One of the coolest posts to grace TexAgs.

I am sitting here in stunned disbelief... You are a lucky man in more ways than one.

That has to be one of the most impressive MOH Citations I have ever read. Men of that era were truly Men.

What has become of his medal?

That is one amazing story and an amazing rifle. I think I'd build a walk in vault with another safe inside to protect that thing.

Awesome grandpa and great heirloom.

Thank God for that generation of heroes. And our current one too!

Your grandfather sounds like an amazing man. You should be proud. Treasure the rifle. It is a prized gift.

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One of the coolest posts to grace TexAgs

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+ a bunch.

Thank you for sharing.

Awesome!
What an incredible Man. The thought of the Men of that generation and what they did collectively and as individuals is very overwhelming sometimes.


Now try to 'collect' every animal on that rifle, with that rifle.

That right there is bad a$$!! Thank you very much for sharing the info. of your Grandpa. Very cool!

wow!

Agreed that this is one of the best posts ever. Thanks for sharing the story. Wish more of that generation was around today.

Thank you all for your warm thoughts & comments. It is definitely something that I will cherish forever and is definitely an honor to have.

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Take it out and shoot in on occasion so it still has the chance to tell it's stories. Few things in life are better than hearing and old man speak again.

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Well put...that's definitely the plan

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What has become of his medal?

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It's still in the same display that my grandmother is holding and hanging at my parents house

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Now try to 'collect' every animal on that rifle, with that rifle.

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I like where your head's at!

Very cool!

great Story great American, check serial # and see if you can get history, would love to know the story

Col. A 1976

Amazing man, thank you for sharing his story.

What a great story.

Make sure you have a secure place for that rifle. Bad things happen, make sure you have a fireproof & climate controlled place to keep it in, because that is pretty much the definition of irreplaceable.

awesome!

Oh yeah, shrink resize and laminate the MOH narrative and put it under the butt plate. Time has a way of separating memorabilia from its history.

Wow....just Wow!

Thanks for the post.

Be proud of the family.

Awesome story. And your grandfather is a true hero. Thank you for sharing.

Seriously - I can't quit looking at that amazing rifle, especially with the story that goes along with it.

Like a Roger Creager song!

What a wonderful rifle, and what an even more amazing servant to this country!

Here I am at 29 years old and to think about what those men endured and for what they endured, and all at such a young age. Such courage and integrity. Unbelievable.

DDP

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How much? What is value of gun? 3,000?

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I would venture to guess to txaggie05, the gun is priceless. Thanks for sharing such an incrdible story. Think of the stories and memories you're going to get to share with your own son now.

That's a fantastic story. My father still has the 30-06 that my grandfather brought back from the WWII and he still hunts with it to this day. Many an animal didn't make it through the crosshairs of that 30-06. I have tried numerous times to get my dad a new gun to hunt with but he'll have nothing to do with it. He loves the fact that it was his dad's gun and he says that it "just feels right" when he's hunting with it.

As I can tell you already do, continue to cherish that gun and continue to tell his story. He's a true hero. I look forward to the day when my dad passes the gun along to me. And I look forward to sharing my grandfather's stories about it as well.

Thanks for sharing the story and photos. Indeed men like your grandfather seem to be harder to find and rarer as the years pass.

Here's to your story serving as inspiration to all of us and to finding more men like him when our country is again in need!

Do you have any pictures of the President presenting the Medal to your Grandfather?

Awesome!

Great info on this site about him: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gaschley/medalofhonor.htm

He was presented with the Medal by a Major General at Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio while he was in the hospital there (Brooke). There is a picture at the bottom of the page. He also earned the Silver Star for action in Sicily, (there is a description of that action in the article), and two Purple Hearts.

There is some more info on the action that earned him the MOH there as well. Amazing man.

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There's a reason Chesty Puller said he'd trade every one of his five Navy Crosses for a chance to earn a Medal of Honor. The medal and the men who wear it are arguably the most prestigious items in our countries history.

Very cool to have him in the bloodline and have his rifle. Congrats!

Very Cool!! And Congratulations !! Great story and beautiful weapon! you are very lucky in many ways.

To the ASSHAT who asked the value....PRICELESS