Posted on Feb 24, 2017
Nicholas Mcclurken
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My grandfather is a retired Army Master Sergeant. The thing he only talks about is the Vietnam war. He was an Army medic for a total of twenty two years and I want to find a good way to honor him. Some background details is that his too highest awards were the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit. If anyone could help my figure this out that would be great. Thank you!
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SGT Ben Keen
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Nicholas Mcclurken - Do you have copies of all his paperwork for starters? If not, go to National Achieve (link below) and get request a copy. From there you can look at doing things like buildng a shadow box or something like that to honor him.

https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records
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I'd suggest a memoir, video, and/or interview with Veterans History Project - http://www.loc.gov/vets/
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SGT (Join to see) Excellent suggestion.
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Hi, Nicholas.

If he likes to discuss it, have him get into writing it down or otherwise recording it. You said his memory is failing, so getting started now would be ideal.

And, from me, thank him for his service. Vietnam vets never got the honor they deserved. That will never happen on our watch again.
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