Original U.S. WWII Bronze Star With “Combat V” Award Citation With Documents and Replacement Medals for Chief Radioman Robert Emmet Miley - For Actions Against Enemy Forces on Saipan, Angaur and Iwo Jima Magazines It also won the Academy

It also won the Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects (Roy Pomeroy)

but inferior to mortars for static trench warfare

even with the scattered light pitting:

The area near the point has definitely had some degree of rust removal

Original U.S. WWII Bronze Star With “Combat V” Award Citation With Documents and Replacement Medals for Chief Radioman Robert Emmet Miley - For Actions Against Enemy Forces on Saipan, Angaur and Iwo Jima Magazines It also won the AcademyOriginal Items: Only One Grouping Available. The Bronze Star became part of the military award catalog in 1944. Colonel Russell Potter Reeder came up with the idea for the medal after an injury in Normandy, which medically retired him from the Army. While he received the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star after he returned home from battle, he wanted commanders in the field to have a way to award ground troops