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Distinguished Service Cross

HONOR

Awarded by the U.S. Army to personnel who perform extraordinary acts of heroism in combat. Created in 1918.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert O. Blood
Politician
10-Nov-1887 3-Aug-1975 Governor of New Hampshire, 1941-45
George S. Brown
Military
17-Aug-1918 5-Dec-1978 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78
Mark Clark
Military
1-May-1896 17-Apr-1984 US Army Chief of Staff
Sam Ervin
Politician
27-Sep-1896 23-Apr-1985 US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Actor
9-Dec-1909 7-May-2000 Sinbad the Sailor
Alexander Haig
Government
2-Dec-1924 20-Feb-2010 US Secretary of State, 1981-82
Virginia Hall
Spy
6-Apr-1906 14-Jul-1982 American spy
Thomas J. Herbert
Politician
28-Oct-1894 26-Oct-1974 Governor of Ohio, 1947-49
Spessard Holland
Politician
10-Jul-1892 6-Nov-1971 Governor and Senator from Florida
Daniel Inouye
Politician
7-Sep-1924   US Senator from Hawaii
Curtis LeMay
Military
15-Nov-1906 1-Oct-1990 USAF General
Edward Martin
Politician
18-Sep-1879 19-Mar-1967 Governor and Senator from Pennsylvania
Barry McCaffrey
Government
17-Nov-1942   White House Drug Czar, 1996-2001
Billy Mitchell
Military
28-Dec-1879 19-Feb-1936 Proponent of air power
Audie Murphy
Actor
20-Jun-1924 28-May-1971 War hero turned cowboy actor
John M. Murphy
Politician
3-Aug-1926   Congressman snagged in ABSCAM
Robert P. Patterson
Judge
12-Feb-1891 22-Jan-1952 US Secretary of War, 1945-47
George S. Patton
Military
11-Nov-1885 21-Dec-1945 American WWII Army commander
John J. Pershing
Military
13-Sep-1860 15-Jul-1948 General of the Armies of the United States
B. Carroll Reece
Politician
22-Dec-1889 19-Mar-1961 Congressman from Tennessee
Carl A. Spaatz
Military
28-Jun-1891 14-Jul-1974 USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48
Maxwell D. Taylor
Military
26-Aug-1901 19-Apr-1987 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64
Paul Tibbets
Military
23-Feb-1915 1-Nov-2007 Pilot of the Enola Gay
William Tunner
Military
14-Jul-1906 6-Apr-1983 Organized the Berlin Airlift
Millard E. Tydings
Politician
6-Apr-1890 9-Feb-1961 US Senator from Maryland, 1927-51
John Vessey
Military
29-Jun-1922   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1982-85
Frederick C. Weyand
Military
15-Sep-1916 10-Feb-2010 US Army Chief of Staff, 1974-76
Lawrence K. White
Spy
10-Jun-1912 5-Apr-2006 Executive Comptroller for DCI's
Alvin York
Military
13-Dec-1887 2-Sep-1964 Highly decorated WWI veteran


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