Recipients of the Legion of Merit

The Legion of Merit is a decoration of the United States of America and is awarded to foreign military personnel in four grades and to U.S. military personnel without distinction of degree. The following are recipients within the award.

Chief Commander

Nationality	Rank	Name	Force	Date	Comments
	Lieutenant-General	Sir Kenneth Anderson CB MC	British Army	June 18, 1943
	Generalissimo	Chiang Kai-shek	Chinese Armed Forces	July 1943
	Lieutenant-General	Tai An-lan(戴安瀾)	Chinese Armed Forces	1943	In command of 200th Division, Chinese Expeditionary Force (Burma). KIA on May 26, 1942 in Burma.
	Field Marshal	Sir Bernard Montgomery KCB DSO	British Army	August 6, 1943	General at the time
	Temporary Air Chief Marshal	Sir Arthur Tedder GCB	Royal Air Force	August 27, 1943
	Marshal of the Soviet Union	Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky	Soviet Army	June 22, 1944
	Chief Marshal Of Aviation	Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov	Soviet Air Force	June 22, 1944
	Rear-Admiral	Sir Victor Crutchley VC KCB DSC	Royal Australian Naval Squadron	September 1944	For exceptionally meritorious conduct 1942–44 in command of Task Force 44 in the Pacific.
	Air Marshal	Arthur Harris OBE AFC	Royal Air Force	October 17, 1944	Known as "Bomber" Harris; because of moral qualms, he was the only major British commander not to receive a peerage after World War II. He instituted "area bombing" of German cities.[1]
	King	George VI	Commonwealth armed forces	1945
	Admiral of the Fleet	Sir Andrew Cunningham Bt GCB DSO**	Royal Navy		First Sea Lord
	Admiral	Sir John Cunningham KCB	Royal Navy		For gallant and distinguished service during the invasion operations in Northern Italy and the South of France.
	Acting Air Marshal	Sir Arthur Coningham KCB DSO MC DFC AFC	Royal Air Force
	Marshal of the Soviet Union	Ivan Stepanovich Konev	Soviet Army	1945
	Marshal of the Soviet Union	Georgy Zhukov	Soviet Army	1945
	Marshal of the Soviet Union	Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov	Soviet Army
	Marshal of the Soviet Union	Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov	Soviet Army
	Army General	Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky	Soviet Army
	Marshal of the Soviet Union	Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky	Soviet Army
	General	Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko	Soviet Army
	General Lieutenant admiral	Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld	Netherlands Armed Forces		Was a General in the Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army and the Royal Netherlands Air Force and was a Lieutenant admiral in the Royal Netherlands Navy. Appointed a Honorary Air commodore in the Royal Air Force in 1941 and later appointed to the honorary rank of Air marshal by Queen Elizabeth II on 15 September 1964.[2] Was also a Honorary Air commodore in the Royal New Zealand Air Force since 1948.
	King	Michael I of Romania	Romanian Armed Forces	1945	"Rendered exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to the cause of the Allied Nations in the struggle against Hitlerite Germany. In July and August, 1944, his Nation, under the dominance of a dictatorial regime over which the King had no control, have allied herself with the Germany aggressors, he, King Mihai I, succeeded in giving purpose, direction and inspiration to the theretofore uncoordinated internal forces of opposition to the ruling dictator. In culmination of his efforts, on 23 August 1944, although his capitol was still dominated by Germany troops, he personally, on his own initiative, and in complete disregard for his own safety, gave the signal for a coup d'etat by ordering his palace guards to arrest the dictator and his chief ministers. "[3]
	Marshal	Michał Rola-Żymierski	Polish Armed Forces	1945
	Admiral	Sir Bertram Ramsay KCB KBE MVO	Royal Navy	January 15, 1945	For gallant and distinguished service whilst in command of the invasion operations on Normandy.
	Commander-In-Chief	Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah	Iraqi Armed Forces	June 1, 1945
	Vice Admiral	Sir Philip Vian KBE CMG	Royal Navy	July 17, 1945
	Brigadier general	Charles de Gaulle	French Armed Forces	August 24, 1945
	Air Chief Marshal	Sir William Douglas GCB MC DFC	Royal Air Force	August 28, 1945	made Commander of the Legion 28 July 1944
	Emperor	Haile Selassie	Ethiopian Armed Forces	1945
	Vice Admiral	Sir Geoffrey Blake KCB DSO	Royal Navy	November 6, 1945
	Chief of Defence of Norway	Crown Prince Olav	Norwegian Armed Forces	November 23, 1945	"exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services from August 1944 to July 1945."
	Marshal of the Soviet Union	Rodion Malinovsky	Soviet Army	1946
	Commanding General	Sir Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Royal Nepalese Army	1946[4]	Brother of Prime Minister Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana who was decorated in 1948.
	King	Abdulaziz bin Abdur Rahman Al Saud	Saudi Arabian Armed Forces	February 18, 1947
	President	Miguel Alemán Valdés	Mexican Armed Forces	May 1, 1947
	Shah	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Iranian Armed Forces	October 7, 1947
	General	Dragoljub Mihailović	Yugoslav Royal Army	March 29, 1948	"General Mihailovich and his forces, although lacking adequate supplies, and fighting under extreme hardships, contributed materially to the allied cause, and were instrumental in obtaining a final Allied Victory." Recommended by Dwight D. Eisenhower. The award was kept secret until 1966.
	Field Marshal	Sir William Slim GBE KCB DSO MC ADC	British Army	1948
	Field Marshal & Prime Minister	Tin Maharaja Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Royal Nepalese Army	1948[5]	Brother of Sir Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana who was decorated in 1946.
	Prime Minister	The Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies,KT AK CH QC	Australian Armed Forces
	Field Marshal OBE	Kodandera Madappa Cariappa	Indian Army	1950
	King	Paul I	Greek Armed Forces	October 28, 1953
	President	Celâl Bayar	Turkish Armed Forces	January 27, 1954
	Field Marshal	Luang Plaek Pibulsonggram	Thai Royal Army	May 2, 1955
	General	Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh	Indian Army	September 2, 1955	[6]
	King	Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)	Thai Armed Forces	June 28, 1960
	Major General	Senussi Letaiwish	Chief of staff of the Royal Libyan Army	June 5, 1961	For Exceptionally Meritorious Conduct in the performance of outstanding services.
	General	Kim Yong-Bae	Republic Of Korea Army	February 14, 1968	For service April 1965 to March 1966. The initial award of Commander degree was revoked and replaced with Chief Commander.
	Minister of National Defense	Kim Sung-Eun	Republic Of Korea	December 9, 1968	For service March 1963 to June 1966.
	Admiral	Jal Cursetji	Indian Navy	1978	[7]
	President	Kenan Evren	Turkish Armed Forces	June 27, 1988
	General	Wolfgang Schneiderhan	Bundeswehr
	General	Hilmi Özkök	Turkish Armed Forces	2002
	Admiral	Shahid Karimullah	Pakistan Navy	July 21, 2004	For his steadfast support of American-Pakistan cooperation in regional maritime, security affairs, demonstrated superb resolve and unwavering dedication to the Global War on terrorism
	Admiral	Afzal Tahir	Pakistan Navy	January 23, 2006	Legion of Merit in recognition of his efforts in conducting maritime security operations and strengthening of cooperation between the two navies in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
	Admiral	Mohammad Anwar Mohammad Nor	Malaysian Armed Forces	2006
	Lt General	Tariq Khan	Pakistani Army	December 9, 2007	Legion of Merit for meritorious services as a liaison officer at CENTCOM during Operations Enduring Freedom (December 9, 2007).
	General	Ashfaq Parvez Kayani	Pakistani Army	January 1, 2009
	General	Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari	Iraqi Army	January 7, 2010
	Admiral	Noman Bashir	Pakistan Navy	March 18, 2010	For distinguished service and strengthening American-Pakistani relations. Also, for his role in establishing and strengthening the Pakistan Navy and U.S. Navy relations in Arabian sea.
	General	Bikram Singh[8][9]	Indian Army	December 5, 2013[10]	Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno presents Chief of Staff of the Indian Army Gen. Bikram Singh with the Legion of Merit
	General	Raheel Sharif	Pakistan Army	November 19, 2014	Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif on November 19, 2014 was conferred with the US Legion of Merit Medal in recognition of his brave leadership and efforts to ensure peace in the region.
