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Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Colonel [then Lieutenant Colonel]

    Action Date:

    December 1944 – July 1948

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 14 (March 4, 1949)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel [then Lieutenant Colonel] Joseph F. Hoover (ASN: AO-907184), United States Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from December 1944 to July 1948.