my brother, WILLIAM G. FULLER, was a seaman 1st class.he was in the navy from 1943 to 1946. what does NTS Sampson, NY rt., Merchant Vessel SS Swiftscourt, Armed Guard Pool Hull England , SS Henry S. Lane, SS Edward M. House, SS Charles H. Herty, AGC Brookly, NY, AGC San Francisco, CA,USNH St. Albans LI, NY, stand for. also, armed guard school, norfolk, ILL. can you also tell me what these medals stand for: World War Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal . where is sampson, new york. thank you.

I searched on Sampson, NY and came up with it being a Naval Hospital until July 1946. There is info at this website: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsQ_S/sampsonNavalHospital.htm Hopefully this will start you on your answers. Carol patburns <cowpatty@usadatanet.net> wrote: my brother, WILLIAM G. FULLER, was a seaman 1st class.he was in the navy from 1943 to 1946. what does NTS Sampson, NY rt., Merchant Vessel SS Swiftscourt, Armed Guard Pool Hull England , SS Henry S. Lane, SS Edward M. House, SS Charles H. Herty, AGC Brookly, NY, AGC San Francisco, CA,USNH St. Albans LI, NY, stand for. also, armed guard school, norfolk, ILL. can you also tell me what these medals stand for: World War Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal . where is sampson, new york. thank you. ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

All the ones with SS in front are ships. NTS Sampson is Naval Training Station, in NY. 'Amphibious Force Command Ships" (Armed Guard Command) http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-agc.html more on them. USNH = US Navy Hospital, St Albans, Long Island, NY. The Armed Guard is part of the Merchant Marines, he went to Armed Guard School in Norfolk, VA. Hull is a port in England. World War Victory Medal (they had one for WW1, WW2 and the Merchant Marine - it was for members of the cre of ships who served for more than 30 days +during the period Dec 7, 1941 - Sept 3, 1945. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal =For service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre for 30 days or receipt of any combat decoration. American Campaign Medal = Service outside the US in the American Theatre for 30 days, or within a continental US (CONUS) for one year. SS = Liberty Ships ( Liberty ships, cargo ships built in the United States during World War II) SS Henry S. Lane Henry S. Lane 2014 standard 27 April 1943 16 May 1943 Scrapped 1964 SS Edward M. House Edward M. House 1209 standard 21 August 1943 23 October 1943 Torpedoed in the English Channel 1944, repaired, sold private, scrapped 1970 SS Charles H. Herty Charles H. Herty 1069 standard 2 October 1943 17 November 1943 Scrapped http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/armship.html RE; Armed Merchant Vessels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship Sampson New York - http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1593 ----- Original Message ----- From: "patburns" <cowpatty@usadatanet.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] information | my brother, WILLIAM G. FULLER, was a seaman 1st class.he was in the navy from 1943 to 1946. what does NTS Sampson, NY rt., Merchant Vessel SS Swiftscourt, Armed Guard Pool Hull England , SS Henry S. Lane, SS Edward M. House, SS Charles H. Herty, AGC Brookly, NY, AGC San Francisco, CA,USNH St. Albans LI, NY, stand for. also, armed guard school, norfolk, ILL. can you also tell me what these medals stand for: World War Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal . where is sampson, new york. thank you. | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the | areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. | Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx |

SS is usually the designation given any ship driven by a "screw", which is another name for a propeller. The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for service in the US Armed Forces within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations from 07 Dec 1941 to 02 Mar 1946. A bronze service star may be worn for each campaign in which an individual participated; one silver service star in lieu of five bronze. Ribbon colors decoded: Background; yellow-orange represents the final setting of the sun (symbol of Japanese Imperialism). Center Grouping; red/white/blue represents the United States. Left and Right Groupings; red/white represents Japan. Victory Medal, World War II: Established by Congress on 09 Jul 1945, and awarded to members of the US Armed Forces for service between 07 Dec 1941 and 31 Dec 1946. American Campaign Medal: Awarded for service in the US Armed Forces within the American Theater of Operations from 07 Dec to 02 Mar 1946. One bronze service star may be worn for each campaign: Antisubmarine--7 Dec 1941-2 Sep 1945; Ground Combat--7 Dec 1941-2 Sep 1945; Air Combat--7 Dec 1941-2 Sep 1945. Ribbon colors decoded: Background; blue represents the United States. Center Grouping; red/white/blue represents the United States. Left and Right Groupings; black/white represents Germany, red white represents Japan. Ellis Hosbach Bethel Park, PA