(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Robert W. Durfey, United States Coast Guard, was awarded a Second Gold Star in lieu of a Third Award of the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” for heroic achievement on 11 April 1971, as Officer in Tactical Command of Naval and Coast Guard vessels that engaged in conflict and sank a large arms-laden enemy trawler that was attempting to infiltrate weapons to the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese ashore in the Republic of Vietnam. [Captain Durfey is authorized to wear the Combat “V”.]

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Robert W. Durfey, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” for heroic achievement as Commanding officer of the U.S.C.G.C. RUSH from July 1970 to April 1972, including deployment of Vietnam combat duty with Coast Guard Squadron III. [Captain Durfey is authorized to wear the Combat “V”.]

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Robert W. Durfey, United States Coast Guard, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” for heroic achievement on 21 November 1970, as Officer in Tactical Command of Naval and Coast Guard vessels that engaged in conflict and sank a large arms-laden enemy trawler that was attempting to infiltrate weapons to the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese ashore in the Republic of Vietnam. [Captain Durfey is authorized to wear the Combat “V”.]