.45 ACP caliber, 4.125" round barrel, S/N GO 127. Marked on the left side of the slide General Officers Model RIA in two lines. Blued finish slide with top parkerized, frame finished in blue and parkerized. Frame is checkered on the arch housing and inner a grip. Target-style sights. With checkered wood grips silver Ordnance cart wheel with Rock Island Arsenal markings on the right grip and on the left grip is a nickel-plated plaque with his name, Vaught. Sold with paper work documenting purchase and ownership by LTG James B Vaught. Total 1008 produced at Rock Island Arsenal. A singular example of a high ranking army officer’s private purchase weapon associated with the aborted April 1980 Iran Hostage rescue mission. Lieutenant General (Retired) James B. Vaught was born in Conway, South Carolina in 1926. Following graduation from the Citadel, he was drafted into the army in May 1945 and attended Officer’s Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry in February 1946. Initially, Lieutenant Vaught served in Germany with the Army of Occupation as Platoon Leader and then as Commanding Officer, 820th Military Police Company, from April 1946 through April 1948, and finally as an infantry Platoon Leader in the Big Red One stationed in Bamberg, Germany from May 1948 to August 1949. In November 1949, Vaught returned stateside and was assigned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a company commander, and later regimental adjutant of the 511 Airborne Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division through December 1951. With the Korean War raging, Captain Vaught was posted overseas as Commanding Officer, Company M., 34th Infantry Regiment, a component of the hard-fighting 24th Infantry Division. He participated in the Pusan landing and was with 34th Infantry as they fought their way north towards the Yalu River having been injured twice. Subsequently, in March 1954, he rotated to Japan as Assistant Operations Officer, Camp Drake. From November 1956 to July 1957 he served as S-3, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Reflecting Vaught’s career fast track, a number of key staff positions followed in years leading up to Vietnam. Vaught became G-1 in Headquarters, 3rd US Army, at Fort McPherson, Georgia, and Commander, HQ Company, 1st Battle Group, 11th Infantry at Fort Benning between 1958-1960. Vaught then returned to Korea in January 1961 in the G-1 Section, EUSA. Beginning in 1963, he served as a staff officer in ODCSOPS, HQDA, and with the office of the J-3 Staff, JCS, Washington, DC. Like most aspiring career officers Vaught went to Vietnam. During his first tour in 1967-68 he served as C/O 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division—the army’s innovative air mobile formation. While serving as battalion commander, Vaught’s troopers played a key role in the liberation of Hue during the desperate hours of the Tet Offensive. Later, during the epic siege of Khe Sanh, the 1st Air Cavalry was active in Operation Pegasus, a series of air assaults along Highway 9 intended to support a link-up with the besieged Marine garrison. In the follow-up Operation Scotland 2, the Cavalry conducted aggressive deep penetration assaults from Huey helicopters that kept the retreating North Vietnamese off-balance. Vaught also acted as Deputy Commander of the Division’s 2nd Brigade. Vaught was severely injured in an auto accident and had to be transported back to Walter Reed for hospitalization. After recuperating, he returned to Washington, D.C. as the Staff Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Defense. His second tour in Vietnam commenced in September 1970. He acted as Liaison Officer, US Army Combat Development, and as Senior Advisor to the South Vietnamese Airborne Division, MACV. Returning to Fort Bragg in October 1971, he served successively as Deputy Commander and Commander, 1st Corps Support Command, Chief of Staff, 18th Airborne Corps, and Assistant Division Commander, 82nd Air
.45 ACP caliber, 4.125" round barrel, S/N GO 127. Marked on the left side of the slide General Officers Model RIA in two lines. Blued finish slide with top parkerized, frame finished in blue and parkerized. Frame is checkered on the arch housing and inner a grip. Target-style sights. With checkered wood grips silver Ordnance cart wheel with Rock Island Arsenal markings on the right grip and on the left grip is a nickel-plated plaque with his name, Vaught. Sold with paper work documenting purchase and ownership by LTG James B Vaught. Total 1008 produced at Rock Island Arsenal. A singular example of a high ranking army officer’s private purchase weapon associated with the aborted April 1980 Iran Hostage rescue mission. Lieutenant General (Retired) James B. Vaught was born in Conway, South Carolina in 1926. Following graduation from the Citadel, he was drafted into the army in May 1945 and attended Officer’s Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry in February 1946. Initially, Lieutenant Vaught served in Germany with the Army of Occupation as Platoon Leader and then as Commanding Officer, 820th Military Police Company, from April 1946 through April 1948, and finally as an infantry Platoon Leader in the Big Red One stationed in Bamberg, Germany from May 1948 to August 1949. In November 1949, Vaught returned stateside and was assigned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a company commander, and later regimental adjutant of the 511 Airborne Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division through December 1951. With the Korean War raging, Captain Vaught was posted overseas as Commanding Officer, Company M., 34th Infantry Regiment, a component of the hard-fighting 24th Infantry Division. He participated in the Pusan landing and was with 34th Infantry as they fought their way north towards the Yalu River having been injured twice. Subsequently, in March 1954, he rotated to Japan as Assistant Operations Officer, Camp Drake. From November 1956 to July 1957 he served as S-3, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Reflecting Vaught’s career fast track, a number of key staff positions followed in years leading up to Vietnam. Vaught became G-1 in Headquarters, 3rd US Army, at Fort McPherson, Georgia, and Commander, HQ Company, 1st Battle Group, 11th Infantry at Fort Benning between 1958-1960. Vaught then returned to Korea in January 1961 in the G-1 Section, EUSA. Beginning in 1963, he served as a staff officer in ODCSOPS, HQDA, and with the office of the J-3 Staff, JCS, Washington, DC. Like most aspiring career officers Vaught went to Vietnam. During his first tour in 1967-68 he served as C/O 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division—the army’s innovative air mobile formation. While serving as battalion commander, Vaught’s troopers played a key role in the liberation of Hue during the desperate hours of the Tet Offensive. Later, during the epic siege of Khe Sanh, the 1st Air Cavalry was active in Operation Pegasus, a series of air assaults along Highway 9 intended to support a link-up with the besieged Marine garrison. In the follow-up Operation Scotland 2, the Cavalry conducted aggressive deep penetration assaults from Huey helicopters that kept the retreating North Vietnamese off-balance. Vaught also acted as Deputy Commander of the Division’s 2nd Brigade. Vaught was severely injured in an auto accident and had to be transported back to Walter Reed for hospitalization. After recuperating, he returned to Washington, D.C. as the Staff Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Defense. His second tour in Vietnam commenced in September 1970. He acted as Liaison Officer, US Army Combat Development, and as Senior Advisor to the South Vietnamese Airborne Division, MACV. Returning to Fort Bragg in October 1971, he served successively as Deputy Commander and Commander, 1st Corps Support Command, Chief of Staff, 18th Airborne Corps, and Assistant Division Commander, 82nd Air
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