Recipients

Leroy Pond
Ralph Praeger

Ralph Praeger graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1938. After the fall of the Philippine Islands he served with the…
George Preddy

Prior to his DSC mission in which he became an ACE-in-a-DAY for shooting down 6 aircraft in a single engagement, George Preddy was nearly a…
Joe Mason

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

John Mathews graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1931. He was killed in action on D-Day during the invasion of…
Rex Matson

All nine members of Rex Matson’s B-17 were lost in action in this mission in which the Pilot, Harl Pease, was awarded the Medal of…
Robert McCabe

Robert McCabe graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1938. He retired with disability in 1946 as a U.S. Army Colonel.
John McCormick
Thomas Hamilton
Lionel McGarr

Lionel McGarr graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1928. He retired with disability in 1962 as a U.S. Army Lieutenant…
Raymond McLain

Raymond McLain retired as a U.S. Army Lieutenant General in 1952.
Alfred McPeters