Browse Items (1 total) Tags: Navy Cross Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Photo of Lt. R. E. Ries, Jr. in uniform Herald and Review Library: Ries, Lt. R. E.,Jr.; Article on back of photo; "There has been a lot of fighting done in the south Pacific, and Lieut. R. E. Ries, Jr., has been right in the middle of a big chunk of it. On a Christmas holiday visit here,… Tags: Decatur IL., Distinguished Flying Cross, Lt. Gay, Navy, Navy Cross, Torpedo Squadron 8, World War II, WWII Featured Item Besalke Women Photograph of Lucille Besalke and an unknown woman sitting on a couch in a living room.