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Thanks all.
That story is an old one and likely as a child I didn't get it quite right. I do know that he left the air corps after about 7 years and was out for a few years teaching flight school, but they weren't making enough money so he went back but to the USAF.
On his DD-214 from the USAF it shows a few of the medals he had, 1 silver star and 3 bronze. He didn't always tell anyone when he got awarded a medal, and he always gave them away or threw them away so we have no clue what else he had but I was told I can get a shadow box for him and all the medals he earned will either be in it, or I can buy them and put them in it as there will be a list.
My grandmother will like that I think. It also shows he got in trouble once due to his mouth. Grandma laughed at that and said that during the war he might have been promoted faster but he figured his chances of dying were good enough that he "told it like he saw it" regardless of what his superiors thought haha.
Anyway the funeral was good, and the USAF honor guard came out and did their thing and presented grandma with a flag. He would have liked that.
Sadly his sisters brother was there wearing a 2 star general uniform plastered with medals he never earned (like the rank) and an SF tab on the right arm. The guy gave a OK governor named Walters (12 years ago or so) about 25k and was given a letter saying he could wear the 1 star uniform without consequences while Walters was in office. He still wears it and has since promoted himself. I would think he would have been happy with the Col. rank he retired with heh. That provided no end of laughter at the funeral, but I bet my grandpa rolled over once or twice before he was layed to rest. I wish I knew if there was something that could be done about that, I couldn't even talk to the man as I didn't want to be rude.
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