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Originally Posted by cyberia
The combat Infantry Badge (CIB) .This award was unique in that the recipient had to have engaged in combat against an armed enemy. The requirement of combat against an armed enemy meant just that, general officers and officers above Regimental Colonel were not entitled to receive the medal
There were/are basically three requirements for award of the CIB. The soldier must be an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, must be assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must actively participate in such ground combat. Campaign or battle credit alone is not sufficient for award of the CIB." |
Paul,
That last part is not true as far as I can tell. All forty-some-odd men of I/506 who were killed out right on D-Day received posthumous CIB's even though none of them saw any action. The closest one to seeing action was Cpl. Stanley Zebrosky who was killed in an ambush. This may have been an exception for Normandy but I don't think so...two men in the unit who didn't make the jump (I assume they were in the unit and not temp transfers) didn't receive medals until the Holland jump. This may be a mistake because Myron Ranney, part of the Sobel Mutiny, was already transfered back to E/506 by the time of the Normandy jump yet is listed as part of I/506.
When you say general officers do you mean Generals?
Matt