Navy Federal Credit Union

Recipients

  • Robert Downs

    Robert Downs

    It is generally believed that Robert Downs was the first American to lead a combat patrol into Germany during World War II.

  • Francis Dubisher

    Francis Dubisher

    Francis Dubisher entered World War II service as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force, logging more than 800 hours before transferring to the…

  • William Dunham

    William Dunham

    During World War II, William Dunham became a U.S. Army Air Forces TRIPLE ACE, credited with shooting down 16 enemy aircraft in aerial combat. After…

  • James Dupas

    James Dupas

  • William Dyess

    William Dyess

    After the action that earned him his first Distinguished Service Cross, William Dyess was taken by the Japanese as a Prisoner of War after the…

  • Glenn Eagleston

    Glenn Eagleston

    Before the mission that earned him the Distinguished Service Cross for shooting down three aircraft in a single mission, Glen Eagleston was already a DOUBLE…

  • Frederick Eaton

    Frederick Eaton

    Frederick Eaton received a Silver Star for actions during the first American counteroffensive in the Pacific in April 1942, a week before the Doolittle Raid…

  • Wallace Emmer

    Wallace Emmer

    Prior to his DSC mission Captain Emmer was a DOUBLE ACE with 10.5 victories. Before he was shot down, interned, and died in a German…

  • Irving Erickson

    Irving Erickson

    Irving Erickson was credited with shooting down a total of 3.5 enemy aircraft during World War II.

  • Austin Bryant

    Austin Bryant

  • Simon Buckner

    Simon Buckner

    Simon Buckner graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1908. He was killed in action at Okinawa during World War II,…

  • James Burns

    James Burns