- Date
- 2006-03-16
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- militarycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
At an Island AmVets meeting on March 16, 2006, Veterans’ Affairs officer Bob Dreibenstedt presented Phil Gregg with an encased medal. The April Beaver Beacon identifies Gregg as a World War II veteran who entered service after high school and served as a torpedo man on a destroyer.
Evidence limits
The newspaper report does not identify the medal by name or provide an official award citation or complete military service record.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2006, "Phil Gregg receives an Award."Reports the March 16 Veterans' Affairs address to Island AmVets and the presentation of an encased medal to World War II veteran and former destroyer torpedo man Phil Gregg. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the award report and photograph.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Phil Gregg receives a veterans' award at the Island AmVets meeting, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-phil-gregg-veterans-award-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2006, "Phil Gregg receives an Award." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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