I was Googling our name and found this, the "United States Coast Guard Book of Valor". It lists all the CG medal winners during WW II. It appears to be done in chronological order and sub divided by states. If you scroll about 4/5 the way down dad is listed with the official statement of the award. Also listed in the same group are his buddies Scoles, Hopper, Beck and Nikolenko, all of whom, if memory serves, are shown in the newspaper photo where dad is getting his medal. Come to think of it, I think every one but Hoppr is with dad in that picture John found in the book, Iwo Jima Recon.
By the way, William Hopper was the son of Hedda Hopper, the famous, or infamous, depending on which end of the gun you were, Hollywood Gossip columnist of the 40's. He was also the district attorney who went up against Perry Mason in the television series. I remember dad saying that his hair turned white in a few weeks after a particularly bad fight.
Check it out. I know it's a long link, but when I tried to shorten it, it went nowhere.
**EDIT** I made a permanent short link for you Dad.
An easier way to help find the name would be to press control F (command F for Syd), type Gordon Risser in the search box and hit enter. -Eddie
http://tinyurl.com/d99jq5
Dad's Bronze Star
2 comments:
That's cool Gordon! thanks for sharing. I checked it out and found Dad. Good discription in finding it.
That is cool I started at the bottom and then scrolled up.
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