United States. A Second War and Vietnam War Group to Col. Woodford Tanner Moseley, Second Chemical Mortar Battalion, and Chemical Advisor to First ROK Army in Korea

A Legionnaire of Merit, in bronze gilt and enamels, reverse engraved WOODFORD T MOSELEY, on original ribbon with oak leaf cluster, enamels intact, extremely fine.

A Bronze Star, in bronze, reverse engraved WOODFORD T. MOSELEY, accompanied by the ribbon bar, in extremely fine condition. 

An Army Commendation medal, in bronze gilt, reverse engraved WOODFORD T. MOSELEY, with three oak leaf clusters, very fine. A National Defense Medal, in bronze gilt, full size, bronze star device, very fine. 

An Air Medal, in bronze, reverse engraved WOODFORD T. MOSELEY, very fine. 
A European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, in bronze, with an arrowhead device (for amphibious/airborne assaults), a silver star (replacing five bronze stars), and two bronze stars, full size, light wear, extremely fine. 

An American Campaign Medal, in bronze, full size, light wear, very fine. 

An Army of Occupation medal, in bronze, with JAPAN clasp, very fine. 

A Second War Victory Medal, in bronze, full size, very fine. 

A Vietnam Service Medal, in bronze, full size, very fine. 

A Vietnam Medal, bronze gilt and enamels, with 1960 clasp, very fine. 

A Vietnamese Hazardous Service Medal, in bronze gilt and yellow enamels, full size, original ribbon with dual prong pins, gilt wear, near very fine. 

Two collar tabs, in brass and enamel, two pins on the reverse of each, both very fine. 

Footnote: Woodford Tanner Moseley was born in 1917 in Livermore, McLean, Kentucky. 

He enlisted for the Second War on July 18, 1942, while he was a student at Western KY State Teachers College in Indiana. He entered the U.S Army chemical warfare as a second lieutenant. Throughout the war, he served with the Second Chemical Mortar Battalion in the European Theater of Operations. He obtained the rank of colonel, and had a master’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and George Washington University. 

His military assignments included Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; Executive Officer, For Detrick, Maryland; Chemical Advisor to the First ROK Army in Korea; and Economic Defense Officer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. 

He married Clara Marie in February 1944 in Tacoma Park, Maryland. Clara was a graduate of the University of Maryland. During the war, she was chief clerk in the office of Chief CHaplain, Headquarters European Command, for two years, in Germany. Moseley moved to Winston-Salem to serve as a high school ROTC instructor, and later worked at Wake Forest University.  

He was discharged from the Army on July 31, 1972. Moseley died on July 5, 1999 in North Carolina.