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Henry Chang ©Stars and StripesSaigon, South Vietnam, February, 1963: Master Sgt. Wylie Johnson of Columbus, Ga., left, and Master Sgt. Hugh H. Talley of Cleveland, Tenn., both serving with the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group, pose after receiving their third Combat Infantryman Badges from Gen. Paul D. Harkins at the MAAG compound in Saigon. They were the first U.S. servicemembers to earn the CIB in Vietnam, after also having done so in World War II and the Korean conflict.

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