Orders and Decorations: Military Medals

Marksmanship M-1
[Another Carbine; cannot read]
Army Service Ribbon.
NCO Professional Development Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Good Conduct Medal (2)

(a) Criteria. The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) was established by Executive Order 10448, April 22, 1953, as amended by Executive Order 11265, January 11, 1966 and Executive Order 12776, October 18, 1991. It is awarded for honorable active service for any period between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954, both dates inclusive; between January 1, 1961 and August 14, 1974, both dates inclusive; between August 2, 1990 and November 30, 1995, both dates inclusive; and from September 11, 2001 to a date to be determined. -- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2008-title32-vol3/xml/CFR-2008-title32-vol3-sec578-23.xml

See below: He entered the service on 11 January 1955. That comes after 27 July 1954.

JAG folks are usually pretty good at reading. Read Post #4 above. I went back through the papers and found that my father received the GCM twice: 30 Sept 1960 and 4 Oct 1963. However, he entered (drafted) on 11 Jan 1955. No GCM... He was in Inchon, Korea, 8 Nov 1955 to 24 Feb 1957. It was in that period that he was shot while patrolling the DMZ and also involved in an NJP. Whatever happened with the NJP, his next billet was to be a driver for a colonel. At that point, the clock started over for the eventual (first of two) GCM. He was in Germany 26 May 1958 to 5 Feb 1961. I could go on...

I did not grow up with my father. My half-brother sent me some records that he had because he thought that I would be interested as I was serving in the Texas State Guard (retirement this Sunday). Working then with ARNG, I followed up on that. The records that I have from my father's service are from the St. Louis archives. They were damaged by water as were millions of others. But everyone is an expert online and numismatics is a hobby for experts.

 

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My first job in the Army was as a "Rocket Launcher Crewman" in a Honest John Rocket battalion.
One day I came across a neat badge that was issued.
So I bought one. I'm not authorized to wear it as I have no orders for it.
It's like a marksmanship medal.
https://books.google.com/books?id=OdHtJ9-jCsIC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=honest+john+missile+badge&source=bl&ots=EDdPmxIyhi&sig=ACfU3U2oXs3qnJqCkz797eelJ_fy20TUwg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdoKzlhrflAhXKY98KHflwCxwQ6AEwD3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=honest john missile badge&f=false
Me standing next to Honest John Rocket and M33 launcher in Cape May, NJ

 

I just wish this didn't look so much like a Soviet red star.

 

@Islander80-83
I posted the wrong image here's the one I have. thanks for your post.