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Originally Posted by Debbie
I want to disagree here and please keep in mind I do not have a great background in this subject but will muddle through it from my perspective. In Vietnam service, the Silver Star from my understanding of Vets and medals during that era, weren't given alot of publicity as it was that a Silver Star awardment was normally given posthumously. The Bronze Star was never considered to be an underaward at any point and some men turned down the opportunity to recieve one as they felt they were just doing what they were there to do. If anyone has scholarly information, please join in.
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Debbie,
I have read the same as what Ironduke stated. Not sure if you understood the acronym that he used, but the spec ops guys doing missions where we didn't do missions would be a good case where you could award something without drawing attention. As far as the SS goes, I would not consider it to be a posthumous award, although I'm in many cases it was awarded posthumously.