Military Awards, Decorations and Badges
Lieutenant General Wilson’s personal awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal (Army) with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Silver Star for “Gallantry in action” with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star for Valor with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Good Conduct Medal (for enlisted service), American Defense Service Medal, Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal with two stars, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with four stars, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 2, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Unit awards include the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.
Badges include the Combat Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Joint Staff Identification, Army General Staff Identification Badge, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, Defense Intelligence Agency Badge, and the Expert Marksmanship Badge.
General Wilson is also the recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (2x), the US Special Operations Distinguished Service Medal, the CIA Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the William Oliver Baker Award, the Arthur D. “Bull” Simon Award (Special Operations), the Annual Rylander Award from the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), SOLIC Division, for outstanding contributions in Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC), and the Military Intelligence Corps Association Knowlton Award.
He has received the following awards from other nations: The Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm (Republic of Vietnam), the Vietnamese National Administration Medal for Exemplary Service, Vietnam Campaign Medal (Republic of Vietnam).
He was awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge in 1976.
Read more about this topic: Samuel V. Wilson Famous quotes containing the words military, decorations and/or badges:“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.” “Let the realist not mind appearances. Let him delegate to others the costly courtesies and decorations of social life. The virtues are economists, but some of the vices are also. Thus, next to humility, I have noticed that pride is a pretty good husband. A good pride is, as I reckon it, worth from five hundred to fifteen hundred a year.” “Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real as the visible badges of servitude.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||