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Need Freeper Military Help: Identify Army Insignia on Uniform of Jenkins (Defected to N. Korea)
Independent News, Seoul Korea ^
| 6 November 2004
| AmericanInTokyo
Posted on 11/05/2004 1:41:50 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defector; dishonorable; guilty; jenkins; northkorea; photo; uniform; usarmy
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Would like assistance in identifying awards or certifications on the U.S.A. uniform of the aging Sgt. Robert Jenkins, who had defected to North Korea, and was sentenced in Tokyo this week to dishonorable discharge and loss of pay/benefits (after ranked busted down and short brig time at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan). Per above photo from South Korean site. (This may be difficult to tell from the size of the photograph.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Top middle appear to be national defense.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:46:07 PM PST
by
mcmanamy
To: AmericanInTokyo
I'm pretty sure the three gold buttons in the middle of his jacket keep it closed, and need to be "unbuttoned" to remove the jacket. After that, I'm at a loss...
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:46:59 PM PST
by
vrwinger
("Need some wood?")
To: vrwinger
:-) Very helpful. Now, seriously......
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:48:17 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Troops! Repudiation and Silencing of Senator Specter is our remaining "Electoral Vote" outstanding.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
It appears to be similar to the other traitor john kerry's get up from his staged pictures of his 4 month tour in Nam.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:49:13 PM PST
by
arly
To: AmericanInTokyo
Whay are you interested? They have all been forfeited upon his conviction. The Army was the one who gave him the uniform when they took him into custody anyway.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:49:14 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: AmericanInTokyo
The gold item above his nametag looks like a marksman's medal. I can't tell with the other stuff.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:50:25 PM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
(Today the Donkeys need 10 billion gallons of bacitacrin and a whole lot of band-aids.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
The only one I can make out is the National Defense ribbon in the top middle. Ribbons are worn in the order of precedence with the lowest on the bottom and the highest on the top. If he's wearing the National Defense on the top row, it would indicate that he hasn't received any significant awards.
In addition, as a deserter all of his awards and medals would have been revoked.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:51:05 PM PST
by
mbynack
To: AmericanInTokyo
None. His dishonorable discharge strips him of all rank and awards.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:52:25 PM PST
by
blanknoone
(Victory at Home. Victory Abroad.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Infantry cord. Army Service Ribon (ASR), Overseas Service Ribbon (OSR), National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) and what looks like...lol, a Good Conduct.....
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:52:36 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Shashin ga chisasugite mienai. (Picture's so small I can't see)
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:52:50 PM PST
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
really it is too small to tell... but I do at least see the national defense service ribbion and looks like south east asia service ribbion, and possible marksmen medal underneath
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:53:31 PM PST
by
Americanwolf
(Message to Democratic Underground trolls and Mike Moore... You lost..... PFFFFFTTTT!!!!!)
To: AmericanInTokyo
UN service Medal, National Defense Medal, Korean Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Unit Citation Medal and I can't make out the colors on the bottom right one well enough to tell
To: AmericanInTokyo
The insignia aove his name plate is a Distinctive Unit Insignia / Regimental Crest and is not an award.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:53:54 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I think you will find that the uniform is not army but United States Air Force.
It's a little getting hard for me to tell the color but I'm pretty sure it's blue and it looks like mine when I was in in '65.
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:54:39 PM PST
by
mississippi red-neck
(John Kerry is Catholic. John Kerry supports Abortion and Gay Marriage. Flip flop,flip flop.)
To: mbynack
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posted on
11/05/2004 1:57:26 PM PST
by
bdfromlv
(leavenworth hard time)
To: mississippi red-neck
No, it's Army. The blue backing on his brass and the blue cord denote that he is/was an infantryman (only they wear those.) His rank is/was Sergeant/E-5, and I believe the previous poster is correct about the ribbons.
To: mississippi red-neck
The color of the uniform is actually green, but does not show on this photo very well. It is of the U.S. Army, though.
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posted on
11/05/2004 2:00:39 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Troops! Repudiation and Silencing of Senator Specter is our remaining "Electoral Vote" outstanding.)
To: FreedomCalls
Certainly you can kindly give me a little more credit than that and can assume I am not a moron and that I know that already? :-)
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posted on
11/05/2004 2:01:41 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Troops! Repudiation and Silencing of Senator Specter is our remaining "Electoral Vote" outstanding.)
To: kaferhaus
Presidential Unit Citation would be on the other side...:)
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