- Danny Dietz
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Danny P. Dietz (26 January 1980 - 28 June 2005) of Littleton, Colorado was a U.S. Navy SEAL who was posthumously awarded the Navy's 2nd highest citation for valor, the Navy Cross, on 13 September 2006. - Jim Webb
James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the junior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb was a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972, and is a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran. During his four years with the Reagan administration, … - Chesty Puller
Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Burwell Puller (June 26, 1898 - October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and was the most decorated Marine in history. Puller was the first, and only, United States Marine to receive the Navy Cross, the U.S. Navy's second highest decoration after the Medal of Honor, five times. During his career, he fought guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, … - John Basilone
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, United States Marine Corps, (November 4, 1916–February 19, 1945), received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. He held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal, after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. Basilone was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, after which he was posthumously honored with the Navy Cross. - Brian Chontosh
Brian R. Chontosh<br> First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps<br> For Services as Set Forth in the Following Citation:<br> </center> For extraordinary heroism as Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on 25 March 2003. While leading his platoon north on Highway I toward Ad Diwaniyah, … - John Ripley
John Walter Ripley (born 1939) is a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Navy Cross for his combat actions during Vietnam. On Easter morning 1972, Captain Ripley, while under intense enemy fire, blew up a bridge to stop a major invasion; the story of Ripley's actions - "Ripley at the Bridge" - is legendary in the Marine Corps and is captured in a diorama at the United States Naval Academy. - Eugene B. Fluckey
Rear Admiral Eugene Bennett Fluckey, was a United States Navy submarine commander who received the Medal of Honor during World War II. - Pappy Boyington
Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC, (December 4, 1912 - January 11, 1988) was an American fighter ace. Boyington flew initially with the American Volunteer Group ("The Flying Tigers") in the Republic of China Air Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He later commanded the famous U.S. Marine Corps squadron, VMF-214 ("The Black Sheep Squadron") during World War II. Boyington became a prisoner of war later in the war. - Doris Miller
Doris "Dorie" Miller was an African American cook in the United States Navy and a hero during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the second highest honor that can be awarded by the US Navy, after the Medal of Honor. - Dieter Dengler
Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 - February 7, 2001) was a United States Navy pilot during the Vietnam War. He was the sole survivor of an escape attempt from a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos. - Guy Gabaldon
Guy Louis Gabaldon (March 22, 1926 - August 31, 2006) was a United States Marine in World War II. He was credited with capturing (or persuading to surrender) about 1,000 Japanese soldiers and numerous civilians during the Battle of Saipan (1944). Only a Private First Class at the time, he was nominated for the Medal of Honor but was first awarded the Silver Star. This was later upgraded to the Navy Cross, for these actions. - Arleigh Burke
Arleigh Albert Burke was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration. - Frederick Lois Riefkohl
Rear Admiral Frederick Lois Riefkohl (February 27, 1889-September 1969), a native of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, was an officer in the United States Navy and the first Puerto Rican to graduate from the United States Naval Academy and the first to be awarded the Navy Cross. The Navy Cross is the second highest medal, after the Medal of Honor, that can be awarded by the U.S. Navy for heroism or distinguished service. - Stephen Bass
Stephen Bass was a Chief Boatswain's Mate in the United States Navy SEALs Team 1, and was attached to the British Special Boat Service. He was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in action on November 25 & 26, 2001 - Bradley Kasal
Bradley Kasal (born 1966 in Afton, Iowa) is a Sergeant Major in the United States Marine Corps who received the Navy Cross for heroic actions performed as the 1st Sergeant of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines during a firefight in Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah, Iraq on November 13, 2004. On May 1, 2006, in a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Kasal was awarded the Navy Cross, followed by his promotion to Sergeant Major and reenlistment in the Marine Corps. - Ernest King
Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King GCB (November 23, 1878 - June 25, 1956) was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations (COMINCH-CNO) during World War II. As COMINCH, he directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the US Navy's second most senior officer after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, and the second admiral to be promoted to five star rank. - Eli Thomas Reich
Vice Admiral Eli Thomas Reich (March 20, 1913 New York - November 30, 1999 Arlington, Virginia) A 1935 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland he was a highly-decorated United States Navy officer and World War II submarine commander - the only one to sink a battleship during the war. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery (Section 30, Grave 950-A). - John Bradley
John "Jack" "Doc" Bradley was a United States Navy corpsman during World War II, and one of the six men who took part in Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Accompanying him were SGT Michael Strank, CPL Harlon Block, PFC Ira Hayes, and PFC Franklin Sousley. About halfway up the mountain, they were joined by PFC Rene Gagnon, who had a larger flag on orders to place it so that it could be seen from great distance. - Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (April 10, 1912 - June 6, 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy decorated for action in the Battle of Midway during World War II. Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, Adams was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from the state's second Congressional district in 1931, and graduated in 1935 with an appointment to the rank of ensign. Adams was assigned to sea duty on battleships, serving aboard the "West Virginia" in June and July of 1935, … - Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28 2005 after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and underreporting his income for 2004. - William Halsey Jr.
