User talk:SonOfNuc

Missing Unit Awards in current "1st Marine Division" article? Missing Unit Awards in current "1st Marine Division" article? In Nichols & Shaw's "Okinawa, Victory in the Pacific" it lists 3 Navy Unit Commendations that were earned during WWII, which are not included on the 1st Marines Wiki-page. As I'm not military & have little/no knowledge of this I will quote what was printed, and leave it to someone else to make the determination if a reference to it should be made on  1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)#Unit_awards. On page 315 of "Okinawa, Victory in the Pacific" which is titled "III Amphibious Corps Signal Battalion" it states... "while attached to the I Marine Amphibious Corps during the amphibious assault on Bougainville...Guam, Palau,  and Okinawa,..." I'm pretty sure that's a reference to the 1st Marines. Further on it reads... All personnel attached to the III Amphibious Corps Signal Battalion who actually participated on one or more of the...operations are hereby authorized to wear the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon." The'commendations' are signed by Sec. of the Navy James Forrestal.  I might add that the idea that the 1st Marines made it through WWII without getting at least one Navy Unit Citation seems pretty unlikely...SonOfNuc (talk) 02:48, 17 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Don't add edit request on your talkpage, go to the talkpage of the article and post it there please. –Ammarpad (talk) 09:04, 27 November 2017 (UTC)