Ref Thread: Yangtze Service Medal - US MILITARIA FORUM
Posted August 23, 2009. To commemorate the services performed by the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps during the operations in the valley of the Yangtze River, China, in 1926 and 1927, and 1930 and 1932, a medal to be known as the "Yangtze Service Medal" will be issued to the officers and enlisted men who participated in those operations ...
USMC Yangtze Service Medal #'s ID'ed - US MILITARIA FORUM
2012年10月29日 · Thought since the Expeditionary Medal thread was so successful, I'd start one on the Yangtze service Medal. Same rules, copy and paste. These are the ones I found scattered around the forum. These are USMC strikes... USMC STRIKES 78- Percy Franklin Archer. 672- Francis Marion Wulbern. 1052- Jacob F Plachta. 1440- Bernard S Rogard. 1847- James P ...
USMC Boxer Rebellion and Yangtze Patrol Grouping to Sgt.
2019年8月29日 · The Monadnock was considered a 'fast' ship as her coal-fired engines gave her a 19-knot top speed which was ideal for use on the Yangtze River. During Helwig’s service aboard the USS Monadnock she stood almost continuous duty on the Yangtze River protecting the foreign settlement at Shanghai.
USS Panay (PR-5), 1928 Yangtze Patrol Gunboat, 1:192 scale resin kit
2023年1月17日 · This is the latest USN ship that I've commissioned my friend, Dennis, to build for me. It's being built as a tribute to COMYANGPAT at the time that six new gunboats for the Yangtze Patrol were built at Shanghai between 1926-27, and commissioned between 1927-28. All were capable of reaching Chungking at high water, and all year-round.
Black Widow Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, Yangtze Patrol group to …
2019年12月8日 · LCDR Arthur G. Robinson, when he commanded the Yangtze Patrol river gunboat U.S.S. Palos, pictured with other Asiatic fleet or Yangtze Patrol C.O.’s at Chungking, China, 1,326 miles upriver from Shanghai, in 1926. Pictured in front are CIC Asiatic Fleet ADM Henry H. Hough and Commander, Yangtze Patrol (ComYangPat) RADM Henry H. Hough.
US Campaign Medals That Are Traceable By Number
2010年5月14日 · Roster for the China Relief was published by Planchet Press and OMSA. Partial rosters for the Cuban Pac, 1st Nicaraguan, Mexico, 1915 Haitian, 2nd Nic and Yangtze were published by Gleim in the New Medal Letters, reprinted by OMSA in The Gleim Medal Letters. Scott Smith has published rosters for all of the available USMC medals.
The Real Sand Pebbles? - US MILITARIA FORUM
Posted May 11, 2009. One of my favorite movies as a kid was The Sand Pebbles. Set in pre-WWII China, and based upon a novel by Richard McKenna, a career Navy-man who spent time in the Far East during the 1930's including, I think at least one tour on a Yangtze River gunboat. After McKenna retired from the Navy and graduated from college, he ...
"The Sand Pebbles Topic" Asiatic Fleet - In 1965 The Sand Pebbles ...
2019年10月6日 · Funding for Palos and Monocacy was obtained in June 1912, as a result of the recommendation two years earlier by Naval Shipbuilding Board president, Admiral George Dewey, for a new class of river gunboats for the Yangtze, with 3-foot draft, 14-knot speed, twin-screws, "several rudders for extreme handiness," combined coal- and oil-fueled ...
Col David L. Hardee - Bataan Survivor - US MILITARIA FORUM
2016年2月18日 · In the course of the fighting, Hardee received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in action on 9 April 1942 near Cabcabin, Philippines, a Bronze Star for meritorious service near Orion and Limay, Bataan on 7 April 1942, and a fourth Silver Star near Orion, Bataan on 7 April 1942. For extraordinary heroism from 7 – 8 April 1942, he was ...
The Real Sand Pebbles: Part II - US MILITARIA FORUM
2014年3月23日 · The album includes several great pictures of the Three Gorge District. This was an area of 120 miles where the Yangtze passed through some amazing gorges. As the result of recent river damming, several of these gores have either disappeared or …