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Sargent
Prentiss
Huff
December 27, 1893

–

January 10, 1964

Born:

Woodville

, 

Mississippi

Home:

Conterville

, 

Mississippi

Sargent Huff graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of August 1917. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Action Date:

    1941 – 1945
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Sargent Prentiss Huff, 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 from 1941 to 1945.

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Ordnance Department)

    Action Date:

    August 28, 1934
    War Department, General Orders No. 3 (1935)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Captain (Ordnance Department) Sargent Prentiss Huff, United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed in rescuing a boy from drowning at a beach adjacent to Rockwell Field, California on 28 August 1934. Observing that and 11-year-old boy who was caught in a rip tide and being rapidly carried out to sea was in grave danger of drowning, Captain Huff, with utter disregard of his own safety, swam through the surf into the rip tide and with great difficulty succeeded in brining the boy safely to shore, thereby saving his life.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Action Date:

    1941 – 1945
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Sargent Prentiss Huff, United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1941 to 1945.