lieutenant jack columbus rittichier

Lt Cmdr. Lonnie Mixon (L) and Lt. Jack Rittichier
photo courtesy of Cmdr. Doug Kroll, CHC, USNR (retired) via the USCG Historian's Department





lettter to rittichier re his being awarded the air medal

letter to Lt. Rittichier re his being awarded the Air Medal





photocopy of rittichier's purple heart jacket

a photocopy of Lt. Rittichier's Purple Heart jacketcover; it arrived cut off like this





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