Recipients

Charles Lanham

Charles Lanham graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1924. He retired in 1954 as a U.S. Army Major General.
David Larr

David Larr graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1923. After serving in World War II, he died in an aircraft…
Stanley Larsen

Stanley Larson graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1939. He retired with disability in 1972 as a U.S. Army Lieutenant…
Jack Ledford

Jack Ledford graduated from the Massanutten Military Academy, Woodstock, Virginia and then attended Ohio State University, enlisting in the Army shortly after graduating in 1941.…
Curtis LeMay

Curtis LeMay was commissioned in the Army Air Corps in 1928 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Ohio State University. After serving in…
Kelley Lemmon

Kelley Lemmon graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1937. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General.
Rosario Lerma
John Lewis

John Lewis graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1925. During World War II, he was severely wounded on May 9,…
Philip Lindeman

Philip Ferdinand retired in 1966 as a U.S. Army Major General.
William Litton

William Litton graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1940. He was credited with shooting down an enemy airplane on November…
Thomas Lynch

During World War II, Thomas Lynch became a U.S. Army Air Forces QUADRUPLE ACE, credited with shooting down 20 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, before…
Morton Magoffin

Morton Magoffin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1937. He was stationed at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941,…