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Vietnam Service Medal - 1969
Name of Award Vietnam Service Medal
Devices
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Year Awarded 1969
Last Updated: May 8, 2009
This ribbon will display Multiple Award devices automatically based on the total number of awards listed
Details Behind Award
Served aboard USS Ranger (CVA-61) in Tonkin Gulf 1969-1971.
I have a license plate with this medal on it. I'm proud to be an Vietnam vet.
Steve Stone, Charleston, WV Ward, saw horrible ground combat about the same time that I was over there. He still suffers from PTSD althought he works hard to not let it show. I told him I felt bad that I wasn't in country with him. I felt that I didn't really do all that I could by being on a ship. He replied that many times we answered their prayers by sending our planes over to provide cover for them when they were pinned down. He said had it not been for me and the other sailors he never would have survived. He later gave me a silly, little leather lanyard with beads that represent the colors of the two Vietnam ribbons that we both wear. It's not silly to me, however. I treasure that more than all of my medals and ribbons. It was presented to me by my Vietnam War brother and a hero.
