Captain HAROLD NATHAN FUNK, for extraordinary heroism as leader of a three plane division of fighter aircraft, during an engagement with thirty-two twin-engine enemy Japanese bombers with escorting fighters which […]
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SGT Leonard A Funk Jr
SGT. LEONARD A. FUNK, JR., nicknamed “The Little Paratrooper” because of his 5’3″ height, was first awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions near Voxhil, Holland on September 18, 1944, […]
SGT Leonard A Funk Jr
SERGEANT LEONARD A. FUNK, JR., U.S. Army, Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Holzheim, Belgium, 29 January 1945 distinguished himself by gallant, intrepid actions against the enemy. After […]
DR Harold A Furlong
1LT. HAROLD A. FURLONG, U.S. Army, 353d Infantry, 89th Division, Near Bantheville, France, 1 November 1918. Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was […]
CMDR Maynard M Furney
Commander Maynard M. Furney received the Navy Cross for his extraordinary heroism while a lieutenant and section Leader of Fighting Squadron Forty One attached to USS Ranger. The action which […]
CPT Gail W Furrow
Captain Gail W. Furrow, received his Distinguished Servic Cross for his extraordinary heroism in the Republic of Vietnam on 22 June 1972. Captain Furrow distinguised himself in action on that […]
John H Gabbamonte
JOHN H. GABBAMONTE, received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism on 23 June 1944, during action by the 357th Infantry near Dupreys, France. After seeing his unit’s bazooka soldier knocked […]
COL Francis S Gabreski
COL. FRANCIS “GABBY” GABRESKI, a life member since 1944, who for many years was known as “America’s Greatest Ace.” Gabby shot down 31 Nazi planes in World War II and […]
Kenneth Lamar Gaines
An infantryman in WW II, Ken voluntarily conducted his own reconnaissance, then captured an enemy strong point, and finally assaulted and captured a road block, killing and capturing 14 enemies. […]