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Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major (Signal Corps)

    Regiment:

    Communication Section

    Division:

    Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff

    Action Date:

    World War I

    War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)

    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 (Signal Corps) Herbert O. Yardley, 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 Communication Section of the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff.