Recipients

Charles Garrigus remains were recovered and identified in 2022, and he was buried with full military honors at Greenwood, Indiana

Thomas Mann became a World War II Marine Corps DOUBLE ACE, credited with shooting down TEN enemy aircraft in aerial combat.

John Wirth became a World War II Navy DOUBLE ACE, credited with shooting down fourteen enemy aircraft in aerial combat. He was killed in a…

Dr. Shank was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve, serving in capacity as a civilian physician at Wake Island. Captured after the fall…