Ralph DeShon Sawyer [Jr.] was born on 5 October 1918, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, the son of Ralph D. Sawyer and Hazel Annie Seaman. Ralph DeShon Sawyer Jr. married Esther Virginia Archibald on 5 December 1939 in Salem Depot, New Hampshire. Esther was the daughter of Erwin Archibald and Ida E. Archibald née Thurston. Ralph […]
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Continuing our series of World War II campaign medals, this month’s feature is the American Campaign Medal. History & Service Requirements The American Campaign Medal was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9265 dated 6 November 1942, and subsequently amended by President Harry S. Truman’s Executive Order 9706 dated 15 March 1946, to […]
Last month in this series we talked about the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal of World War II, and this month we are discussing its equivalent in the Pacific theater. History & Service Requirements The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9265 dated 6 November 1942, and subsequently amended by […]
Raymond “Ray” Milton Talifson was born in Pendroy (Bynum), Teton County, Montana on 9 July 1916 to parents Tobias Talifson and Dena Vigen. He attended and graduated from Teton County High School where he had played football and was a reporter for the school newspaper. After high school he worked as an auto mechanic for […]