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Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    Camp Knox, Kentucky

    Action Date:

    World War I

    War Department, General Orders No. 9 (1923)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Raymond W. Briggs, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, as Chief of the Remount Service, American Expeditionary Forces; as Colonel of the 311th and 304th Field Artillery, the training of which units he developed to a high degree, commanding the latter in action with distinction, as Commanding General of the 18th and 8th Field Artillery Brigades, which units he developed to a high state of efficiency; and as Commanding General of Camp Knox, Kentucky, during and after the period of demobilization.