Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, presented the U.S. Legion of Merit medal to an Arab League officer who participated in the aggression against Israel. He is Major Gen. Mohammed Rafiq Arif, chief of the Iraqi Army General Staff. Part of the citation accompanying the medal lauded him for the performance of his duties in the military service of Iraq. General Arif arrived in the United States to tour Army installations as an honored guest of the Department of Defense.
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