My father, Everett Adams, served with the 53rd ncb 1st Marine Amph as a Seabee during WWII. According to his discharge papers he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He died in 1976 without ever telling us about the medal... no surprise there. We are working on our family history and would like to know the story behind the medal. I've been searching and googling and ran across a post by Thurmond about Guadalcanal (where Dad spent a good deal of time). We know he did underwater demolition work along side his buddy, Vinny Healy and are hoping to find some connections to his time there.
When the Japanese surrendered in 1945, he was on Guam running the water purification for his unit.
His active duty was from September 1943 to October 1945 - honorably discharged from the Navy. We were always surprised to see him in both a Navy and Marine uniform in photos.
Thanks to all of you for this great forum...