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Recipients

  • Fletcher Brown

    Fletcher Brown

    Fletcher Brown may well be the first person to ever decline a major U.S. Military award. His award card notes: “Brown had returned his Navy…

  • Joseph Stika

    Joseph Stika

    Joseph Stika entered service in the Coast Guard in 1908 and graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Class of 1911, before serving off the…

  • Frances Noble

    Frances Noble

  • Raymond Jack

    Raymond Jack

  • James Osborn

    James Osborn

  • Frederick Billard

    Frederick Billard

    Captain Billard was commissioned through the School of Instruction of the Revenue Cutter Service in 1878. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during the…

  • Elmer Stone

    Elmer Stone

    Elmer Stone graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Class of 1913. He became the Coast Guard’s first aviator upon graduation from flight training at…

  • Anthony Ohrlein

    Anthony Ohrlein

  • Russell Elam

    Russell Elam

  • Raymond Gorman

    Raymond Gorman

  • William Best

    William Best

  • James Hirshfield

    James Hirshfield

    James Hirshfield graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Class of 1925. From 1954 to 1962 he served as the 6th Assistant Commandant of the…