WILLIAM J. BALZA for extraordinary heroism in action near Buna, New Guinea, on December 25, 1942. When an infantry Company was cut off from its battalion, Private First Class Balza, […]
Citations in World War II 1941-1945:
CAPT Louis Lee Bangs
CAPTAIN (then Lieutenant) LOUIS LEE BANGS, for extraordinary heroism as a Pilot of a Dive Bomber in Bombing Squadron TEN, attached to the U.S.S. Enterprise, in action against enemy Japanese […]
DR Alex W Barber
DR. ALEX W. BARBER, DSC, for actions on June 6, 1944, in France. He constantly exposed himself to direct fire as he went along the beach administering aid to the […]
COLONEL Rex T Barber
COLONEL (then Captain) REX T. BARBER, for extraordinary heroism while attached to a Marine Fighter Command in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands on April 18, 1943. […]
Samuel S Barbiero
Samuel S. Barbiero, received the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of his extraordinary heroism while a technical sergeant serving as radio operator of a B-17 airplane on a bombing mission […]
Gaetano R Barcellona
First Lieutenant GAETANO R. BARCELLONA, while commanding a tank platoon of the 741st Tank Battalion received the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism on D Day, June 6, 1944 […]
Van T Barfoot
VAN T. BARFOOT, Second Lieutenant, 157th Infantry, 45th Infantry Division. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 23 May […]
William R Barker
WILLIAM R. BARKER, First Lieutenant, E. Co., 141st Infantry, 36th Division, U.S. Army. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action on 21-22 January 1944, near San Angelo, […]
CMDR Robert M Barnes
COMMANDER ROBERT M. BARNES was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as Pilot of a Navy Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWO in action against enemy […]
John W Bartlett
JOHN W. BARTLETT, United States Marine Corps Reserve, was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in action on Peleliu, Palau, Islands on September 19, 1944. He set a gallant […]