The Gritz Award Document
You should have come here from the page titled ". . . medals rained from the heavens." That page is a re-typed version of a memorandum prepared by the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) adjutant in response to a question from the 5 SFGA Executive Officer about why Major James Gritz (AKA: "Bo" Gritz) had been nominated for a second award of the Legion of Merit (Awarding the LOM to a fairly junior Major was unusual; it was really unusual for Gritz to be recommended for a second LOM and the Group commander wondered what was happening.). I received this memo in response to a Freedom of Information Act request that I submitted for documents relating to Gritz. As you see, the copy that I received is a photocopy that is many generations removed from the original. For that reason, I typed it so the contents can be read. I scanned the document and have posted it here so those who think that I make up this stuff can see for themselves. If you have not read the ". . . medals rained from the heavens" article, click here to read it. When I scanned the memo I got four big jpeg files -- over 1 meg each. I split the memo into four web pages. Here is page 1 and navigation links to the next page.
Page one.
The only change made is at the top where I blacked out
the name of the officer who prepared this memo.