Recipients

Hampton Boggs

During World War II, Hampton Boggs became a U.S. Army Air Forces ACE, credited with shooting down 9 enemy aircraft in aerial combat and becoming…
Lester Boswell
Herman Bottcher

Born in Germany, Herman Bottcher was orphaned at an early age; his mother died while he was a toddler and his father was killed during…
Seth Botts
George Braga
Charles Brannon

Three days after the action that earned Lieutenant Brannon his first Distinguished Service Cross he was seriously wounded near Chong-Pyong, South Korea in an action…
Howard Breitung

Howard Breitung graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1923. Captured at the fall of the Philippine Islands, as a Prisoner…
John Brooks

Lieutenant Colonel Brooks graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in June 1941. He was Deputy Group Commander for the 389th Bombardment Group’s…
Victor Brosokas
Fred Brown
George Brown

After attending the University of Missouri for a year, George Brown received a congressional appointment to the U.S., Military Academy, West Point, New York, and…
Alex McInnis