Recipients

Fifteen planes of Torpedo Squadron 8 took off from the U.S.S. Hornet on June 4, carrying 30 officers and enlisted gunners. All were shot down…

Ensign Cook survived the Air Battle of Midway, but was subsequently listed as Missing in Action in a later engagement on October 26, 1942.

Thomas Hall was interned as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam after he was shot down on June 10, 1967, and was held until…

Ward Dodge was interned as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam after he was shot down on July 5, 1967, and until his death…

Eric Leitner was awarded TWO Silver Stars for two different actions only three hours apart on the same day.

Steven Gonzales, Andrew Ramirez, and Andrew Stone were captured while serving with Troop B, 1st Battalion, 4th Cavalry Regiment, as part of a peacekeeping NATO…