	General	Hulusi Akar	Turkish Armed Forces	January 27, 2015	For his outstanding contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Commander

Nationality	Rank	Name	Force	Date	Comments
	Brigadier General	Alexandre Zacharias de Assumpção	Brazilian Army	1942	General of Brigade Alexandre Zacharias de Assumpcao, Brazilian Army, was cited for service as Commanding General of the 8th Military Region, Brazil. The 8th Military Region was headquartered in Belem, which was a major support base for US aircraft transiting to North Africa and the Mediterranean. The Army made 31 awards of the Legion of Merit, commander grade, to Brazilian officers during World War II.
	Brigadier General	Amaro Soares Bittencourt	Brazilian Army	1942	First recipient of this medal in any degree.
	Rear Admiral	Harold Farncomb CB, DSO, MVO, RAN	Royal Australian Navy	1942	Commanded various International military units.
	Wing Commander	Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar	Royal Air Force	December 3, 1943[11]	WWII leader of the Dams raid (Operation Chastise) in 1943.
	Brigadier General	Paul Devinck	French Army	1943
	Lieutenant General	Louis Koeltz	French Army	1943	Commander of XIXth Army Corps
	Brigadier General	François Le Clercq	French Army	1943
	Lieutenant General	Władysław Anders	2nd Polish Corps	August 1, 1944
	Major General	Paul Bergeron	French Army	1944
	General	Etienne Beynet	French Army	1944	Head of the French Military Mission to Washington
	General	Georges Catroux	French Army	1944	Governor General of French Algeria
	General (later maréchal de France)	Jean de Lattre de Tassigny	French Army	1944	Commander of the French Forces in Italy
	Lieutenant General	Henry Martin	French Army	1944	Commander of the French Forces in Corsica
	Brigadier General	Louis Rivet	French Army	1944	Former Head of French Military Intelligence
	Air Marshal	Sir Francis John Linnell KBE, CB	Royal Air Force	January 30, 1945[12]	Deputy Commander-in-Chief (RAF MED ME) Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, 29 February 1944 – 29 June 1944. Awarded posthumously by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
	Admiral	Sir Gerald Charles Dickens KCVO, CB, CMG	Royal Navy	1945	WWII Commander
	Air Commodore	Andrew James Wray Geddes DSO, OBE	Royal Air Force	1945	Responsible for the planning of Operations Manna and Chowhound
	Major General	Sir Miles William Arthur Peel Graham KBE CB CBE MC	British Army	24 April 1945	Responsible for organising and coordinating activities in connection with the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
	Lieutenant General	Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO	2nd New Zealand Division, New Zealand Military Forces	August 2, 1945
	Major General	William Henry Evered Poole, CB, CBE, DSO	6th South African Armored Division		Unit is part of the 5th US Army during the Italian Campaign in World War II
	Major General	Sir Donald Banks KCB, DSO, MC, TD	Petroleum Warfare Department	24 January 1946[13]	For his role in the production and manufacture of an improved American flamethrower fuel, and other work of Petroleum Warfare Department employed during the liberation of Europe which "contributed substantially to the successful prosecution of the war".[14]
	Major General	Georges Vanier		1946	Canadian representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to France, later Governor General of Canada.
	Rear Admiral	Leonard W. Murray	Canadian Northwest Atlantic	1946	Architect of the Battle of the Atlantic.
	Air Chief Marshal	Sir Keith Rodney Park	Royal Air Force	June 27, 1947	WWII commander during the Battle of Britain and later Allied Air Commander South East Asia
	General	Rajendrasinhji Jadeja	Indian Army	1946	[6]
	General	Alfredo M. Santos	Armed Forces of the Philippines
	Colonel	Ramon Barquin	Armed Forces of the Republic of Cuba	1955	Military Attaché to the United States, Mexico, and Canada; Cuba Delegate to the Inter-American Defense Board; Vice-Director and Joint Chiefs of Staff Commander of the Inter-American Defense Board. For his organizing and coordinating activities to eliminate coups d'état in the Americas. Barquin later became the last Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and de facto Head of State of the Republic of Cuba in January 1959, before the Revolutionary government established by Fidel Castro. Barquin served as Chief of the Army and was later named Ambassador-at-Large to Europe in April 1959 and resigned in 1960.
	General	Keizō Hayashi	Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF)	November 10, 1958	Chairman of the Joint Staff Council, JSDF. First Japanese recipient of this medal.[15]
	Lieutenant-General	Stefan Grot-Rowecki	Polish Armed Forces (Armia Krajowa)	August 9, 1984	Awarded by Ronald Reagan posthumously forty years and one week after his death at the hands of the Gestapo.
	General	Fidel Ramos	Armed Forces of the Philippines	1990
	Brigadier General	Abdul Muneem Mansur Ahmed	Bangladesh Army	January 16, 1991	The first Bangladeshi General to receive this award for his outstanding service as the Defense Attaché in the Bangladesh Embassy, United States
	Lieutenant General	Michel Roquejeoffre	French Army	July 14, 1991
	General	Sir Peter de la Billière KCB, KBE, DSO, MC & bar	British Forces to the Middle East during the First Gulf War	July 14, 1991
	General	Ehud Barak	Israeli Defense Forces	1992	Later became Israeli Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001
	Teniente General	Martín Balza	Argentine Army	1994	Chief of Argentine Armed Forces 1991 to 1999
	General	Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CH, CD	Canadian Forces	1995	In 1999, he was made a Companion of Honour by Queen Elizabeth II. He is the former Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Forces and he is the Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning since November 1995 for the Northern Ireland Peace Process.
	General	I. M. Elias Nino Herrera	Colombian Marine Corps		For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as Commandant of the Colombian Marine Corps. General Nino's cooperation and understanding have been a significant contribution to the mutual friendship between Colombia and the United States.
	General	Michael John Dawson Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham GCB, CMG, CBE, ADC, DL	Implementation Force in Bosnia	May 13, 1997[16]	Former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in the United Kingdom
	General de Ejército (General of the Army)	Paco Moncayo	Ecuadorian Armed Forces	January 1998	For of his exceptionally superior performance as Chief of the Armed Forces Joint Command and his contribution to Ecuadorian history, politics and democracy.
	Vice Admiral	Donald Chalmers AO, RAN	Royal Australian Navy	1998[17]	Chief of Navy
	General	Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO John Baker AC, DSM Sir Peter Cosgrove AC, MC	Australian Defence Force		Chiefs of the Defence Force
	General	Adolf Heusinger Klaus Naumann Wolfgang Schneiderhan Carl-Hubertus von Butler[18]	Bundeswehr
	General	Edgard de Larminat Alain de Boissieu Vincent Desportes Jean-Louis Georgelin
	Vice Admiral	David Shackleton AO, RAN	Royal Australian Navy	2001	Chief of Navy
	General	Md Hashim bin Hussein	Royal Malaysia Army	2001	Chief of Army
	Vice Admiral	Chris Ritchie AO, RAN	Royal Australian Navy		Chief of Navy
	Major General	Yedidya Ya'ari	Israeli Navy	December 4, 2003[19]	Commander in Chief, Israel Navy
	Lieutenant General	Charles Bouchard	Deputy Commander NORAD	2004	Commander of NATO forces enforcing "No Fly Zone" Libya 2011
	Lieutenant General	Peter Leahy AC	Australian Army	2004	Chief of Army
	Admiral	Jorge Godoy	Argentine Navy	October 1, 2004	Chief of Staff, Argentine Navy
	General	Yoshimitsu Tsumagari	Japan Air Self-Defense Force	October 19, 2004	Chief of Staff, Air Self Defense Force
	Commander-in-Chief	Mehmet Yaşar Büyükanıt	Turkish Armed Forces	December 12, 2005
	Lieutenant General	Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury	Bangladesh Army	2005	Former Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)
	Admiral	Giampaolo Di Paola	Italian Navy		Incumbent Minister of Defence in the Monti Cabinet
	General	Tadashi Yoshida	Japan Air Self-Defense Force	October 24, 2006	Chief of Staff, Air Self Defense Force
	Admiral of the Fleet	Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin	Russian Navy	August 24, 2007	The first Russian recipient for meritorious conduct of the Russian Federation Navy to increase cooperation and interoperability with the U.S. Navy and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from September 2005 to August 2007.
	General	Ryoichi Oriki	Ground Self-Defense Force	October 1, 2007	Chief of Staff
	General	Franciszek Gągor	Polish Armed Forces	May 22, 2008	For exceptionally meritorious service as the Chief of Staff of the Polish Armed Forces from February 2006 to May 2008.
	Lieutenant General Hebrew: Rav Aluf‎‎	Gabi Ashkenazi	Israeli Defence Forces	July 24, 2008	Chief of Staff – Israeli Defence Forces
	Vice Admiral	Refiloe Johannes Mudimu	South African Navy	2008	For role in strengthening ties with US Navy[20]
	General	Toshio Tamogami	Air Self-Defense Force	August 19, 2008	[21]
	Lieutenant General	Ken Gillespie AC, DSC, CSM	Australian Army	2009	Chief of Army
	Colonel	Jaap Reijling	Royal Netherlands Air Force	October 29, 2009	For his large contribution to improving U.S.-Dutch relations during his posting as Air Force attaché at the Dutch Embassy in Washington in 2004–2008. He worked in particular on JSF cooperation and the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
	Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces	Sverker Göranson	Swedish Armed Forces	2010	For dedication and professionalism as supreme commander led the continuing transformation of the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish international operations.
	General	Kenichiro Hokazono	Japan Air Self-Defense Force	January 22, 2010	Chief of Staff, Air Self Defense Force
	Major General	Milinda Peiris RWP, RSP, USP	Sri Lanka Army		For service as military attaché to the Sri Lankan Embassy in the United States
	General	Godfrey Ngwenya	South African Army	20 May 2010	for his leadership during a time of transition in the South African military and his country’s support of vital NATO peacekeeping operations in Sudan, Burundi and Congo
	Vice Admiral	Russ Crane AO, CSM, RAN	Royal Australian Navy		Chief of Navy
	General	Yoshifumi Hibako	Ground Self-Defense Force	June 8, 2011	Chief of Staff
	General	Edmund Entacher	Austrian Armed Forces	November 22, 2011[22]	Chief of Staff
	Major General	Ido Nehoshtan	Israeli Air Force	15 April 2012[23]	Chief of IAF
	General	Ants Laaneots	Estonian Defence Forces	July 4, 2012	Former Commander-in-Chief
	Lieutenant General	David Morrison AO	Australian Army	2012	Chief of Army
	General	David Hurley AC, DSC	Australian Army	2012	Chief of the Defence Force
	Colonel	Todd Balfe	Royal Canadian Air Force	June 5, 2012[24]	For his exceptional devotion to duty, and his significant contributions both to the maintenance of North American air security as well as to the close relationship between United States and Canadian Forces in NORAD.
	Colonel General	Tibor Benkő	Hungarian Ground Forces	September 4, 2012[25]	Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
	Lieutenant General	Claudio Graziano	Italian Army	February 11, 2013	Chief of the General Staff of the Italian Army
	Vice Admiral	Paul Maddison	Royal Canadian Navy	26 April 2013	Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
	Vice Admiral	Ray Griggs AO, CSC, RAN	Royal Australian Navy	May 2013	Chief of Navy
	Brigadier General	Shamsher Thakurathi	Nepal Army	29 January 2013
	General	Knud Bartels	Danish Army	October 2014	During his visit at the Pentagon General Bartels was awarded the Legion of Merit by General Dempsey in recognition of his exceptional conduct while serving as Chief of Defence of the Danish Armed Forces (2009–2011) and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.[26]

Officer

Movlid Visaitov, a Chechen colonel and a commander of 255th Separate Chechen–Ingush cavalry regiment, first to meet American forces on the Elbe river during World War II.

Ehud Barak, later Prime Minister of Israel, with the Legion of Merit in 1993

• At the beginning of the North African campaign, Brigadier General Lyman L. Lemnitzer accompanied Major General Mark Wayne Clark by submarine to North Africa. Upon arrival, about 60 officers were awarded the Legion of Merit and were among the first awarded the medal. By some misunderstanding as to the rules governing the awards, these 60 American officers were awarded the degree of Officer. According to Lemnitzer, President Roosevelt was quite annoyed but did not rescind the awards. These were the only U.S. officers (or service personnel of any rank) awarded the Legion of Merit with a degree.
• In 1945, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Fairbairn, a former British General Service Corps who transferred to United States as "officer in rent" to train SOE agents and later the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), for his achievements in training OSS personnel. Fairbairn eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by the end of the war, and received the U.S. Legion of Merit (officer grade) at the specific request of "Wild Bill" Donovan, founder of the OSS. Known as the teacher of close combat fighting in Camp X and teaching defendu, a special forces close combat system. Following his instruction at Camp X, Fairbairn was rejoined by his pupil Col. Applegate to form the United States "School for Spies and Assassins", then called "Camp B", now known as Camp David. Not well known by the public because his techniques were often brutal, and were considered too dangerous to be widely publicly known. Some people considered him as a British agent in disguise and a prototype of Ian Fleming's character of James Bond. Fairbairn was also the teacher of Lt. Colonel Robert T. Frederick, the designer of Army Special Unit knife V-42 stiletto which was based on Fairbairn–Sykes commando knife. Fairbairn also a friend of Captain Dermot Michael "Pat" O'Neill, the First Special Service Force's close-combat instructor.^[27][28]
• In 1945, Colonel Movlid Visaitov, commander of the 255th Separate Chechen-Ingush Cavalry Regiment and the 28th Guards Regiment. Visaitov was the first Soviet officer to shake hands with General Bolling at the Elbe River.^[29][30]
• Group Captain Harry Day, Senior Officer at numerous POW camps during World War II, and significantly helped American POWs endure the captivity, as well as organizing escape operations. He received the award on July 5, 1946.^[31]
• In 1946, Commodore Alfred Victor Knight of the Royal Australian Navy was awarded the commendation for honorary services. The citation described him as a 'forceful leader' who, by his 'splendid co-operation in the conduct of a vital training programme, aggressive determination and untiring energies ... contributed materially to combined large-scale operations'.^[32]
• In 1947, Colonel Valentine Patrick Terrel Vivian head of counter-espionage, Section V, and Vice-Chief of the S.I.S. or MI6. The citation reads, as deputy director of a special British agency in the European Theater of Operations from January 1943 to June 1945, rendered exceptionally devoted and meritorious service to the Allied armies, by American forces in a special province of military operations, and continuing it through the long period of preparation for the Normandy invasion and during the march into Germany, Colonel Vivian made an outstanding contribution to Allied military and to the enemy's defeat.^[33][34]
• In 1948, then Brigadier General John Frederick Boyce Combe was made an Officer of the Legion for his contribution "to the over-all success Allied forces in Italy" during World War II.^[35]
• In 1948, Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera VSV, USP, Sri Lanka Air Force.
• In 1950 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall (Royal Canadian Air Force) was made an officer of the Legion for his life imperiling heroic actions as a Japanese POW in WWII: "His exploits became legendary throughout Japan and brought renewed faith and strength to many hundreds of ill and disheartened prisoners." – U.S. President Harry S. Truman.^[36]
• In 1952, Captain Jean Arthur Leon Muller (Netherlands Navy) was made an Officer of the Legion for his "exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States" during the Korean War.^[37]
• In 1959, Major General Mian Ghulam Jilani was made an Officer of the Legion for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States, from October 1952 to June 1955.^[38]
• In 1960 Major General Mian Hayaud Din was made an Officer of the Legion for his role as Chief of the Pakistan Military Mission to the United States from 1955 to 1960.^[39]
• In 1996, Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire of the Canadian Army was made an Officer of the Legion for his role as Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda during the civil war and subsequent genocide.^[40]
• On 18 December 1980 Major General Shlomo Inbar, Israel Army, was made an Officer of the Legion of Merit for his exceptionally meritorious conduct in the outstanding performance of duties as Defense and Armed Forces Attache, Embassy of Israel to the United States of America, from July 1977 to August 1980.
• In 1990, Colonel Stanisław Wożniak from Poland was made an Officer of the Legion of Merit for his exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.^[41]
• In 2006, Lieutenant General Nick Houghton, British Army, "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services during coalition operations in Iraq."^[42]
• Lieutenant General Tariq Khan became the fourth Pakistani officer to receive the award for meritorious services as a liaison officer at CENTCOM during Operations Enduring Freedom (December 9, 2007).
• In 2008, Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy Head of the Royal Air Force, for his part in Operation Telic / Operation Iraqi Freedom.^[43]
• Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton, Royal Marines, "in recognition of meritorious, gallant and distinguished services during coalition operations in Afghanistan".^[44]
• Major General Colin Boag, British Army, "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services during coalition operations in Iraq" (March 2008).^[45]
• Lieutenant General James Bucknall, British Army, "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services during coalition operations in Iraq" (July 2009).^[46]
• Major General Mohamed Elkeshky, Egyptian Army Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché to the United States. (2013)
• In 2011, Vice Admiral Tomohisa Takei, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, "as recognition for Takei's exceptional leadership and expertise in maturing and expanding the JMSDF and U.S. Navy partnership during his role as director of operations and plans department, JMSDF Maritime Staff Office from April 2008 to July 2010".^[47]
• In 2013, Lieutenant General Walter Souza Braga Netto, Brazilian Army, Military Attaché to the United States of America. "For exceptionally meritous conduct in the performance of outstanding services from March 2011 to May 2013.
• In 2014, Major General Brett Cairns, Canadian Air Force, NORAD J3. "For exceptionally meritorious service as Director of Operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, from May 2005 to August 2008."^[48]
• In 2016, Brigadier General Paul Rutherford, Canadian Army, United States Central Command. "For exceptionally meritorious service as Deptuy Director, Strategy, Plans and Policy Military to Military, Strategy, Plans and Policy Directorate, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, from August 2013 to August 2015."^[49]

Legionnaire

When the Legion of Merit is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is awarded without reference to degree. The medal and ribbon of this fourth degree (Legionnaire) are used for such purpose though.^[50] The US Army and US Air Force do not authorize the "V" Device for the Legion of Merit. The U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps,^[51] and the United States Coast Guard do.^[52] The first U.S. Armed Forces recipient of the Legion of Merit medal was WWII combat veteran Lt. (j.g.) Ann Bernatitus, U.S.N., one of the "Angels of Bataan" and the only U.S. Navy nurse to escape from Bataan and Corregidor during the war.^[53][54] She was also the first person authorized to wear the "V" Device with the award.^[55] Her medal is now housed at the Smithsonian Institution.

• John Abizaid, 6 awards^[56]
• Frank Adamo^[57]
• Creighton W. Abrams
• Robert S. Allen
• Lt. Col. Thomas E. Anderson^[58]
• William Anderson, USN
• Lt. Col. Morton Arendt, Jr.^[58]
• George Artman,^[59]
• Bernard L. Austin^[60]
• Brigadier General William F. Bachman^[58]
• Edward D. Bailey^[61]
• M. L. Baisley^[62]
• George Baker, cartoonist, creator of Sad Sack^[63]
• Col. John R. Barclay^[58]
• Sean Barbabella^[64]
• Robert V. R. Bassett^[65]
• Major General Roger de Bazelaire de Boucheporn^[66]
• David H. Bartlett^[67]
• Edward L. Beach, Jr.^[68]
• Col. Prince D. Beach, Medical Corps^[58]
• Patrick Beesly
• Joseph J. Benucci^[69]
• Harold S. Berdine^[70]
• Earl C. Bergquist^[71]
• Ann A. Bernatitus, with Combat "V"^[72]
• John Birch^[73]
• Col. George W. Bixby, Corps of Engineers^[58]
• Col. Gorham L. Black, Jr.^[58]
• Col. Laverne E. Blount^[58]
• Guion Bluford
• George F. Bond, 3 awards
• Westray Battle Boyce, 2 awards
• John Boyd, 4 awards^[74]
• Omar N. Bradley^[75]
• James B. Burton, 2 awards^[76]
• James M. Burton^[77]
• Reginald W. Butcher^[78]
• Michael A. Butler
• Mark H. Buzby, 3 awards
• John Richard Breitlow^[79]
• George S. Brown, 3 awards
• Gary Baumann^[80]
• Richard E. Byrd, 2 awards^[81]
• Barton Campbell^[82]
• Orion "Paul" Canant, 2 awards^[83]
• Scott Carpenter^[84]
• Walter E. Carter Jr., 3 awards
• Claire Lee Chennault
• Llewellyn Chilson
• Joseph J. Clark, with Combat "V"^[85]
• Vern Clark, 3 awards
• Mary E. Clarke
• William P.O. Clarke, 3 awards
• Herbert G. Claudius, with Combat "V"^[86]
• Jackie Cooper^[87]
• George T. Coker, with Combat "V"
• Charles H. Corlett
• Carleton Coulter, Jr., 2 awards^[88]
• William G. Coulter^[88]
• Modesto Cartagena^[89]
• Chester V. Clifton
• Robert W. Cone, 3 awards
• Charles Duncan Conley, 2 awards^[90]
• Edward Thomas Conley, Jr., 2 awards^[91]
• LaMarr Fuller "George" Conley^[92]
• Philip J. Conley, Jr., 2 awards^[93]
• Robert F. Conley, 4 awards, 1 with Combat "V"^[94][95]
• Samuel Glenn Conley^[96]
• Samuel Glenn Conley, Jr., 3 awards^[97]
• Thomas C. Corbin^[98]
• William J. Crowe, 3 awards
• A. B. Crowther^[99]
• Earl J. Damato^[100]
• Alexander K. Davidson, 2 awards^[101]
• Ian Macleod Davidson, 7 awards
• Lyal A. Davidson, 2 awards
• Philip S. Davidson, 6 awards
• Phillip Davidson, 3 awards
• Stephen L. Davidson^[102]
• William A. Davidson (USAF)^[103]
• Arthur C. Davis, 3 awards^[104]
• Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.^[105]
• Ray Davis, 2 awards with Combat "V"
• Pete Dawkins
• George Everett "Bud" Day, 2 awards^[106]
• George H. Decker
• Kevin Francis Delaney, 4 awards^{[107][108][109]}
• Ralph Van Deman
• Kenny Deskins^[110]
• William Diver^[111]
• Michael Donoghue^[112]
• Billy Francis Drake, CSM US Army, 6 other awards
• Clifton M. Duckworth^[113]
• Sharon K.G. Dunbar^[114]
• David Douglas Duncan^[115]
• Willard L. Durgin^[116]
• Laurence Durlacher^[117]
• Herbert W. Ehrgott^[118]
• Dwight D. Eisenhower^{[119][120][121]}
• John S. D. Eisenhower
• Jim Evans (USN)^[84]
• Martin H. Foery
• Worth H. Ford^[122]
• Charles Seymour Freeman^[123]
• Francis Fressanges
• Fred W. Friendly
• Edward H. Fritzche^[124]
• Donald (BD) Gaddis, 3 awards^[125]
• Robert E. Galer^[126]
• Julius W. Gates
• Crowder Gibson^[84]
• Francis T. Giesler
• Otto Glasser^[127][128]
• Hal Glassman^[129]
• Nicholas Goodhart^[130]
• John F. Goodman, 2 awards^[131]
• Robert Lee Gould^[132]
• Philip Graham^[133]
• David E. Grange, Jr., 2 awards
• Philip H. Greene, Jr., 4 awards
• Francis Grevemberg^[134]
• Charles M. Gurganus, 2 awards^[135]
• David Hackworth, 4 awards^[136]
• Alexander Haig, 3 awards
• Robert G. Hale
• Albert L. Haley^[137]
• Darrell Hanning^[138]
• Haywood S. Hansell
• Claude Harvey^[84]
• John C. Harvey, Jr., 5 awards^[139]
• John B. Hayes^[140]
• Robert T. Herres, 2 awards
• Frank Hickisch^[141]
• Frank D. Higbee^[142]
• Charles A. Hines, 2 awards
• Nathan E. Hines Jr.^[143]
• Nathan E. Hines III^[144][145]
• Mike Hobbs^[84]
• Grace Hopper
• Carl E. Howard^[146]
• Edwin Hubble^[147]
• Jeffrey W. Huber^[148]
• Thomas J. Hudner
• Kenneth W. Hunzeker, 2 awards
• Louis Iasiello, 2 awards
• Miles Hopkins Imlay, 2 awards^[149]
• Joseph R. Inge, 3 awards
• Michael J. Ingelido
• Ralph Ingersoll^[150]
• Stuart H. Ingersoll, 2 awards
• William E. Ingram, Jr.
• Bobby Ray Inman^[151]
• Andrew P. Iosue, 3 awards
• Frederick Augustus Irving, 2 awards
• Stafford LeRoy Irwin, 2 awards
• Emerson C. Itschner, 4 awards
• Whitfield Jack
• Galen B. Jackman, 2 awards
• J. Adrian Jackson
• Alan B. Jacobs^[152]
• Kevin J. Jacobsen, 2 awards
• Charles H. Jacoby, Jr.
