Walter Orebaugh

For the Foreign Service he served posts in Wellington, Montreal, Trieste, Venice, Nice, Monte Carlo, Florence and Bridgetown.

For his service in France and Italy during World War II, Orebaugh was awarded the Medal of Freedom.

At the order of American Chargé d’Affaires Pinkney Tuck, he quickly set up a consulate in Monaco.

He participated in many actions in the mountains of central Italy and sometimes leading daring raids on German and Italian Fascist supply and ammunition depots.

Orebaugh wrote a book about his service during the war entitled Guerilla in Striped Pants: A U.S.