Do Your Awards Still Mean Something To You After Leaving The Service?

Truth being what it is, I don't have a shadowbox, I can't afford one, they are probably on the floor of my garage. I'd be more proud of them if the final couple of years in were better.

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I now have what few that I have in a shadow box in the den but I had been out for years before I did that. Until then they were just in the bottom of a dresser drawer. The only ones that actually mean anything are the EIB and the Drill Sergeant Identification Badge. Many of the ones that everyone gets today didn't even exist in the sixties and seventies.

I don't have the same pride ...very low in fact. I'm more proud of my Dad WWII medals in which He never knew about. I feel some - Civilians treat military medals like a high school track award or those who never served if your lucky. My cousins seem to never respect them, they have more respect for
for a weekend baseball game than someone who served it seems.
I hate to admitted it but I've gone as far to throw them away - only to realize I want them back. Got them back then donated to the Historical Society and my Dads Medals to, hoping they will have some significance of there meaning towards maybe a some High School trip to the museum or someone reminiscing about the past. That is if the Historical Society will ever display them . But in my Heart I'm very proud and 100% proud of those like yourself. Make peace with yourself the pride is there otherwise you wouldn't have posted something.