I must admit that I had always believed that "SS" stood for Steam Ship, and not for Screw Ship or Liberty Ship (a US term) as has been suggested. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellis Hosbach" <ewh@adelphia.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] information > 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 > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. 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 the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >