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EXTRACT FROM THE ARMY AWARDS BRANCH LETTER

"After thorough and careful review of your request we have determined that the CIB CAN NOT be awarded to all members of the 8240th Army Unit. Historical records on the mission and operations of the 8240th revealed that the unit performed a variety of intelligence and special operations functions. The unit was responsible for raising, training, equipping and leading Korean guerrilla forces, including five partisan infantry regiments and one partisan airborne infantry regiment. Further, the information shows the functions of the unit are more comparable to our current Special Forces than to traditional infantry units.

Since there is information that members of the unit participated in active ground combat against enemy ground forces this office WILL CONSIDER, on a case-by-case basis, requests for the award of the CIB from individual members of the 8240th Army Unit.

Individual requests may be submitted to the:

U.S. Army Military Awards Branch
Department of the Army
U.S. Total Army Personnel Command
Alexandria, VA, 22332-0471

Signed: LTC Deborah W. Ivory, Ch. MIl. Awards Br.

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Good news! My grandfather, Nicholas Himber, served with the white tigers during his time in Korea. We only just received word from the army that he will be receiving six medals for his contributions there. As of this writing, we are unsure what these commendations are. Grandpa has been very reluctant to talk about his service over the years, but he has recently shed some light on his activities in Korea. Very fascinating and sometimes very sad. For years the V.A. has denied his claimsand said he wasn’t even in North Korea. The Army glossed his record over and denied he was there all together. Now they have opened the records (somewhat) and have begun taking care of him the way he deserved for all these years. Finally they have begun to do right by him and the family. Praise God! We are very proud of him and welcome all friends to join in when he is awarded the honors they have planned for this great man. I will post when the date is in concrete. Location should be missoula, MT