Kapyong veteran receives the US Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation Device from General ...

Accession Number HOBJ2713
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Korea
Date made 4 December 1951
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
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Kapyong veteran receives the US Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation Device from General James Van Fleet. General Van Fleet, Commanding the 8th US Army in Korea, visited the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), to bestow the US Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation on the Australians for their heroism in the two day April battle at Kapyong.

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