a recipient of the United States military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor .
Its most notable wearer was US Marinemilitary.military_serviceGunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock , who was awarded the Silver Star medal for bravery during the Vietnam War .
Francis Thomas Ryan ( April 6 , 1862June 14 , 1927 ) was an American sailormilitary.military_servicein the United States Navy during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery .
John King ( February 7 , 1865 – May 20 , 1938 ) was an Irish sailormilitary.military_servicethe United States Navy and one of only 19 in history to receive the Medal of Honor twice .
USS `` Elrod '' ( FFG-55 ) , an `` Oliver Hazard Perry '' -class frigate , is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod ( 1905–1941 ) , a Marinemilitary.military_servicewho was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II .
John Russell ( born 1852 , date of death unknown ) was a United States Navy sailormilitary.military_servicea recipient of the United States military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor .
Jesse Whitfield Covington ( September 16 , 1889 – November 21 , 1966 ) was an American sailormilitary.military_servicein the United States Navy during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery .
Joseph M. Auman ( 1922–1942 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceprivate who received a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II .
Thomas Elbert Creek ( April 7 , 1950–February 13 , 1969 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceposthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during February 1969 in Vietnam .
James Duffy ( 17 November 1889 – 8 April 1969 ) ( ) was a British Army soldiermilitary.military_servicethe First World War , and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces .
On 2 August 1916 , while flying an Albatros C.III , Böhme scored his first aerial victory with Kasta 10 , a Nieuport 12 flown by ace Podporuchik ( 2nd Lieutenant ) Eduard Pulpe of the Imperial Russian Air Servicemilitary.military_service
Robert Dale Maxwell ( born October 26 , 1920 ) is a former United States Army soldiermilitary.military_servicea recipient of the United States military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions in World War II .
Cornelius Minor Hadley ( April 27 , 1838 - March 22 , 1902 ) was a Union Army soldiermilitary.military_servicethe American Civil War who received the U.S. military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor .
Major ( later Lieutenant Colonel ) Harvey Stovall ( played by Dean Jagger ) , who is a former World War I U.S. Army Air Servicemilitary.military_servicewho has returned to active duty as a non-flying adjutant , was modeled on William Howard Stovall , a World War I flying ace who returned to active duty as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Forces the week following Pearl Harbor and served as the non-flying Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel for the 8th Air Force in England for his World War I comrades , Brigadier General Frank O'Driscoll Hunter and General Carl Spaatz .
Garlin Murl Conner ( 2 June 1919 – 5 November 1998 ) was a soldiermilitary.military_servicethe U.S. Army during the Second World War .
Frances C. Wilson is a retired United States Marinemilitary.military_servicelieutenant general , who served as the 12th President of the National Defense University .
The three highest ranking Hispanic officers who played an instrumental role in the war were Major General ( later Lieutenant General ) Pedro Augusto del Valle—the first Hispanic to reach the rank of General in the U.S . Marinemilitary.military_service, Brigadier General ( later Lieutenant General ) Elwood R. `` Pete '' Quesada of the Army Air Forces and Army Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen .
William D. Newland ( January 5 , 1841–1914 ) was a United States Navy sailormilitary.military_servicea recipient of America 's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War .
John Hayden ( born 1863 , date of death unknown ) was a United States Navy sailormilitary.military_servicea recipient of the United States military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor .
Heydrich was said to despise the Concentration Camp servicemilitary.military_serviceheld a particular derision for Theodor Eicke , whom he referred to as an `` ambitious dwarf '' .
In the inter-war years , United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceCaptain Evans F. Carlson went to China in 1937 and observed units of the Communist Chinese National Revolutionary Army in action against the Japanese army .
Wilbur Nelson Taylor ( December 2 , 1846 – November 20 , 1903 ) was an American soldiermilitary.military_servicethe U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars .
On March 17 , 2005 , he sponsored a bill endorsing the conduct of his Camp Lejeune constituent , controversial Marinemilitary.military_serviceLieutenant Ilario Pantano , who faced charges ( subsequently dropped ) for having shot two Iraqis ( allegedly unarmed civilians ) on April 15 , 2004 .