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Bronze Star. Purple Heart. National Order of Vietnam. Vietanese Gallantry Cross with Palm. Vietnam Campaign Medal. George Kenton Sisler (September 19, 1937 – February 7, 1967) was a United States Army intelligence officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in the Vietnam ...
United States Military Academy (West Point) - Duty, Honor, Country (adopted 1898) United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets) - Latin: De Oppresso Liber, lit. 'To Free the Oppressed' Army Medical Department - To Conserve Fighting Strength; United States Army Military Police Corps - Assist. Protect. Defend. Adjutant general
Oscar W. Koch (January 10, 1897 – May 16, 1970) was a brigadier general in the United States Army. He was most notable for his service as Third Army 's Intelligence officer (G-2) under General George S. Patton in World War II . A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Koch was raised and educated in Milwaukee and joined the Wisconsin National Guard ...
War Cross (Czechoslovakia) Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was ...
French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Eulji Order of Military Merit. Lieutenant General William Pelham Yarborough (May 12, 1912 – December 6, 2005) was a senior United States Army officer. Yarborough designed the U.S. Army's parachutist badge, paratrooper or 'jump' boots, and the M42 airborne jump uniform. He is known as the "Father of the Modern ...
Medal of Honor. Purple Heart. Captain Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace (July 2, 1937 – September 26, 1965) was a United States Army officer of Puerto Rican – Italian descent who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his heroic actions while a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam ...
1. “Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.”-. Barack Obama. 2. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to ...
Charles Bell Eichelberger [1] [2] (November 19, 1934 – December 27, 2021) was an officer in the United States Army. From November 22, 1989 to September 30, 1991, Eichelberger, then a lieutenant general, served as the deputy chief of staff for intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army. [3] [4] He is credited with providing high ...