• Lowell E. Jacoby, 2 awards
• James L. Jamerson, 2 awards
• Daniel James, Jr.
• Daniel James III
• Frank B. James
• Larry D. James, 3 awards
• Earl Jaques, Jr.
• Harry B. Jarrett, with Combat "V"
• Samuel Jaskilka
• David E. Jeremiah, 2 awards
• Norman Jewell
• Harold K. Johnson
• Leon W. Johnson^[153]
• Mark E. Johnson^[154]
• David C. Jones
• John J. Kaising, 2 awards
• Danis Karabelen
• Frederick J. Karch, 3 awards, 2 with Combat "V"
• Claudia J. Kennedy
• Carlton W. Kent, 2 awards^[155]
• Young-Oak Kim, 2 awards
• John Kline, 4 awards^[156]
• Andy Lambert^[157]
• Bryant Lambert, 2 awards^[158]
• Gary Lambert^[159]
• George S. Lambert, with Combat "V"^[160]
• Guy de Lambert^[161]
• James M. Lambert, 3 awards^[162]
• Kent Lambert
• Peter J. Lambert^[163]
• Richard Thomas Lambert, 3 awards^[164]
• Robert O. Lambert, 3 awards^[165]
• Wayne W. Lambert^[166]
• James Benjamin Lampert
• Julien J. LeBourgeois, 2 awards^[167]
• Lyman L. Lemnitzer, 2 awards (1 in degree of officer)
• Carroll LeTellier, 5 awards^[168]
• Edward Marvin Lightfoot^[169]
• Kirk Lippold^[170]
• Emilio S. Liwanag^[171]
• Elijah H. Looney^[172]
• John A. Looser^[173]
• Joe Louis^[174]
• John Martin^[175]
• Phillip S. Martin^[176]
• Thomas T. Matteson
• Raymond J. Mauerman, 2 awards^[149]
• John McCain, Jr., 3 awards
• John McCain III, 2 awards and Combat "V"^[177][178]
• John P. McConnell, 4 awards
• Charles McGee (pilot), 2 awards^[179]
• Glen Joseph McGowan^[180]
• Norman J. McGowan^[181]
• Robert McGowan Littlejohn^[182]
• Joe McMoneagle^[183]
• Robert S. McNamara
• Frederick C. McNulty^[184]
• Gerald McNulty, with Combat "V"^[185]
• James F. McNulty^[186]
• John A. McNulty^[187]
• Richard R. McNulty^[188]
• Timothy K. McNulty^[189]
• Willard McNulty^[190]
• William A. McNulty^[191]
• William B. McNulty^[192]
• Charles L. Melson, 3 awards^[193]
• Edward C. Meyer, 3 awards
• Alan R. Montgomery, 2 awards with Combat "V"s^[194]
• Hal Moore
• William G. Moore, Jr., 6 awards
• Thomas H. Moorer
• Samuel E. Morison
• Bennie A. Moxness^[195]
• Stephen P. Mueller^[196]
• Michael Mullen, 6 awards^[197]
• Andrew M. Muller^[198]
• Denis P. Muller^[199]
• Don Muller^[200]
• Jettie A. Muller^[201]
• Reid Muller, 3 awards^[202]
• Walter Joseph Muller, 3 awards^[203]
• William F. Muller^[204]
• Carl E. Mundy, 2 awards^[205]
• Audie Murphy^[206]
• Dennis J. Murphy, 2 awards, 1 with Combat "V"^[207]
• Henry Schuldt Murphy^[208]
• Florence K. Murray^[209]
• Francis L. Nance
• Lt. Col. Donald M. Nay, Medical Service Corps (posthumous)^[58]
• David Niven^[210]
• James W. Norwood^[211]
• Thomas W. Nulty^[212]
• Timothy J. O'Keefe^[84]
• Alfred R. Olsen, Jr.^[213]
• Merlin O'Neill^[214]
• William Owens (admiral), 4 awards
• Susan Pamerleau^{[215][216][217]}
• Robert J. Papp, Jr., 4 awards^[218]
• Theodore W. Parker, 2 awards
• Randolph M. Pate, 2 awards with Combat "V"
• George S. Patton^[219]
• Rogers Peters Sr.^[220]
• David Petraeus
• Leroy A. Petry
• Samuel Perez, Jr., 2 awards
• Charles D. Phillips, 2 awards^[221]
• Charles K. Phillips^[222]
• Charles W. Phillips^[223]
• Douglass Edward Phillips^[224]
• Gavino Raoul Piras^[225]
• Captain Knox Pitard, USN (posthumous)^[58]
• Arthur Blurton Plant
• Craig A. Poling^[226]
• Francis C. Pollard^[227]
• Colin Powell, 2 awards
• L. Fletcher Prouty
• Chesty Puller, 2 awards with Combat "V"
• David E. Quantock, 3 awards^[228]
• Kevin M. Quinn
• William Wilson Quinn
• Donald W. Reynolds
• L. Scott Rice^[229]
• Charles E. Richardson^[230]
• Hyman G. Rickover, 2 awards^[231]
• Matthew B. Ridgeway, 2 awards
• James H. Rieppel^[232]
• Paul X. Rinn^[233]
• Thomas H. Robbins, Jr., 2 awards^[234]
• Bradly J. Roberson
• Carleton Roberson^[235]
• Charles E. Roberson^[236]
• Cody Roberson^[237]
• Darryl Roberson, 3 awards
• Patrick Roberson^[238]
• Paul Roberson, 2 awards^[239]
• William D. Roberson^[240]
• Bernard W. Rogers, 4 awards
• William C. Rogers III^[241]
• Jack A. Royster
• Jason A. Runnels^[242]
• Charles D. Russel^[243]
• John Dale Ryan
• Alfred Saller^[112]
• F. A. Sampson
• Anthony Sandoval, Sr.^[244]
• David Sarnoff^[245]
• Harold G. Schrier^[246]
• Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
• Benedict J. Semmes, Jr., 2 awards^[247]
• John Senechek^[248]
• Christopher J. Serio^[249]
• James E. Service, 3 awards^[250]
• Thomas K. Shannon, 4 awards
• Walter L. Sharp^[251]
• John M. Shalikashvili, 3 awards
• Clay Shaw
• Morris Loeb Shoss^[252]
• David M. Shoup, 2 awards with Combat "V"
• Jacob L. Shuford, 5 awards^[253]
• Ivan L. Slavich, Jr. 3 awards^[254]
• Dean Smith^[255]
• James G. Stavridis, 5 awards^[256]
• Robert M. Stegmaier 2 awards^[257]
• Benjamin Stelmasczyk^[258]
• George Stevens^[259]
• Beryl Stevenson^[260]
• Joseph D. Stewart
• James B. Stockdale
• Douglas M. Stone
• Mark W. Stone
• Joseph C. Strasser 3 awards
• Larry K. Sublett
• Maxwell D. Taylor
• Charles W. Thomas (captain)^[261]
• Luther Thomas, Jr.^[262]
• Edward K. Thompson^[263]
• Neils P. Thomsen^[264]
• John Royster "Roy" Thurman, III, 6 awards^{[265][266][267]}
• Maxwell Reid "Mad Max" Thurman^[268]
• Strom Thurmond, 2 awards
• Joseph E. Tofalo^[269]
• Katherine A. Towle^[270]
• William M. Tschudy, 2 awards with Combat "V"^[271]
• Michael S. Tucker, 3 awards^[272]
• Stansfield Turner
• George Ray Tweed^[273]
• John Uberti
• James P. Ulm
• Henry G. Ulrich III, 5 awards
• Robin Umberg
• John Francis Uncles
• George V. Underwood, Jr., 4 awards
• Ferdinand Thomas Unger, 5 awards
• Jeffrey Unger
• Matt Urban
• Stephen Urban
• Leon L. Van Autreve, 3 awards
• Lawrence Vartigian^[274]
• John Vessey, 2 awards
• Rodolfo Villareal
• Carl C. Von Paulsen^[275]
• William von Zehle^[276]
• Claude Vougnon, FFI.
