Navy Federal Credit Union

Recipients

  • Richard Nagel

    Richard Nagel

    Richard Nagel retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force.

  • James Hopkins

    James Hopkins

    George A. Hopkins, James Hopkins’ father, earned the Army’s Distinguished Service Cross in World War I. James Hopkins served as a P-40 and P-47 fighter…

  • Karl Richter

    Karl Richter

    Karl Richter Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1964. In September 1966 he received one aerial victory credit…

  • David Williams

    David Williams

    Captain Williams’s Pilot, Captain Rowland Smith, received the Air Force Cross on the same mission in which David Williams received his, and Captain Hal Henning,…

  • Thomas Curtis

    Thomas Curtis

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

  • William Norris

    William Norris

    In July 1950 William Norris took part with the 20th Fighter Group in the first Atlantic crossing of F-84 aircraft to Manston, England. He subsequently…

  • Dale Eppinger

    Dale Eppinger

    Dale Eppinger was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program. He began his tour in Vietnam in July 1968, and was involved as Pilot of…

  • Robert Smith

    Robert Smith

    While flying combat in the Korean War, Robert Smith was credited with shooting down two enemy aircraft plus 1 probable and 3 damaged. During the…

  • Leroy Schaneberg

    Leroy Schaneberg

    The remains of Captain Schaneberg and the members of his crew were recovered and identified on March 24, 1993, and they were interred together at…

  • Dean Pogreba

    Dean Pogreba

    Dean Pogreba served in the Army Air Forces in World War II, and the U.S. Air Force in both Korea and Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel Pogreba…

  • Larry Maysey

    Larry Maysey

    The Senior Pilot of Jolly Green 26 (66-13279) was Captain Gerald O. Young. Captain Ralph Browner (Co-Pilot), Staff Sergeant Eugene Clay (Flight Engineer), and Sergeant…

  • Larry Mason

    Larry Mason