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William Judson graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1888.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    American Military Mission, Petrograd, Russia

    Action Date:

    1919

    War Department, General Orders No. 11 (1921)

    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 Voorhees Judson, 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, while serving as Chief of the American Military Mission to Russia and military attachŽ to the American embassy at Petrograd, Russia.