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[Citation for Legion of Merit]

Description: Citation for Legion of Merit in regards to the performance of Lieutenant Colonel Olinto M. Barsanti, from the General Headquarters - Far East Command. The citation states that Lt. Col. Barsanti was solely responsible for setting up an entire administrative organization in Korea, unassisted except for the local personnel.
Date: 1950-22~
Creator: United States. Far East Command.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Barsanti's Legion of Merit Legionnaire Medal with two oak leaf clusters]

Description: Photograph of Barsanti's Legion of Merit Legionnaire Medal with two oak leaf clusters from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the circular wheel-like medal laying in black leather box with a yellow inside, attached to a red ribbon with two clusters on it. Image 2, closeup of the medal. The medal is a fan-like wheel with the fan part white with red edges. The circle in the middle attaching them is golden with a… more
Date: October 15, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Barsanti's Distinguished Service Cross]

Description: Photograph of Barsanti's Distinguished Service Cross from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the bronze cross with the image of an eagle with expanded wings over the middle of it. It hangs from a blue ribbon with white and red stripes on the sides. The cross lays inside a black leather box that is yellow on the inside. Image 2, closeup of cross laying inside the box with a yellow inside.
Date: October 15, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[U.S. Army 7th Division Insignia pin]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Army 7th Division Insignia pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The pin is a red circle with a silver rim. Inside of the red circle are two black triangles meeting at a point in the middle, part of the golden back can be seen.
Date: October 15, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions and Korean Presidential Unit Citation Army ribbons]

Description: Photographs of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions and Korean Presidential Unit Citation Army ribbons from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the two ribbons side by side each other, with the Vietnam one on the left and the Korean one on the right. The Vietnam ribbon is green, with the left and ride edges red and a small bronze leaf laying in the middle, and the whole ribbon is in a small bronze frame. The K… more
Date: October 15, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Barsanti being awarded medal]

Description: Photograph of Lt. Colonel Olinto Mark Barsanti being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by Major General Edward M. Almond, in Hungnam, Korea. Behind him, other men are standing in line with him to his left, and other people are partially visible in the background, including someone out of frame holding a camera in the far right.
Date: December 14, 1950
Creator: Dunn, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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