(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Robert Gibbins Gard (ASN: 0-12247), 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 General, Division Artillery, 96th Infantry Division, from 1944 to 1945.
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Awards Received
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Army Distinguished Service Medal
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Silver Star
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Army Distinguished Service Medal
Department of the Army, General Orders No. 43 (December 4, 1959)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 Major General Robert Gibbins Gard (ASN: 0-12247), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in duties of great responsibility from January 1946 to November 1959.
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Silver Star
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Division ArtilleryDivision:
96th Infantry DivisionAction Date:
World War II
Headquarters, 96th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 262 (1945)(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 Brigadier General Robert Gibbins Gard (ASN: 0-12247), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding General, Division Artillery, 96th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy at Okinawa, in the Pacific Theater of Operations, in 1945. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Brigadier General Gard, 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.