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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:44 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Re: Journal June 6, 2006
Kerry Burgess wrote:
I was watching Top Gun a couple days ago and I was wondering what was that top ribbon Maverick wears on his uniform. I have always thought it was the navy's Battle "E" ribbon, but the idea formed lately that it may be a Purple Heart actually. The pip device on the ribbon made sense as the "E" device that I remember being used on the Battle "E." But today I looked it up and I don't see a Battle "E" ribbon. Maybe they have discontinued it since it was active in the '80s or maybe that really was a Purple Heart he was wearing. The pip is actually a star device to represent that he has two of the medals. The closest active ribbon I see the navy currently has is called the Navy "E" Ribbon. It looks similar to the Purple Heart except for the colors on the edges and I remember from Top Gun that he was wearing a ribbon that was mostly blue with white stripes on each end.
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ribbons/navy_ribbons.html
Aha, here's the Battle E. But it has a yellow stripe
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- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 3:34 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Friday 07 November 2014
