Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Colonel (Air Corps), [then Lieutenant Colonel)

    Action Date:

    June 1944 – September 1945

    War Department, General Orders No. 95 (August 23, 1946)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Air Corps), [then Lieutenant Colonel) Hamilton Heard (ASN: 0-900829), United States Army Air Forces, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from June 1944 to September 1945.