bucky barnes medals/decorations for military service

ceeturnalia answered to your post “is there any info/post about any potential medals/decorations bucky…”

I sketched a couple ideas in the tags of this post http://ceeturnalia.tumblr.com/post/85416526003 but I could do a more srs version

Thanks! Love those ideas/tags. Any more or srs version is fine! That post inspired me asking a bit – just wondering how the situation might be handled.

weinersoldier answered your question:is there any info/post about any potential…

All service people who served between 12/7/41 and 12/31/46 received a WW2 Victory Medal; the other designations would’ve depended on how his death was classified – if was classified as KIA outright most likely a Purple Heart would’ve awarded posthumously (perhaps he would’ve received an Oak Leaf cluster in lieu, considering he most likely received one for his capture/wounds received in Azzano – each subsequent injury from military service is awarded an Oak Leaf to wear in concert with the original Purple Heart). Also he most likely received a commendation for bravery for his work with the Commandos; considering the level of commitment and the delicacy of their missions most likely a Silver Star for bravery or the Distinguished Service Cross (I’d go with the latter, as his work with with Cap would’ve most likely fallen under “extreme bravery/risk of life in military posthumously as well.

I doubt he would’ve received a Medal of Honor outright? But depending on who lobbied for him (i.e. Peggy/Phillips) he may have been awarded one posthumously once more information about the Commando’s actual work was released. MoH is THE MOST distinguished bravery commendation given.

I c&p’ed your replies to read easily in one go. This is SUPER informative/valuable! You are the BEST. ♥♥♥

apensivelady:

Seriously, why did they take this scene from the final cut? It is so very important! And not only to explain why Steve lacked the cowl in the end of the movie, but because this tiny moment is extremely important to Steve’s development as a character. He came to be seen as a fascist, as exactly that which he fought to destroy. Captain America, who sought to fight bullies his whole life, is now seen as one. Imagine the impact that had on his head. The meaning of his actions after he saw this. Steve began to give up the Captain America identity right here. This is why in Civil War he has no problems giving up the shield. He and Captain America have long been drifting apart. In fact, they were never one to begin with:

Steve went through his whole life trying to show people he wasn’t what they thought of him. Becoming Captain America was one way to do it, and giving this identity up is another one.

Steve isn’t unaware of the symbolism Captain America entails. For good and for bad. In The First Avenger he uses the symbol in his favour, transforming it. In The Winter Soldier he owns the symbol he became, working in favour of the greater good through his public image. However, in Civil War he has to give the symbol up, for it has come to represent something he is not.

When Tony tells him he doesn’t deserve the shield, Steve is tired of having to “prove” that his actions are those of Captain America. People put Captain America in a box that doesn’t fit Steve Rogers. Tony tells him he is not worthy of being Captain America, of carrying the shield his father made, as if he had betrayed what Howard Stark worked for, as if somehow Howard was responsible for the making of Captain America, and Steve became unworthy to be part of Howard’s legacy. This is just one way people created a general idea about who Captain America is, forgetting the man behind the shield.

Steve will be that which he has to be. That which he feels in his heart and head to be his duty, the right thing. He became Captain America for that reason, and for that same reason he threw cowl and shield aside.

sweethoneysempai:

I feel like a lot of people write Steve as wanting to be very touchy-feely with Bucky post-WS and Bucky being more “no touchy! No touch” and while I’m here for that

Bucky seemed a lot more inclined to casual affectionate touch than Steve if you pay attention in FA. He puts his arm around Steve in the alleyway; he holds hands with his date to the expo; he grabs Steve shoulder and goes in for the hug when they say good-bye at the recruitment office. I don’t think you can say that Steve has ever been touch-repulsed but if you notice he tends not to let his touches linger very long, even with Bucky, and he doesn’t go for the physical contact first unless it’s necessary.

So it might be interesting to read a CW/post-WS story where as Bucky is getting his personality back he starts touching Steve more without consciously thinking about it, and Steve is the one who is a little put off by it…or just is the one who allows it, rather than the one who initiates it.

kit-harington:

_{Chris Evans on the set of ‘Captain America: Civil War’}

febricant:

#every time i see this i wonder if bucky is still owed medals from the war that he never got #and so once he’s at a point where he can handle being in public and saying more than ten words a day #steve or somebody arranges a presentation thing for him #and everybody dresses up nice and they go out drinking after #but the most important thing is steve’s look when bucky accepts his medal(s)#the pride and the affirmation on his face and his hand on bucky’s shoulder #and they’re in the car and bucky’s got the box in his lap and he’s breathing deliberately with his eyes shut #and once he gets himself under some kind of control he hands the box to steve #and says ‘you gonna put em on me or what?’#and they pretend neither of them cried even once (via queerly-it-is)

#steve rogers
#bucky barnes
#SOLD
#posthumous medals usually go to the closest living next of kin
#i don’t know what would happen if there wasn’t any next of kin found
#so let’s just say the DOD held on to them
#in a nice display case somewhere
#the congressional medal of honor with its blue ribbon fading from the light
#the POW medal (awarded in the 80s after it was created because bucky barnes is one of war’s most famous POWs of course they would award it t
#the distinguished service cross
#the purple heart
#one for being wounded and one for dying
#the president jokes that they shold take that second one back
#and everyone’s surprised when bucky laughs
#there are others too; some major some minor
#they’re all there
#he’s never going to put on that uniform again so they’ll never hang from his jacket
#shining and heavy
#other than this once
#but the way steve’s hands shake as he fastens each pin
#and the way steve kisses him when they’re all lined up neat over his heart
#he’ll carry that weight

steverogersnotebook:

I was watching TWS today, and when this scene came up, I found myself wondering what languages Steve speaks. Everyone talks about how many languages Bucky speaks, but I have scarcely seen a HC about Steve’s ability to assimilate languages. So I looked beyond the MCU into the ~~(iffy)~~ world of wikis, and apparently, Steve is also multilingual: Captain America: thanks to his enhanced memory from the Super-Soldier Serum can speak English, German, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, French and Italian. There might be even more. He picked up most of the languages fighting in World War II. [x]