(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Washington Mackey Ives, Jr., United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of a unit of the Far East Command in Korea from 1951 to 1953.
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Awards Received
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Legion of Merit
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Silver Star
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Legion of Merit
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Legion of Merit
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Colonel (Infantry)Regiment:
1st Infantry RegimentDivision:
6th Infantry DivisionAction Date:
1945 – 1946
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Washington Mackey Ives, Jr., United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division from 1945 to 1946.
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Silver Star
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Colonel (Infantry)Regiment:
20th Infantry RegimentDivision:
6th Infantry DivisionAction Date:
World War II
Headquarters, 6th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 28 (1944)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Colonel (Infantry) Washington Mackey Ives, Jr., United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding Officer of the 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, in 1943 and 1944. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Colonel Ives, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
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Legion of Merit
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Washington Mackey Ives, Jr., United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1949 to 1951.