Looks like he's wearing a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, European Theater campaign medal, and a POW medal on the bottom. His BSM was a CIB award, his PH was an award for being a POW. He was actually (interestingly) never decorated by the US for combat in WW2.
I believe Beyrle's son was a fairly senior diplomat in Moscow at the end of the Cold War. That could account for the Soviet decorations he received. As I recall, his son made quite the big deal about his father, bring him considerable fame in the USSR in the era of perestroika.
--Dave
I believe Beyrle's son was a fairly senior diplomat in Moscow at the end of the Cold War. That could account for the Soviet decorations he received. As I recall, his son made quite the big deal about his father, bring him considerable fame in the USSR in the era of perestroika.
--Dave
