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Lt. Colonel DeWitt Clinton Service Photo
BG Clinton Vietnam Era Fatigues
MACV Patch on Fatigues
2nd Armored Division Patch on Fatigues
DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III was born in Amador in the Panama Canal Zone and grew up on various military bases, including the Philippines and West Point. His family moved to Arlington, Virginia during his teenage years, and he graduated from Washington-Lee High School.
DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III attended the Citadel for one academic year 1940-1941 before receiving an appointment to West Point. He graduated from the US Military Academy in 1943 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army.
During World War II, Armstrong served in the 14th Armored Division.
After World War II, Armstrong worked on nuclear bombs and commanded cavalry units in Germany. 1955 found him in Nuremberg, Germany as the Commander of 1/2d ACR (1st Battalion, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment). He attended the Command and General Staff College and received master's degrees in political science and public administration and a doctorate in international relations from Princeton University.
During the Berlin and Cuban missile crises of the early 1960s, he was a Department of Defense planner, working with White House and State Department officials. Later, he commanded units in the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Tex., and served as the Army's deputy assistant chief of staff for intelligence.
Vietnam Era Fatigues in the Sons of Liberty Museum Collection
Brigadier General stars on collars,
2nd Armord Division, Hell on Wheels, Patch
Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) patch.
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Citations
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
Brigadier General DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Fort Devens, from 1971 to 1973.
Division: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
Colonel (Armor) DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, in the Republic of Vietnam, from 1965 to 1966.
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
Colonel (Armor) DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with the Department of the Army from 1969 to 1970.
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
Brigadier General DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States in 1971.
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