• Dave Wallace^[277]
• Eric Wagner^[278]
• Jill Wagner^[279]
• Patrick M. Walsh, 4 awards^[280]
• Samuel J. Walsh, 3 awards^[281]
• William "Billy" Waugh^[282]
• Jeffrey Lance Weaver^[283]
• Earle G. Wheeler
• Lieutenant Colonel William R. White^[58]
• Tanya Barnett Whitney^[284]
• Adriel N. Williams^[285]
• Curtis L. Williams^[286]
• James A. Williams, 2 awards
• James T. Williams^[287]
• John Allen Williams^[288]
• Franklin Loeb Wilson^[289]
• William Westmoreland^[290]
• William C. Workinger, Jr.^[291][292]
• Robert D. Workman^[84]
• Jerauld Wright, 2 awards^[293]
• William P. Yarborough, 4 awards
• James C. Yarbrough, 3 awards
• Donald Norton Yates
• Ronald W. Yates, 2 awards
• Walter H. Yates, Jr., 2 awards
• Chuck Yeager, 2 awards
• John J. Yeosock, 2 awards
• David G. Young III, 2 awards
• Robert Nicholas Young
• Barton Kyle Yount
• Yu Jae-hung, 2 awards
• Ellis M. Zacharias, 3 awards
• Harold A. Zahl^[294]
• Melvin Zais, 3 awards
• George D. Zamka
• Peter Zanca, 2 awards
• Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari
• James A. Zimble, 3 awards^[295]
• Matthew A. Zimmerman
• Ronald J. Zlatoper
• Paul F. Zukunft
• Elmo Zumwalt
• Edwin A. Zundel, 3 awards
• Ralph Wise Zwicker 2 awards^[296]

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102. "Stephen L. Davidson". Military Times Hall of Valor. CWO 5 Davidson was a US Army helicopter pilot. He also received 3 awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross. 2 of the awards were for combat operations during the Vietnam War. 1 of the awards was for the successful rescue of 2 injured climbers from the 15,000 ft. level of Mt. McKinley in 1976. There during the 20 hours search and rescue flight, then CWO Davidson piloted his CH-47 helicopter 4000 ft. above its normal maximum altitude and a scant 1000 ft. below its maximum emergency ceiling, establishing a new high altitude record for the rotary wing aircraft. Despite using maximum power, Warrant Officer Davidson's aircraft's rotor RPM was dangerously low at the time of the rescue. Davidson was also later awarded an Air Medal for reconnaissance, surveillance, and attack operations in the Persian Gulf in 1988.
103. "Colonel (ret.) William A. Davidson". U.S. Air Force.
104. Bureau of Navigation News Bulletin. U.S. Navy. 1945. p. 62.
105. "General Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.". U.S. Air Force. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
106. "Valor awards for George Everett "Bud" Day". Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
107. "In Memoriam: Retired Rear Admiral Kevin Francis Delaney". Jax Air News. April 15, 2015. Delaney was born in Wolcott, CT in 1946, and he died in Jacksonville, FL in 2015. He graduated BSE from Annapolis '68 and MBA from George Washington University '77. Originally an attack helicopter pilot (Navy "Seawolves") during the Vietnam War, Rear Admiral Delaney (USN) was awarded 64 combat decorations during his career, including the Silver Star.
108. "Valor awards for Kevin Francis Delaney". Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
109. "Kevin Francis Delaney". Prabook. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
110. "Obituary: Sergeant-Major (Ret.) Kenny Deskins". Altmeyer Funeral and Crematory. Sergeant Major (US Army), also, 3 Bronze Star Medals, 4 Air Medals, Vietnam Gallantry Cross.
111. "William Diver, Noted Linguist, Is Dead at 74". Columbia University Record. 21 (8). October 27, 1995. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
112. Saller, Jean (December 19, 2011). "Residents receive Legion of Merit Award". Daily Herald. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
113. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: USCG Public Relations Division. May 1945. Chief Carpenter's Mate on USCGC Campbell whose skills and repeated heroism kept combat damaged vessel afloat while towed to safety during WWII.
114. "Major General Sharon K. G. Dunbar". U.S. Air Force. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
115. Taft, William H. (1986). Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists. New York, New York: Routledge. p. 102. Lt. Col. photojournalist WWII, also 3 Air Medals.
116. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: USCG Public Relations Division. May 1945. Motor Machinists Mate, 1st Class, combat operations off French Morocco during WWII.
117. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37757. p. 5077. October 11, 1946. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
118. "Brigadier-General Herbert W. Ehrgott". U.S. Air Force. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
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122. 346th Engineer General Service Regiment 1945
123. "USAT Manchuria (ex-USS Manchuria), ID-1633". NavSource Online. Vice Admiral (USN), also, Navy Cross (1918), U.S. Naval Academy graduate (1900).
124. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: Public Relations Division. May 1945. Capt. (USCG), command of landing craft, Normandy Invasion during WWII.
125. "Rear Adm. Michael T. Moran". U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
126. Tillman, Barrett (May 20, 2014). US Marine Corps Fighter Squadrons of World War II. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-78200-953-5. Also awarded Medal of Honor.
127. "Notable Alumni". Lambda Chi Alpha, Omicron Zeta chapter, Cornell. Lt. Gen. (USAF) (Cornell '40), former Director Atlas ICBM Program, also, Distinguished Service Medal.
128. "Otto John Glasser". Arlington National Cemetery.
129. US Army Pacific Command permanent order 135-20; inducted DOD Public Affairs Hall of Fame, 2006
130. "Rear-Admiral Nicholas Goodhart". The Daily Telegraph. April 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
131. "Valor Awards for John F. Goodman". Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
132. "Alumni Notes". Johns Hopkins Magazine. August 31, 2011. 27 years US Air Force and USANG.
133. Taft, William H. (1986). Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists. New York, New York: Routledge. p. 134. Major, Army Air Force, WWII, publisher and president Washington Post.
134. "Francis C. Grevemberg: A Legend Lost". Louisiana Trooper: 39. Summer 1990.
135. "Valor awards for Charles M. Gurganus". Military Times Hall of Valor.
136. "David Hackworth". Armed Forces Journal International. 104 (1–26). 1966.
137. "Obituary: Albert L. Haley". Albuquerque Journal. September 24, 2003. Colonel (USAF), US Army Air Force pilot in European and Pacific theater of WWII, awarded Legion of Merit for atmospheric testing in the Pacific in the early 1960s.
138. Cyr, Joseph (December 14, 2012). "Aroostook man awarded coveted Legion of Merit medal". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. Master Sgt., Maine Army National Guard, veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, also Bronze Star Medal.
139. "Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr., BS, MPA, MSM, BS, LM, DSM, DDSM". New Westminster College. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
140. Ostrom, T. P.; Galluzzo, J. J. (2015). United States Coast Guard Leaders and Missions, 1790 – Present. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 118–120.
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143. "Nathan E. Hines Jr". Find a Grave. Of Clarksville, Tennessee, award memorialized on grave marker at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, along with award of Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart, Sgt. U.S. Army, Vietnam War Veteran.
144. "17th RCSM and LTC Hines Retirement and Awards Ceremony". Facebook. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
145. "Nathan E. Hines III". LinkedIn. Of Clarksville, Tennessee, Lt. Col. (U.S. Army), combat veteran Operation Iraqi Freedom.
146. "1SG Carl Howard". Together We Served. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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148. Permanent Order 147-16. Dated May 26, 2016.
149. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: Public Relations Division. May 1945. Capt. (USCG), WWII naval combat.
150. Taft, William H. (1986). Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists. New York, New York: Routledge. p. 171.
151. "Valor awards for Bobby Ray Inman". Military Times Hall of Valor.
152. "Col. Allan Bartlett Jacobs". The Washington Post. July 11, 1993. March (Princeton '40), Army Corps of Engineers, served on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff WWII.
153. McCauley, Phillip Martin (2010). WWII Medal of Honor Recipients. Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu.com. p. 337.
154. "Judge Mark Johnson". Peace Conference 2016.org. Riverside County California Superior Court Judge (appointed Schwarzenegger '2010, JD, Pepperdine), Col. (USAR), also awarded Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (U.S.) (5), Iraq Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist badge.
155. "Carlton W. Kent, 16th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps". U.S. Marine Corps. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
156. "Biography: Congressman John Kline". Education and the Workforce Committee. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
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158. "Command Sergeant Major Bryant Lambert". U.S. Army Pacific. Also 5 awards of Bronze Star Medal.
159. "Col. Gary E. Lambert (USMCR)". lambertpatentlaw.com. Veteran Operation Desert Storm.
