Recipients

Clarence Gooden

Following his Distinguished Service Cross actions in July 1943, on August 1, Clarence Gooden piloted his bomber in the historic low-altitude bombing attack on the…
Andrew Goodpaster

Andrew Goodpaster attended McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois, for two years before transferring to West Point, where he graduated second in his class in 1939.…
James Goodson

James Goodson was aboard the S.S. Athenia when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on September 3, 1939, and after being brought back to…
Leon Gray

After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, Leon Gray transferred to the U.S. Air Force when it became a separate branch…
Herschel Green

In May 1943 near Italy, while sustaining heavy damage to his own airplane, Major Green shot down his first enemy aircraft. In one mission in…
Welborn Griffith

Welborn Griffith graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1925. For centuries, the Chartres cathedral was one of France’s treasures and…
Thomas Daly
Eugene Daniel

Eugene Daniel graduated from Georgia Tech in 1933 with a ROTC Commission in the Army Infantry Reserves. He went on to attend and graduate from…
Sheldon Dannelly
Gene Daugherty
John Davies

After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, John Davies transferred to the U.S. Air Force when it became a separate branch…
Charles Denholm

Charles Denholm graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1938. He retired in 1973 as a U.S. Army Major General.