Hugh E. Best III posthumous Silver Star
- Title
- Hugh E. Best III posthumous Silver Star
- Description
- LTG John J. Tolson, Commanding General XVIII Corps, presents the Silver Star and Bronze Medal posthumously to Glanor Gay Best and Hugh Best Jr., who are receiving the medals on behalf of their deceased son, Hugh E. Best III, who was killed in action in 1969 in the Vietnam War. This U. S. Army photograph was taken by Army Photographer C. Gene Tyree DAC at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on June 20, 1969.
- Date
- June 20, 1969
- Original Format
- photographs
- Extent
- 17cm x 12cm
- Local Identifier
- 0894-b1-fa-i53
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- Subject(s)
- Best, Hugh E., III--Awards
- United States. Army--Officers
- Silver Star
- Tolson, John J.
- Military decorations--United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans
- Awards--North Carolina--Jacksonville
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
- Rights
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This U.S Army photograph, taken on June 20, 1969 by C. Gene Tyree, DAC at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is of LTG John J. Tolson, Commander General XVIII Corps, presenting the Silver Star and Bronze Medal posthumously to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Best, Jr., who is receiving the medals on behalf of their deceased son, Hugh E. Best, III, who was killed in action in 1969 in the Vietnam War. Mrs. Hugh E. Best, Jr. (Glanor Gay Best) served in the WAAC (Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps) during World War II beginning in 1942. A picture of her along with her husband and father-in-law, Hugh Elroy Best, Sr., is featured in the Lady Liberty: Women During Wartime exhibit that is currently on display on the fourth floor of Joyner Library in the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department. The exhibit will be on display from September 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014.