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John Sabato · 07-27-2007, 04:05 PM

Heinz,

I believe that the reason that award orders of that period were marked restricted (which is similar to today's category of "for official use only") is that public notice of valor against an enemy force when some of the enemy who may have fought in the same battles may be somewhere in the vicinity, could have meant personal reprisals against those locals who achieved public notariety ...because of the loss of brothers or brothers in arms by the enemy in those battles...

just my theory, but it has some basis in fact. I have not gone through my fathers wartime things in several decades... perhaps it is time for me to revisit that cedar chest the next time I am home...

07-27-2007, 04:05 PM	#13
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Heinz, I believe that the reason that award orders of that period were marked restricted (which is similar to today's category of "for official use only") is that public notice of valor against an enemy force when some of the enemy who may have fought in the same battles may be somewhere in the vicinity, could have meant personal reprisals against those locals who achieved public notariety ...because of the loss of brothers or brothers in arms by the enemy in those battles... just my theory, but it has some basis in fact. I have not gone through my fathers wartime things in several decades... perhaps it is time for me to revisit that cedar chest the next time I am home... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*