This item includes one folder, three copies of the citation and two copies of the award certificate for The Silver Star to Major Peter Badcoe, dated 16 September 1967. The Silver Star was awarded for 'Gallantry in Action in the Republic of Vietnam on 7 April 1967'. The award is signed by Commanding General of the United States Army WC Westmoreland (1914-2005) and Stanley Rogers Resor (1917-), Secretary of the United States Army from 1965 to 1971. William Childs Westmoreland army career spanned from 1936 to 1972.