patches Posted September 2, 2013 Share #1 Posted September 2, 2013 From a C.B. Colby book. The RVN, General Paul D Harkins MACV CO, awards the 3rd Award of the CIB to an unfortunetely unknown Green Beret Non Com, photo I gather taken sometime between February 1962 and June 1964 ( Westmoreland takes over MACV, June 64) Any one know who this NCO might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted September 2, 2013 Share #2 Posted September 2, 2013 I only see one star on that CIB. And is doesn't look like he had both WWII and Korean War ribbons. Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted September 2, 2013 Share #3 Posted September 2, 2013 Hard to see, but it is two stars. Only 324 possibilities according to wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 2, 2013 Share #4 Posted September 2, 2013 I have seen this picture before.It's in one of my early books on Vietnam.I will see if I can dig it out.I am almost positive it names the soldier.I want to say he is a MSG or SGT MAJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted September 2, 2013 Share #5 Posted September 2, 2013 SGM James O'Schmidt or SGM Charles R. Ferguson ? Both NCOs received the 3rd award in 1963, RVN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 2, 2013 Share #6 Posted September 2, 2013 According to Stephrn Sherman's book on Vietnam awards to Special Forces soldiers there are quite a few triple awards of the CIB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted September 2, 2013 Share #7 Posted September 2, 2013 SGM James O'Schmidt or SGM Charles R. Ferguson ? Both NCOs received the 3rd award in 1963, RVN. Nope! It's SGM Hugh Talley...I picked up pine cones with him on Smoke Bomb Hill. He was a MSG at the time of the award (CIB 3rd Award). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share #8 Posted September 3, 2013 Nope! It's SGM Hugh Talley...I picked up pine cones with him on Smoke Bomb Hill. He was a MSG at the time of the award (CIB 3rd Award). Was that when you were both Privates or Privates First Class or where you a Private or Private First Class, an Talley was your Platoon Sergeant in charge of the detail? Smoke Bomb Hill, that's an area of Ft Bragg, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted September 3, 2013 Share #9 Posted September 3, 2013 Amazing what you can learn on the web! Henry Chang ©Stars and StripesSaigon, South Vietnam, February, 1963: Master Sgt. Wylie Johnson of Columbus, Ga., left, and Master Sgt. Hugh H. Talley of Cleveland, Tenn., both serving with the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group, pose after receiving their third Combat Infantryman's Badges from Gen. Paul D. Harkins at the MAAG compound in Saigon. They were the first U.S.service members to earn the CIB in Vietnam after also having done so in World War II and the Korean conflict. http://www.stripes.com/blogs/archive-photo-of-the-day/archive-photo-of-the-day-1.9717/cited-for-service-in-three-wars-1963-1.155306 Or on usmilitaria.com! Hugh Talley's original CIB 3rd Award! See post #819. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/379-the-combat-infantryman-badge/page-41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted September 3, 2013 Share #10 Posted September 3, 2013 Was that when you were both Privates or Privates First Class or where you a Private or Private First Class, an Talley was your Platoon Sergeant in charge of the detail? Smoke Bomb Hill, that's an area of Ft Bragg, correct? SBH was the original (wooden bldgs) SF area at Bragg. Talley was a SGM in 7th Grp at the time. I don't recall (it's been almost 50 years!) if he was a B-team SGM or Company SGM at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted September 4, 2013 Great find an addition to this topic e19, the photo of Talley with Wylie Johnson is superb. In fact in the Colby book photo I posted, Johnson looks like he to Talley's right in the ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_redcatcher Posted September 4, 2013 Share #12 Posted September 4, 2013 bet he has more than a few stars on his jumpwings too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted September 5, 2013 Share #13 Posted September 5, 2013 I only see one star on that CIB. And is doesn't look like he had both WWII and Korean War ribbons. Danny Wearing of ribbons was optional...I have a pic of SGM Talley in Class A's in which he was only wearing the CIB 3rd Awd, and his Master jump wings....which was not uncommon back the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFMike Posted September 14, 2013 Share #14 Posted September 14, 2013 There was quite a bunch of WW2 vets running about SF in those days and even later. Some did WW2 on the other team. Former Luftwaffe flak gunner on my team in 1968. Original manifest SF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag Posted February 6, 2014 Share #15 Posted February 6, 2014 A little late to the game, but here's the placard that accompanies the triple CIB that e19 posted…the CIB is on display at Ft Benning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted February 19, 2015 Share #16 Posted February 19, 2015 Very neat article!!!! I recently found an original Third Award Combat Infantryman badge that I picked up. It was grouped with another couple set of medals that the seller was selling individually. I tried to get all of it that I could. I wish I could do some research and try to figure out who it belonged to. It seems like it wouldn't be too hard considering that there were only a little over 300 men who received it. Anyway here are some pictures of the Third Award CIB.... and the link the my thread on it. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/228802-triple-award-combat-infantryman-badge/ Thaddeus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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