#RichardCavazos was U.S. Army's 1stHispanic four-star general & a Korean War recipient of the DistinguishedServiceCross.He was the 1st Mexican-American to reach rank of brigadier general. In recognition of 33 yrs of military service, FortHood was ordered renamed as Fort Cavazos
'She also is a Rhodes scholar,' Trump's Karine Jean-Pierre says of Amy Coney Barrett, who did not receive a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford, but instead received her BA from Rhodes College in Tennessee.
Beatrice & Helen were serving in #Belgium in Aug 1917 when a German aerial bomb exploded at their field hospital.Shrapnel struck Beatrice, she lost her right eye, Helen rushed to help earning her the #DistinguishedServiceCross .
Beatrice received a #DSC too & later a #PurpleHeart
Medal of Honor awarded to Altadena resident's father, 23... j.mp/OuDU7h
#DistinguishedServiceCross #HispanicAmerican #VietCong
Soldier posthumously receives #DistinguishedServiceCross for sacrificing himself to save a Polish soldier in #AfghanistanWar 🇺🇸🇺🇸 TrueAmericanPatriots #BeATruePatriot #TrueAmericanPatriots #AmericanHero #Patriotism #SaluteToService #ServedOurCountry #ThankAHero taskandpurpose.com/michael-ollis-…
Keith Payne has been awarded many military decorations to go with the VC & OAM (Order of Australia Medal) including the DSC #DistinguishedServiceCross (U.S)
The career soldier also served in the Sultan of Oman army during the 75/76 #DhofarWar
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Remembering a Nisei hero. #MemorialDay #CongressionalGoldMedal #DistinguishedServiceCross historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2016/05/kazuo-…
Awards in one's field mean a lot to the people who've strived to earn them but others often trivialize them.
#RhodesScholar #Pulitzer #Tony #BookerPrize #MedalofHonor #DistinguishedServiceCross #Grammy #StanleyCup #MichelinStars #JamesBeard #Lasker
Retired Green Beret to be awarded the #DistinguishedServiceCross for heroics in Afghanistan 🇺🇸🇺🇸 TrueAmericanPatriots #BeATruePatriot #TrueAmericanPatriots #AmericanHeroes #SaluteToService #RetiredArmy #ServedOurCountry #AfghanWar #ThisIsWhatAHeroLooksLike taskandpurpose.com/larry-hawks-me…
Sergeant Major Daniel Daly, #USMC , was born #OTD in 1873 in Glen Cove, NY.
Daly earned the #MedalOfHonor twice for two separate actions (Boxer Rebellion, Haiti), the #NavyCross and the Army's #DistinguishedServiceCross (Bellau Wood). He retired from the Corps in 1929. #SemperFi
Only 5 1/2' tall, 100 lbs Audie Murphy became the most decorated WWII veteran. #wwii2020 #Heroes #wwiihistory #distinguishedservicecross #wwiihistory #worldwar2 #USArmy #military #hero
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21 APR 1945: Walter Harbala a medical aid man with the 411 Infantry Regiment (103rd INF Division), posthumously earns the Distinguished Service Cross.
#WalterHarbala #AidMan #DistinguishedServiceCross
#MEETANTIFA - #BlackRattlers One of the most Highly awarded Units in WWI including the #DistinguishedServiceCross and the #croixdeGuerre and #HenryJohnson was Posthumously received the #CongressionalMedalofHonor
#RememberanceSunday #RememberanceDay #RemembranceDay2019 My Great Great Grandad who won the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in active duty (Medal has been lost over the years though 💔😭) #medal #DistinguishedServiceCross #ChiefSkipper #RoyalNavy Eric George Littler 🎖
Thanks American Veterans Center & @purpleheartpr for a great Wounded Warrior Panel inclusive of a U.S. Military Academy at West Point #DistinguishedServiceCross recipient
SgtMaj Daniel Daly, #USMC was born in Glen Cove, NY #OTD in 1873. He twice earned the #MedalOfHonor for separate actions (Boxer Rebellion, Haiti), the #NavyCross (WW I) & the Army's #DistinguishedServiceCross (Belleau Wood). Daly declined the offer of an officer's commission.
1.29.1966 ~ Staff Sergeant Ronald Terry 🇺🇸
#OpHawkeyeRemembers #RonaldTerry #5thSFG #DistinguishedServiceCross #BronzeStar #PurpleHeart #POWMIA #DeOppressoLiber
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First person to drive a car across the USA~Horatio Nelson Jackson~was also a #WWI hero. Offered on eBay is his original framed #DistinguishedServiceCross Citation. Buy it for your favorite museum.
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#RoadTripUSA
AACA Museum, Inc.
#AntiqueCars
#Vermont
#BTV
Six Southern California Army veterans are among Medal... j.mp/1lG28q4
#DistinguishedServiceCross #EastLosAngeles #NorthVietnamese