Recipients

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

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 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

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

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 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

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
Robert Wilke

Robert F. Wilke is a 1965 graduate of Texas A & M University. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel during the period he…
John Lackey

Following his Vietnam War service, John Lackey served as a member of the New Mexico Air National Guard. He was killed while flying an A-7d…
William Cooper

William Cooper enlisted originally in the U.S. Army, obtaining an OCS commission in 1942. Before the end of World War II he transferred to the…
Jon Harston

Staff Sergeant Harston was Flight Mechanic on board “Knife 31” during the Mayaguez recovery operations, and was one of FOUR men awarded the Air Force…