General James Van Fleet awarding the US Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation Device to Major John Gerke.
Name/Title
B&W Inkjet Print - AWM HOBJ2713
Entry/Object ID
2023.108.2
Description
Korea. 4 December 1951. 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. He is shown pinning the citation device on Major John Gerke of Cottesloe, WA,
Commander of the Battalion's C Company.
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