160. "Valor awards for George S. Lambert". Military Times Hall of Valor. Lt. Commander (USN) WWII attack and destruction of enemy submarine and capture of prisoners.
161. "Obituary: Guy de Lambert". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. August 23, 2007 – via Legacy.com. University of Minnesota (Civil Engineering), US Army corps of engineers, for action during WWII invasion of Sicily.
162. "Command Sergeant Major James M. Lambert". U.S. Army. Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, also Bronze Star Medal.
163. "Brigadier General Peter J. Lambert". U.S Air Force.
164. "Colonel Richard Thomas Lambert". Roller-Cox Funeral Homes. Col. (US Army), battlefield commander Korean and Vietnam Wars, also, 3 awards of Bronze Star Medal.
165. "Robert O. Lambert". Frederick News-Post. Frederick, Maryland. January 22, 2013 – via Legacy.com. Col. (US Army), battlefield commander Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam War, 326th Glider Infantry, 13th Airborne (both WWII), 12th Combat Aviation Group, 82nd Airborne (both Vietnam), 3 awards of Air Medal.
166. "Brigadier General Wayne W. Lambert". MilitaryBios.com. Brig. Gen. (USAF), also Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, and 10 awards of the Air Medal, Vietnam War veteran.
167. "USS Norris Ship's Captains: LeBourgeois 1959–61". USS Norris.
168. "2013 Honorees: Major General Caroll LeTellier". The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. 27 year career U.S. Army, Major General, Corps of Engineers, BS in civil engineering '49 and Doctorate in Civil Engineering (Honoris causa) '99.
169. "Obituary: Edward M.Lightfoot". The Washington Post. January 1, 1988. (1911–1988) Colonel (USAF), after attending Washington & Lee graduated LL.B. from the University of Arkansas, joined Army Air Corps in 1935 and served with US Air Forces through 1963.
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171. "Patrol gunboat is latest addition to Navy's inventory". Navy Today. 003-11 (1): 4. January 2011.
172. Colonel WWII, 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group
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181. "Norman J. McGowan". Military Times Hall of Valor.
182. "Valor awards for Robert McGowan Littlejohn". Military Times Hall of Valor.
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185. "Former naval intelligence officer dies". Coronado Eagle & Journal (29). Coronado, California. 19 July 1990. p. 8. Captain (USN), 35 years US Navy, naval intelligence officer, veteran of WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War.
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189. "Timothy K. McNulty". The Morning Calm Weekly. 3 (38): 11. July 22, 2005. US Army Colonel.
190. "Willard McNulty". Vietnam War Honors. United States Army Special Forces, served with the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), a highly classified, multi-service U.S. special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Legion of Merit on September 29, 1969 by General Order 6453, Board No. 253.
191. "McNulty, William A.". WWII Awards.
192. "William B. McNulty". Billion Graves. Lt. Col. William B. McNulty (U.S. Army) (1935–2007) Vietnam War Veteran, Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Section 54, Legion of Merit, also Bronze Star, Air Medal.
193. "Davidson succeeds as Annapolis suppt.". Newsweek. 55: 90. April 11, 1960.
194. "Valor awards for Alan R. Montgomery". Military Times Hall of Valor. Rear Admiral (USN), Annapolis '27, also, Silver Star.
195. "Archibald Loeb dies". The Washington Post. June 6, 1991. Colonel, U.S. Air Force physician, veteran of WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War.
196. "Lieutenant-General Stephen P. Mueller". U.S. Army.
197. "Statement of Senator John Warner" (PDF). Nominations of Adm. Michael G. Mullen, USN, for reappointment to the grade of Admiral and to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC, for reappointment to the grade of General and to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Committee on Armed Services, US Senate. July 31, 2007. p. 903. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
198. "Major-General Andrew M. Mueller". U.S. Army.
199. "Lieutenant-Colonel Denis P. Muller USMC". New Westminster College.
200. "Col. (USAF Retired) Don "Devil" Muller (1943-2010)". The News Herald. Panama City, Florida – via Legacy.com. Col. Don "Devil" Muller (USN), top gun fighter pilot, awarded also Distinguished Flying Cross (U.S.) (2), Air Medal (11), Aerial Achievement Medal, and Purple Heart (2), buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
201. Casey, Melanie (May 14, 2009). "Headquarters Command Battalion CSM set to retire". SoundOff!. Fort Meade. Command Sergeant Major (US Army).
202. Brown, Terry (April 6, 2012). "Duty Calls: Marine colonel from Clifton Park awarded third Legion of Merit". Times Union. Colonie, New York. Col. (US Marines), Flight Surgeon, 17 combat sorties in Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
203. "Valor awards for Walter J. Muller". Military Times Hall of Valor. Brig. Gen. (US Army) WWII.
204. "Valor awards for William F. Muller". Military Times Hall of Valor. Capt. USN.
205. "Valor awards for Carl E. Mundy III". Military Times Hall of Valor.
206. "Military Decorations of Audie Murphy List". Audie Murphy Research Foundation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
207. "Valor awards for Dennis J. Murphy". Military Times Hall of Valor. Maj. Gen. (USMC), served in Vietnam War, also, Navy Distinguished Service Medal and Defense Superior Service Medal, BS '53 Georgetown U.
208. "Henry Schuldt Murphey". Arlington National Cemetery.
209. 100 Years of the Rhode Island Superior Court. Rhode Island Superior Court. 2005.
210. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37340. p. 5461. November 6, 1945. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
211. "Obituaries: Col. James W. Norwood". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Tupelo, Mississippi. October 30, 2004. Colonel (USA), WWII and Korean War veteran
212. "Obituary". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. September 3, 1944. p. 31. TSgt, WWII.
213. "Alfred Richard Olsen, Jr.". The Washington Post. November 19, 2015. Capt. (USN), veteran of WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and Cuban blockade.
214. "Merlin O'Neill". Commandants of the U.S. Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard Historians Office. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
215. "Sheriff Susan L. Pamerleau". Bexar County, Texas. Sheriff Parmerleau retired from the USAF at the rank of Major General. Some of her military decorations are in order of precedence the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.
216. "Major General Susan L. Pamerleau". U.S. Air Force.
217. Linse, Tamara (September 2013). "A Lifetime of Dedicated Service: Sheriff Susan Lewellyn Pamerleau, Major General (Ret.)". University of Wyoming. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
218. "Valor awards for Robert J. Papp, Jr.". Military Times Hall of Valor. Admiral (USCG), US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT '75, 3 for War on Terrorism.
219. "Ribbons and Devices of Patton's Major Decorations". The Patton Society. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
220. "Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Rogers "Pete" Peters Sr." (PDF). St.Mary and Franklin Banner Tribune. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
221. "Charles D. Phillips". Arlington National Cemetery. United States Military Academy '19, veteran Vietnam conflict.
222. "Valor awards for Charles K. Phillips". Military Times Hall of Valor. Capt., U.S. Navy
223. "Charles W. Phillips". Los Angeles Times. April 18, 2008 – via Legacy.com. Lt. Col. (U.S. Army)
224. "Douglas Edward "Pete" Phillips". Kays-Ponger & Uselton Funeral Homes and Cremation Services. USCG, veteran Pacific Theater of World War II.
225. Italian national. Decree of June 19, 2012: activities "I" from 2006 to 2010 in Afghanistan and Iraq; MAE Decree 847 / bis of December 27, 2012.
226. "Chief Master Sergeant Craig A. Poling". Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
227. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: Public Relations Division. May 1945. LCDR (USCG), commanding USCGC Northland, in separate WWII actions heroically saved stranded airmen and also sank German submarine, also awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
228. "Major General David E. Quantock, The Provost Marshal General of the Army" (PDF). U.S. Army.
229. "Major General L. Scott Rice". 104th Fighter Wing, Illinois Air National Guard. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
230. "Charles E. Richardson 1934–2009". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Cheyenne, Wyoming. July 21, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
231. "Admiral Hyman G. Rickover". Biographies in Naval History. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
232. "James H. Rieppel (1918-2010)". The Wellsboro Gazette. Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. July 31, 2010 – via Legacy.com. Army Air Force, WWII.
233. "Captain Paul X. Rinn, USN 1968–1998". Surface Navy Association. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
234. Friend, Melinda K. "Thomas H. Robbins A Register of His Papers in the Naval Historical Foundation Collection in the Library of Congress" (PDF). Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
235. "Roberson, Col. Carlton "Rob" US Army (Ret.)". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. August 14, 2015 – via Legacy.com. Col., Army Ranger Airborne Parachutist and Aviator, also 2 awards Defense Meritorious Service Medal, 3 Bronze Star Medals, 3 Defense Superior Service Medals, 5 Air Medals.