Fleet Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr., GBE USN (October 30, 1882 - August 16, 1959) was a U.S. naval officer and the commander of the U.S. Third Fleet during much of the Pacific War against Japan. Halsey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 30 1882, the son of Captain William F. Halsey, Sr. USN. He attended the Pingry School as a boy. After waiting two years for an appointment to the US Naval Academy, … - Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr., (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) was an Emmy-, Tony-, and Academy Award-winning American actor. He became famous playing works of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill, and would regularly play O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards' was cast in both common-man roles and as well-known historical figures. - Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (born July 15 1924 in Mobile, Alabama) is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and a former U.S. senator of the Republican party. He spent almost eight years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and later wrote a book about his experiences. - Aubrey McDade
Sergeant Aubrey L. McDade, Jr. is a United States Marine who was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions in which he rescued two fellow Marines during an enemy ambush in Iraq in 2004. He is the 15th Marine to receive the Navy Cross for actions in the War on Terrorism. - Marc Mitscher
Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher was an admiral in the United States Navy, notable as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the latter half of World War II in the Pacific. - John Henry Towers
John Henry Towers (January 30, 1885 - April 30, 1955) was a U.S. Navy admiral and pioneer Naval Aviator. He made important contributions to the technical and organizational development of Naval Aviation from its very beginnings, eventually serving as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics (1939-1942). He commanded carrier task forces during World War II, and retired in December 1947. Towers spent his last years supporting aeronautical research and advising the aviation industry. - John S. McCain Sr.
John Sidney McCain, Sr. (9 August 1884 - 6 September 1945) was an Admiral in the United States Navy, notable as a commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in World War II. His son John S. McCain, Jr. was also an admiral (the only father-son pair of full admirals in US history), and his grandson John McCain III, also a naval officer, (retired Navy Captain), is a U.S. Senator from Arizona. All three attended the United States Naval Academy. - John D. Edwards
John D. Edwards (2 August 1885 - 9 October 1918) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I. Born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Edwards was appointed Midshipman in the U.S. Navy 31 December 1908. During World War I, Lt. Edwards was assigned to destroyer "Shaw" in British waters. While escorting troopship HMS "Aquitania" into Southampton, England, "Shaw" collided with "Aquitania". - Frank Jack Fletcher
Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29 1885 - April 25 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. Fletcher was the operational commander at the pivotal Battles of Coral Sea and of Midway. He was the nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher. - Alexander Vandegrift
Alexander Archer Vandegrift (March 13, 1887 - May 8, 1973) was a general in the United States Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Battle of Guadalcanal; for his actions at Guadalcanal, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift later served as the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps; and was the first Marine to hold the rank of four-star general while on active duty. - Welton Ralph Abell
Welton Ralph Abell (May 17, 1922- April 26, 1998) was United States Marine Corps officer serving in the Korean War, as well as a former advertising executive. Abell was a recipient of the Navy's second-highest decoration - the Navy Cross - for combat valor in the Korean War. - Emory S. Land
Vice Admiral Emory Scott Land (8 January, 1879 - November 1971) was an officer in the United States Navy, noted for his contributions to naval architecture, particularly in submarine design. Notable assignments included serving as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair during the 1930s, and as Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II. - Charles Momsen
Charles Bowers "Swede" Momsen (21 June 1896 - 25 May 1967) was born in Flushing, New York. He was an American pioneer in submarine rescue and invented the underwater escape device called the Momsen Lung, for which he received the Distinguished Service Medal in 1929. In May 1939, he directed the rescue of the crew of the "Squalus" (SS-192). - Ray Davis
Raymond Gilbert "Ray" Davis (January 13, 1915-September 3, 2003) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer, serving in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. His single most notable endeavor was the salvation of hundreds of trapped Marines during the 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir while commanding the 1st Battalion 7th Marines, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. His final rank, appointed by President Nixon, was General. - William H. Rupertus
Major General William Henry Rupertus was a general officer of the United States Marine Corps. He is most famous for being the author of the "Rifleman's Creed". Rupertus began his military career immediately after high school, originally intending to serve as a cutter captain in the United States Revenue Cutter Service (the earlier version of the modern Coast Guard. However, his excellent marksmanship led to his being recruited by the Marine Corps, … - Samuel B. Roberts
Samuel Booker Roberts, Jr. (12 May 1921 - 27 September 1942) was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and became the namesake of three U.S. Navy warships. Roberts was born in San Francisco, California, on May 12, 1921. He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1939 and was called to active duty in 1940. Roberts served aboard the USS "California" (BB-44) and the transport USS "Heywood" (AP-12), … - David McCampbell
McCAMPBELL, DAVID Rank and Organization: Commander, U.S. Navy, Air Group 15. Place and Date: First and second battles of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944. Entered Service at: Florida. Born: 16 January 1910, Bessemer, Ala. Other Navy awards: Navy Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Gold Stars, Air Medal. - Samuel B. Griffith
Brigidier General Samuel B. Griffith (May 31, 1906 - March 27, 1983), was an officer and commander in the United States Marine Corps. Griffith entered the Marines in 1929 after graduating from the United States Naval Academy. He served in and commanded Marine units in the Pacific theater of World War II and retired from service in 1956. After his retirement, Griffith authored several books and numerous articles on military history and lectured widely. - Roy Alexander Gano
Roy Alexander "Red" Gano (December 3, 1902 - January 20, 1971) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served in World War II and the Korean War. - James E. Williams
James Elliott Williams (13 November 1930 - 13 October 1999) was a sailor of the United States Navy during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the most highly decorated enlisted man in the history of the U.S. Navy. Williams was born in Fort Mill, South Carolina and moved two months later with his parents to Darlington, South Carolina where he spent his early childhood and youth. He attended the local schools and graduated from St. John's high school.
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