While looking for something else in the National Archives Catalog, I stumbled upon these Award Cards for the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters) awarded to my father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), during his service with the Air Force in Korea in 1952 and 1953:
Link to card above: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133422553/409/public?contributionType=comment
Link to card below: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143786352/241/public?contributionType=comment
The Award Cards collection spans the years 1942 to 1963. The cards were transferred by the Air Force (and its World War II predecessor, the Army Air Forces) to the National Archives and Records Service in 1973 to be used to help recreate official military personnel files that had been destroyed by fire.
That is rally cool! How neat.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tracy!
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