Navy Federal Credit Union

Recipients

  • John Rowan

    John Rowan

  • Robert Ronca

    Robert Ronca

    Robert Ronca flew F-86 fighters during the Korean War and was credited with one aerial victory. He was listed as Missing in Action during the…

  • William Robinson

    William Robinson

    Major Peter Tsouprake, the Electronics Warfare Officer in Major Robinson’s F-105, received the Air Force Cross in the same mission for which William Robinson received…

  • William Robinson

    William Robinson

    William Robinson was Flight Mechanic of “Dutchy 41”, a rescue helicopter participating in the SAR for ESSEX 04, an F-105D piloted by Captain Willis E.…

  • Philip Maywald

    Philip Maywald

    Philip Maywald Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1963. He retired in 1984 as a U.S. Air Force…

  • John Carroll

    John Carroll

    John Carroll Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1962. After landing his crippled aircraft during the mission that…

  • Charles Brown

    Charles Brown

  • Dean DeTar

    Dean DeTar

    Dean DeTar received his commission through the Air Force ROTC program. During a tour of duty in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 he flew 264…

  • Roland Purser

    Roland Purser

    Captain Purser was Pilot of HH’53 “Jolly Green 43” during the Mayaguez recovery operations, and was one of FOUR men awarded the Air Force Cross…

  • LeRoy Wright

    LeRoy Wright

    Five Air Force Crosses were awarded in the attempted rescue of American Prisoners of War camp at Son Tay, North Vietnam. Colonel Warner Britton “Apple…

  • John Gruver

    John Gruver

    John Gruver received his commission through the Air Force ROTC program. He retired as a U.S. Air Force Colonel on October 31, 1984.

  • Theodore Guy

    Theodore Guy

    Prior to serving in Vietnam, Colonel Guy flew 101 missions in an F-84 in Korea. In Vietnam Colonel Guy was serving as a pilot in…