{"id":64096,"date":"2016-01-30T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64096"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:48","slug":"tom-banghart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64096","title":{"rendered":"Tom Banghart; Marine combat pretender"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thomas<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Someone sends us their research on this guy, Tom Banghart, and as you can tell from the picture above, he loves to wear ribbons. In the picture, i found most of the medals and ribbons he’s wearing;<\/p>\n

\"Banghrt<\/a><\/p>\n

Navy & Marine Corps Medal (think Soldiers Medal)
\nDefense Meritorious Service Medal
\nMeritorious Service Medal
\nNavy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
\nNavy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
\nCombat Action Ribbon
\nNavy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
\nNavy Meritorious Unit Commendation
\nNavy Good Conduct Medal
\nNavy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon<\/center><\/p>\n

Well, he did go to Vietnam in February 1970 and he was assigned to a Headquarters and Supply Company in a Supply Battalion.It looks like he returned unscathed in January 1971. He continued serving in the active force until 1975 and then did another 12 years in the Reserves, finally ending his service as a Staff Sergeant. His awards according to the National Personnel Records Center were;<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a> <\/center><\/p>\n

Yeah, so he didn’t earn all of those pretty little bits of ribbon. No Navy & Marine Corps Medal for heroism not in combat, no Combat Action Ribbon because an H&S Company of a Supply Battalion doesn’t get to go into combat that often. But then it’s easier to pin on the ribbon than it to actually be in a combat action.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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