[joesnuffy]

I'm pretty sure Pvt. Lynch got a bronze star and Sgt. Walters got the bronze star with combat "V" device...these two awards are far apart...

IMO based on the stories so far Sgt. Walters probably deserved a Silver Star minimum
Regardless the Combat "V" device is what counts....Ive got a shipload of bronze stars imo they are meaningless...I have one medal with a "V" that I'm semi-proud of but my CIB n CMB are most valuable to me...even more so than a bunch of AirMedals I got just for riding to and from LZs the Armor guys should get APC awards or truck awards or Humvee awards...

Mostly if an officer didnt see it...it didnt happen anyway...I have seen lots of brave acts in combat go unrewarded by the system....imo it was always more politics than anything else anyway...

But SGT Walters was a real hero imo...

And thats all I have to say about that.

[Destro]

Well said.

[#3Fan]

And thats all I have to say about that.

lol

Glad to finally see someone that's been der, done dat to shed some light on the situation. Good post.

[muawiyah]

Several months ago I went through the records of awards made to the 100th/442nd on behalf of an elderly person still concerned about her brother's experience at Monte Casino.

Only looked for two - CIB and PH.

It's fair to say they are both quite objectively awarded. That's why they are respected.

[LilyIvy]

replying to post from last year: I knew Don Walters...worked with him at KCPD. Lynch deserves her awards...Walters has been upgraded to a silver star because its slowly coming out now that it WAS Walters seen fighting alone...and none of this suprises me at all! Walters' "motto" when we worked together was "Miller, we're buds! I got your back!". that is just Walters. He also left behind 3 beautiful little "stair-steps"... Monica, Danielle, and Amber. Every time I go to his grave site at Ft. Levenworth, I tell him thank you and that he is my hero!!!