My father's unit should have gotten medals from the Russians as well since they hauled supplies by truck across the Persian desert to Armenia during to war:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_Command
Note that my father, a Tech Sargent, was part of the first US unit (Army Quartermasters Corp) to arrive in Iran in 1942 and he served continuously until the war in Europe ended in 1945.

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