Letter awarding posthumous campaign medals
Title
Letter awarding posthumous campaign medals
Subject
Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
Description
A typewritten letter to Mr. Joseph Ogrodnik, dated September 24, 1948, posthumously awarding Francis the American Campaign Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. It references an enclosed bulletin that explains the significance of the medals, but the bulletin is no longer with the letter. It is signed by M. Lanham, LTJG., USN, Director, Service Medals Division.
Date
1948
Is Part Of
Ogrodnik Collection
Format
Correspondence
Extent
1pp
Identifier
CPL-OGRODNIK-057
Files
Collection
Citation
“Letter awarding posthumous campaign medals,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed September 11, 2026, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10419.