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Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    June 3, 1952 – April 18, 1953

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 59 (August 4, 1953)

    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 William H. Colbern (ASN: 0-6809), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility from 3 June 1952 to 18 April 1953.