Recipients

Hoyt Vandenberg

Hoyt Vandenberg graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1923. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army…
Gerald Venanzi

Gerald Venanzi was interned as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam after he was shot down on September 17, 1967, and was held until…
Dewey Waddell

Dewey Waddell was interned as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam after he was shot down on July 5, 1967 and was held until…
Lance Smith

Lance Smith was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1970, upon graduation from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. During the Vietnam War he was…
Robert Smith

After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, Robert Smith transferred to the U.S. Air Force when it became a separate branch…
Billy Sparks
Ralph Stearley

Ralph Stearley graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1919. He retired in 1953 as a U.S. Air Force Major General.
Hervey Stockman

As a P-51 Mustang pilot in World War II, Hervey Stockman flew 68 combat missions and was credited with destroying 2 enemy aircraft in aerial…
William Stone

William Stone graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1934. After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II,…
Billie Sutton

Billie Sutton received a Silver Star for actions during the first American counteroffensive in the Pacific in April 1942, a week before the Doolittle Raid…
Robert Terrill

Robert Terrill graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1932. He retired in 1964 as a U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General.
Earl Thornton