Many of my relatives and family are veterans.
I would love love love to see the pictures
I remember trying to replace some of my dads medals and having to fill out a form etc.. with dads authorization and the legion was very helpful. I'm sure you will enjoy dealing with them. Very nice people.
They have a great magazine that I subscribe to as well, cheap and very very much worth it. You can read about that on their site as well.
I was a person of uniform as a youngster in the Cadets for a period of time(lol) then as an adult for 7yrs in municipal law enforcement. Nothing like what these men and women had to deal with but my respect and admiration is so very high of them. I can't appreciate them enough, and more should be done to support them. I know so many veterans living in poverty situations, it's not very nice at all.
Now, what about your handsome daddy and the pics.