BG. ALBIN F. IRZYK received his Distinguished Service Cross for action in Germany on 18 March 1945. After four US assaulting tanks were destroyed, Colonel Irzyk immediately advanced to the […]
Citations in Wars:
Toivo Henry Ivary
TOIVO HENRY IVARY, then Second Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps Reserve. For extraordinary heroism as a Platoon Leader, attached to Company G, Second Battalion, Second Marines, Second Marine Division, in […]
Ivan B Iversen
IVAN B. IVERSEN, Corporal, United States Marine Corps Reserve. For extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy while attached to a Marine engineer battalion on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, on […]
Horatio Nelson Jackson
Mr. Jackson was the founder of the American Legion. He resided in Vermont. Note: His real claim to fame happened in 1903. On a fifty dollar bet, he stated he […]
1LT James Douglas Jackson
FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES DOUGLAS JACKSON, DSC. For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. On 1 September 1944, Lieutenant Jackson brilliantly led a platoon of the […]
COL Joe M Jackson
Colonel Joe M. Jackson (then Lieutenant Colonel), U.S. Air Force, 311th Air Commando Squadron. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond […]
Walter B Jackson
Second Lieutenant Walter B. Jackson, Company A, Task Force 1-36 Infantry, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, distinguished himself as a Company Fire Support Officer on 27 September 2006 while engaged in combat operations […]
1LT Willis Jackson
JACKSON, WILLIS First Lieutenant, Company F, 35th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy in the vicinity of Seoul, […]
CPT Jack H Jacobs
Captain Jack H. Jacobs, Medal of Honor, in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty […]
CAPT John R Jacobucci
CAPT Jacobucci resides in Colorado.