Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Hugh
Samuel
Johnson

Hugh Johnson graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1903. He subsequently became renown as a Columnist, Commentator, Lecturer and Radio Speaker.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Judge Advocate General)

    Division:

    Provost Marshal General’s Office

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 1 (1926)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Judge Advocate General) Hugh Samuel Johnson, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, in the Provost Marshal General’s Office in connection with the planning and execution of the Draft Laws.