Recipients

Frank Andrews

Frank Andrews graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1906. In January 1943, at the height of World War II, Frank…
Clare Armstrong

Clare Armstrong graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of April 1917. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.
John Griffith

John Griffith was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1963 upon graduation from the University of Alabama. He retired in 1998 as…
Horace Hanes

During World War II Horace Hanes completed 30 combat missions in P-38 aircraft before he was reported Missing in Action over Yugoslavia in January 1944.…
William Harrell

After serving as a Fighter Pilot in the Army Air Forces in World War II, where he was credited with destruction of two enemy aircraft…
Hunter Harris

Hunter Harris attended the Virginia Military Institute and then graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1932. After serving in the…
Bertram Harrison

Bertram Harrison graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1938. After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II,…
Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey received a bachelor of business science degree from Miami (Ohio) University and received his commission through the ROTC program. He retired as a…
Joseph Kruzel

Joseph Kruzel graduated from Scranton University with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 1938, and a bachelor’s degree in Education in 1939, before joining the…
Henry Kucheman

Henry Kucheman studied for two years at Virginia Polytechnic Institute before being employed as a senior engineering draftsman for the Virginia Department of Highways, before…
Leroy Manor

After serving as a Fighter Pilot in the Army Air Forces in World War II, Leroy Manor transferred to the U.S. Air Force when it…
Franklin Nichols

During World War II, Franklin Nichols became a U.S. Army Air Forces ACE, credited with shooting down 5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat. After the…