn't lose

edit: the missing medal is the army of occupation medal i have found ( just very faded on the ribbon)

 

[karlvv30]

It's a BSM. Bronze Star.

 

[GeauxLSU]

https://www.thebalance.com/bronze-star-medal-3344939

It's always sad to think nobody in the family wound up with or wanted such things.

 

[Radar363]

https://www.thebalance.com/bronze-star-medal-3344939

It's always sad to think nobody in the family wound up with or wanted such things.

^This. I find it worrisome that the story that goes with the medal gets forgotten.

 

[karlvv30]

^This. I find it worrisome that the story that goes with the medal gets forgotten.

It happens more than you would think. A medal to a Soldier is nothing in comparison to that Brotherhood that put him in that position. I know quite a few Soldiers that if they died today, that story would be lost. Maybe it hits you more when you are older. I just know that my kids know nothing about any of my stuff.

 

[GeauxLSU]

I just know that my kids know nothing about any of my stuff.

As the son of a WWII vet with little passed on history... fix that please.

 

[Radar363]

It happens more than you would think. A medal to a Soldier is nothing in comparison to that Brotherhood that put him in that position. I know quite a few Soldiers that if they died today, that story would be lost. Maybe it hits you more when you are older. I just know that my kids know nothing about any of my stuff.

As the son of a WWII vet with little passed on history... fix that please.

You should definitely share the stories of what it meant to be able to trust the man beside you and know he trusted you.

 

[karlvv30]

You should definitely share the stories of what it meant to be able to trust the man beside you and know he trusted you.

My father was drafted into nam and I'm retired Army and he still hasn't talked to me about it. Its not as easy for people to talk about with loved ones as you think. I will with my daughter's when I think they are ready to hear it.

 

[dakota port]

it appears from the medals that the soldier served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater from 1941 to 1945, received the ww2 victory medal, then performed occupation service in either Germany, Italy, Austria, or Japan post 1945

 

[GeauxLSU]

it appears from the medals that the soldier served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater from 1941 to 1945, received the ww2 victory medal, then performed occupation service in either Germany, Italy, Austria, or Japan post 1945

You think this is him? http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=john-faulkenberry&pid=2596296