Colonel Raymond C. Wittmayer was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 28 June 1943. His first duty assignment was as Instructor and Administrative Officer, Weapons Section, Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Interpreters Poll, Supply Training Executive Officer, China; IOAC, Fort Benning, GA; Special Dist Branch, HQDA, Pentagon; Chinese Language and Area Training, Yale; DA Language School, Peking, China; Assistant Foreign Liaison Officer, HQDA Intelligence Division; Chief, Intelligence Division, Pentagon; Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth; Intelligence Officer, Spt Grp 8706, Washington, D.C; Estimator and Executive Officer, HQ OACSI, Pentagon; Assistant Head of Est Section, U.S. Army Element, HQ PAC Command, HI; Executive Officer, U.S. Army Intelligence, Fort Holibard; Professor of Military Science, Syracuse University. | His awards and decorations include: Bronze Star, Asiatic Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal w/2 Bronze Stars for China Offensive and Defensive Campaigns, American Theatre Medal, China War Memorial Medal, Victory Medal World War II, Breast Order Yun Hui with Ribbon and Diploma (Chinese), State of Vietnam Presidential Citation Ribbon of Friendship (Vietnamese), Legion of Merit, National Defense Service Medal w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Army General Staff Identification Badge, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal.