United States. A Pearl Harbor Purple Heart Group To Uss Oklahoma Chief Pharmacist's Mate Newly Listed 1937 and to Able Seaman

1937 and to Able Seaman on May 26

that he was discovered to be overage for military service

or specifically for citation at the Armed Forces level

Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal (bronze gilt

United States. A Pearl Harbor Purple Heart Group To Uss Oklahoma Chief Pharmacist's Mate Newly Listed 1937 and to Able SeamanUnited States; Purple Heart (two piece construction, bronze gilt with purple, red, white and green enamels, engraved "JAMES T. CHESHIRE CPhM USN" on the reverse, 34. 8 mm (w) x 43. 3 mm (h), original ribbon with brooch pinback), extremely fine. Also included are items which are heavily corroded from seawater, having been recovered from the sunken hull of the USS Oklahoma, including: his Navy Good Conduct Medal, 2 Clasps 1937, 1940 (bronze, engraved