Navy Federal Credit Union

Recipients

  • Dwight Deter

    Dwight Deter

    As a POW en route to Japan on the “Hell Ship” ARISAN MARU, Dwight Deter died with nearly 1,800 of his comrades when the U.S.S.…

  • John Diehl

    John Diehl

    A total of 5 Medals of Honor and 56 Distinguished Service Crosses, among numerous other awards, were awarded for the August 1, 1943 low-level bombing…

  • Robert Dixon

    Robert Dixon

    After graduating from Dartmouth, Robert Dixon enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force before the U.S. entered World War II, and transferred to the U.S.…

  • Edgar Doleman

    Edgar Doleman

    Edgar Doleman graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1933. He retired in 1968 as a U.S. Army Lieutenant General.

  • Chester Dotson

    Chester Dotson

  • 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…