I need some direction to find online pictures of AAF medals - for research not for purchase.  I'm looking for Distinguished Unit Badge, American Theater Ribbon and EAME Theater Ribbon with six bronze service stars. What does the 6 service stars mean?

Terry,

Try http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Awards/Ribbons/OrderofPrecedence.htm, it has a listing of all Army medals and ribbons to include those that would have been appliciable to the AAF.  The Distinguished Unit Citation became the Presidential Unit Citation.  Six bronze stars on an EAME means credit for participating in six (of 19) campaigns in the EAME theater.

If I'm not too late, I Googled "U. S. Military Medals"  with success.  Also under USMilitary.About.com/od/armymedals.
 
Neale600

Where do you find which campaigns were awarded Battle Stars?  The EAME ribbon returned with my brother's effects had 2 stars attached.  He was in the 8th AF, 388th BG, 561st Bomb Sqd.. His 1st mission was flown 5 June 1944.  He was KIA on 16 August 1944.
 
Thanks for any direction.
 
Neale600

Hi the campaigns would normally be listed on his discharge and seperation papers which can be obtained from the National Personnel Records Center NPRC, their contact info is listed on the "research" page of this web-site but in light of the fact that he was KIA I imagine that it would be in his Individual Deceased Personnel File the contact info is also located on the research page. I would try both, see what the NPRC has and get the IDPF. Hope this helps. I would request these items soon as they take a long time to get processed and the agencies seem to be busier in the winter, alot of guys like me who are stuck inside all winter have nothing better to do than request records fom the Government:) Hope this helps.
Dave

David Procaccini
Grandson of Sgt. Louis Procaccini
38th ADG Repair Squadron
North Africa-Italy-France
Achivist, Quonset Air Museum
Historian 38th Depot Repair Sqdn

Neale,
 
Based on the information you have provided, I'd say the two campaign stars for your brother were for Normandy, 6 Jun 44 - 24 Jul 44; and Northern France, 25 Jul 44 - 14 Sep 44.
 
cts

What CTS said.
 
Here is a link that includes the honors that the 561st (now the 561st Fighter Squadron) earned in WW II:
 
http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=11837

Bernie Shearon
Push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. Pull the stick back, the houses get smaller (unless you keep pulling -- then they get bigger again)

There is a rather good printable Air Force ribbon chart on pages 69-70 of the May 2008 issue of Air Force Magazine:  http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2008/May%202008/0508facts_figs.pdf

Bill "Billy Bob" Stewart
Son-in-Law of SSgt Dave Miller (1919-68)
Aircraft Armorer/Aerial Gunner
5th BG 1940-43
484th BG 1944