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237. "Cody Roberson". LinkedIn.
238. "ROTC Program to Induct Alumnus into Hall of Fame". Minnesota State University, Mankato. March 25, 2016.
239. "Brig. Gen. Paul L. Roberson, USAF, Retired". Porter Loring Mortuary. Brig. Gen. (USAF), Vietnam War veteran.
240. "Valor Awards for William D. Roberson". Military Times Hall of Valor. U.S. Marine, Korea, also Distinguished Flying Cross WWII.
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242. "CSM Jason Runnels Mission". North Texas Patriot Guard Riders. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
243. "Obituary: Charles D. Russel". McPherson Sentinel. McPherson, Kansas. June 20, 2012. (1927–2012), CW4, 30 year career US Army from WWII through Vietnam War.
244. "CSM Anthony Sandoval, Sr. (Ret.)". San Antonio Express-News. San Antonio, Texas. September 18, 2011 – via Legacy.com. Command Sergeant Major (highest enlisted rank of U.S. Army), veteran of Vietnam War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
245. The New York Times. October 12, 1944.
246. Emley, Linda. "First Iwo Jima photo hit home; the second touched a national nerve". Richmond Daily News. Richmond, Missouri. Lt. Harold G. Schreier (USMC) directed the raising of the first American Flag over Iwo Jima. Later, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, he rallied his men to hurl back a banzai charge of Imperial Japanese forces. The 29 year old Lieutenant was awarded the Navy Cross and the Silver Star for his actions during the battle. He had already been awarded three Purple Hearts and the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for his actions at Battle of Guadalcanal where he sneaked ashore into enemy saturated positions on the island prior to the battle and gathered intel on and relayed information about enemy gun forces to landing U.S. forces. After a long career with the Corps, Harold retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He died on June 3, 1971. He was also awarded a Bronze Star Medal with valor device for his actions during the Korean War at the Battle of Pusan Perimeter.
247. "VADM Benedict SEMMES". TogetherWeServed. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
248. "SGM John Senechek". TogetherWeServed. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
249. "Christopher J. Serio". LinkedIn. 34 years of active service with ARNG, retired at rank of Chief Warrant Officer 5, for exceptionally meritorious service as the Senior Warrant Officer Advisor, Office of the Deputy Commanding General (Robert W. Cone) Army National Guard, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia.
250. "James E. Service, VADM, USN (Ret.)" (PDF). Epnaao.com.
251. Levin, Carl, ed. (2010). Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 110th Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, U. S. Senate. DIANE Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4379-1423-8.
252. "Col. Morris Loeb Shoss". Porter Loring Mortuary. (1915–2004) Col., 30 year career U.S. Army, graduate United States Military Academy ('40), commissioned 2nd Lieutenant (artillery officer), at Manila and Subic Bay when overwhelming Japanese Imperial Forces invaded Philippine Islands, his artillery unit credited with shooting down first Japanese planes over islands, fought at Battle of Bataan and Battle of Corregidor, taken prisoner by Japanese when Corregidor surrendered May 6, 1942, held as slave laborer in rice paddies of penal colonies, while being relocated between prison camps Japanese troop transport on which he traveled torpedoed by submarine USS Paddle on September 7, 1944, though injured by machine gun fire swam 10 miles at sea, washed up on Japanese held island where friendly aborigines secreted him and nursed him back to health, fought beside aborigines against Japanese until rescued by submarine USS Narwhal, also awarded Silver Star, 2 Bronze Star Medals, one with Valor Device, 3 awards of Purple Heart, of Jewish faith.
253. Petty, Dan (July 16, 2013). "Rear Admiral Jacob Lawrence Shuford, President, Naval War College". U.S. Navy. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
254. Halberstam, David (June 10, 1984). "The Bravest Man I Know". Parade Magazine. Slavich was awarded a fourth Legion of Merit the day he retired from the U.S. Army; however, that award was not noted in the DD-214.
255. Ross, Tom (November 12, 2011). "Legion of Merit medal awarded to Steamboat pilot". Steamboat Pilot & Today. Lawrence, Kansas. CWO, helicopter pilot, 34 years ARNG, activated for Kosovo and Operation Desert Storm.
256. "Admiral James G. Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, Commander, U.S. European Command". U.S. Navy. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
257. "Valor Awards for Robert M. Stegmaier". Military Times Hall of Valor.
258. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: Public Relations Division. May 1945. Radio Electricians Mate, WWII naval action.
259. "October 2004: Honoring Guggenheim, Celebrating Stevens". National Archives. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
260. Dunn, Peter (January 11, 2015). "Maj. Beryl Stevenson, WAAC". Australia at War.
261. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: Public Relations Division. May 1945. Capt. (USCG), commanding Ice Breaker above Arctic Circle repeatedly landed forces in North Greenland that destroyed WWII Nazi installations and captured enemy trawler.
262. "Army Reserve names Thomas as 12th command sergeant major". U.S Army. March 7, 2013.
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264. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: Public Relations Division. May 1945. Lt. (USCG), with air driven torpedoes passing within 28 ft of his vessel, the Lieutenant anyway relentlessly pursued an enemy submarine in WWII action in North Pacific waters until it was destroyed.
265. "Lieutenant General John Royster Thurman III". Arlington Cemetery. (1924–2004) US Army Lt. Gen., older brother of US Army Gen. Maxwell R. Thurmond, also, Army Distinguished Service Medal, 2 awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, 5 awards of the Bronze Star Medal with valor device, 35 awards of the Air Medal, and Purple Heart, combat veteran of Vietnam War, buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
266. "Valor awards for John Royster Thurman III". Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
267. "Lt. Gen. John R. Thurman, III". geni.com. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
268. "Maxwell Reid Thurman, General, U.S. Army". Arlington National Cemetery. (1931–1995) Gen. US Army and combat veteran of the Vietnam War and its Tet Offensive, who developed US Army "Be all you can be" recruiting campaign and led 1989 US invasion of Panama, buried at Arlington National Cemetery, younger brother of US Army Lt. Gen. John Royster Thurman, III, also, awarded Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal and Bronze Star Medal with valor device.
269. "Rear Admiral Joseph E. Tofalo, Commander, Submarine Group 10". U.S. Navy. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
270. "Katherine A. Towle, UC Dean, Officer in Marines". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 1986. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
271. "Valor awards for William Michael Tschudy". Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
272. "Deputy Chief of Staff Operations Maj. Gen. Michael S. Tucker (US)". International Security Assistance Force. January 29, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
273. "George R. Tweed, 86; Eluded Foe on Guam". The New York Times. January 19, 1989. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
274. "Warrant-officer-earns-Legion-of-Merit". Times Union. Colonie, New York. July 24, 2016. CWO 5 (NY USNG) on retirement from 41 years service with Guard, also, 2 Bronze Star Medals.
275. U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor. Washington, DC: Public Relations Division. May 1945. Capt. (USCG), WWII combat operations against German outposts in Northeast Greenland.
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277. "Dave Wallace". Arkansas House of Representatives. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
278. "Army dentist receives Legion of Merit medal". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. August 14, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
279. Joyce, John (April 24, 2014). "Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Awarded Legion of Merit at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division". NSWC Dahlgren Division. Lieutenant Colonel Wagner's career accomplishment's resulted in lasting improvements to intelligence support for warfighters worldwide, … Her exemplary service and commitment to the nation through times of war and peace has been steadfast, unwavering and in keeping with the Army core values.
280. "Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet". U.S. Navy. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
281. "Obituaries: Samuel J. Walsh". Cape Cod Times. Hyannis, Massachusetts. February 5, 2001. Sergeant Major, U.S. Army.
282. Stubbs, Nick. "Ex-Special Forces members drop into Tampa, MacDill". MacDill Air Force Base. Archived from the original on February 27, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
283. "Army Col. Jeffrey L. Weaver (Ret.), optometrist". LinkedIn.
284. "Sorrento's Tanya Whitney honored for public service". The Advocate. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. August 18, 2014. Master Sergeant, US Army, veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom & Operation Iraqi Freedom.
285. "Brigadier General Adriel N. Williams". U.S. Air Force. June 1988. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
286. "Brigadier-General Curtis L. Williams". U.S Air Force.
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