I was unable to talk to him about these before he passed (which I deeply regret) and thought I owed it to him to look more into it. I understand what the purple heart and bronze star mean, but don't have a clue for the others.
Any help or insight would be great. I apologize in advance if this is the wrong subreddit for such content.
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The first box is a Bronze Star (could be awarded for meritous service in combat but does have a hole in both the medal and ribbon itself leaving me to think there might be a Valor pin that is supposed to go there), the Second box is a purple heart.
Onto the ribbons and badges, the first one is a World war 2 victory medal, after that is a European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign medal and after that appears to be a faded American campaign ribbon, it's the same one that's below the purple heart and Army good conduct medal.
below the second American campaign medal ribbon is a CIB(Combat infantry Badge) and to the right of it is a Selective Service medal, which is basically a thank you medal.
Also, the EU-A-ME Campaign ribbon has 2 service stars meaning he participated in 2 campaigns within the ETO(European theater of Operations.)
The square and compass with G is a Freemason symbol, and so is the Scottish Rite one.