McNarney, Joseph Taggart

Date of birth:: August 28th, 1893 (Emporium/Pennsylvania, United States)
Date of death:: February 1st, 1972 (La Jolla/California, United States)
Service number:: 0-3804/1A
Nationality:: American

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Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant General
Awarded on:: 1944

War Department, General Orders No. 86

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1945

With rosette

Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1945

With palm

Distinguished Service Medal - Navy/USMC

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Unit:: Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
Awarded on:: August 11th, 1945

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, from 26 October 1944 to 1 August 1945. During a period of vital offensive operations, General McNarney coordinated the activities of Army, Navy and Allied units thereby enabling our forces to exert their greatest strength against the enemy and administer a series of crushing defeats, despite stubborn resistance, difficult terrain and adverse weather. His thorough understanding of the problems involved in combined operations contributed materially to the ultimate defeat of Axis forces on the European continent."

Board Serial 5304

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Unit:: Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
Awarded on:: November 15th, 1945

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Acting Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean Theater of Action from May 1945 to October 1945. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McNarney and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces."

War Department, General Orders No. 104

Order Virtuti Militari Commander

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: March 12th, 1946

Orden Suvorova 1

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: April 8th, 1946

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: April 10th, 1947

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General, U.S. Air Force Far East and Government U.S. Zone, Germany, from November 1945 to March 1947. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McNarney and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces."

War Department, General Orders No. 38

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Rank:: General
Awarded on:: 1949

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, from 1947 to 1949. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McNarney and his dedicated contributions in the Service of his Country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force."

Department of the Air Force, General Orders No. 17

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Rank:: General
Awarded on:: 1952

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1949 to 1952. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McNarney culminate a long and distinguished career in the service of his country and his dedicated contributions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force."

Department of the Air Force, General Orders No. 4