Colonel Delmar A. Pugh was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 14 October 1942, class number 83. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 100th Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company commander, European Theater of Operations, 100th Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Company Commander, European Theater of Operations, 3rd Infantry Division; Company Commander, 17th Airborne Division, Camp Pickett, Virginia; Company Commander, 25th Infantry Division, Japan and Korea; Instructor, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Init Advisor, Hawaii National Guard, Kauai and Oahue Hawaii; Assistant G-1, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Unit Advisor, U.S. Army Reserve, New Castle, Pennsylvania; Instructor/Assistant Director of Inst, US Naval Amphibious School, Little Creek, Virginia; G-1 and Acting Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Support Command, Vietnam; Branch Chief, Office of Chief Army Reserve, Pentagon; PMS, ROTC, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts; Chief, Inspector General, Inspection Division, Army Materiel Command, Washington, D.C. | His awards and decorations include: Army Commendatory Medal, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star (2 Clusters), Legion of Merit.