Title: Hugh E. Best III posthumous Silver Star

Identifier: 0894-b1-fa-i53   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/24873)

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.