Rear Admiral HENRY C. BRUTON received his third Navy Cross as a result of his extraordinary heroism and outstanding devotion to duty while still in command of the U.S.S. GREENLING […]
Citations in 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster or Gold Star:
TSGT Llewellyn M Chilson
Technical Sergeant LLEWELLYN M. CHILSON for extraordinary heroism in action, as Platoon Sergeant, Company G 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, on 26 March 1945. During the crossing of the […]
ADM Bernard A Clarey
ADMIRAL BERNARD A. CLAREY, one of the Navy’s most highly decorated officers, was awarded three Navy Crosses for action as commanding officer of the submarine USS Pintado. The dates were […]
CAPT Arthur L Downing
ARTHUR L. DOWNING, then Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve. For extraordinary heroism as leader of a strike group of fighter, divebomber and torpedo planes in the vicinity of the […]
RADM Eugene B Fluckey
View Mr. Fluckey’s Navy Cross, First Gold Star, Third Gold Star, Medal of Honor
COL. Chester J Hirschfelder
No citation currently on file. View Colonel Hirschfelder’s Distinguished Service Cross citation. View Colonel Hirschfelder’s First Oak Leaf Cluster citation. Colonel Hirschfelder resided in Texas.
LTG James F Hollingsworth
JAMES F. HOLLINGSWORTH, then Brigadier General, United States Army Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division. For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the […]
COL James Kasler
The third Air Force Cross conferred on Colonel Kasler resulted from his extraordinary heroism while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Colonel Kasler accomplished an amazing feat of resistance […]
GEN Douglas MacArthur
No citation currently on file. General MacArthur was a LIFE MEMBER of the Legion of Valor and resided in New York. View Gen. MacArthur’s Distinguished Service Cross citation. View Gen. […]
RADM Lewis S Parks
REAR ADMIRAL LEWIS S. PARKS, USN, accounts for three awards of the Navy Cross. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Admiral Parks was a lieutenant commander on 12 April […]