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The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is also the third highest award given for valor (in the face of the enemy).
The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United...
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| John McCain |
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John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.
McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into...
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| Billy Waugh |
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Sergeant Major (SGM) William "Billy" Waugh (US Army-Ret.) (born December, 1929), is a highly decorated American Special Forces soldier and a Central Intelligence Agency Paramilitary Operations Officer who served in the United States military and CIA...
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| David H. Hackworth |
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David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 – May 4, 2005) known also as "Hack", was a highly decorated United States Army colonel and prominent military journalist. During his time as a journalist, Hackworth investigated many subjects, including a...
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| Pat Tillman |
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Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. He joined the United...
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| George Marshall |
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General of the Army George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by...
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| George Patton IV |
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George Smith Patton (formerly George Patton IV) (December 24, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts - June 27, 2004 in South Hamilton, Massachusetts) was a Major General in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George Patton.
A 1946...
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| Chuck Yeager |
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Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923) is a retired major general in the United States Air Force and noted test pilot. He is widely considered to be the first pilot to travel faster than sound (1947). Originally retiring as a...
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| Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. He served in...
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| Oliver North |
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Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is a retired United States Marine Corps officer best known for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal. Currently, he is a political commentator, host of War Stories with Oliver North on Fox News Channel, and...
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| Alexander Haig |
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Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (born December 2, 1924) is a retired United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....
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| Chesty Puller |
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Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Puller is the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, and the only Marine to receive five Navy Crosses, the United...
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| James Stockdale |
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Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy.
Stockdale led aerial attacks from the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14) during the 1964 Gulf...
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| George S. Patton |
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George Smith Patton, Jr. (also George Smith Patton III) (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a United States Army officer most famous for his leadership commanding corps and armies as a general in World War II. He was also widely known for...
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| Douglas MacArthur |
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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general, United Nations general, and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and later played...
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| Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. |
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General H. Norman Schwarzkopf (also known as "Stormin' Norman" and "The. Bear") (born August 22, 1934) is a retired United States Army General who, while he served as Commander of U.S. Central Command, was commander of the Coalition Forces in the...
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| Louis Cukela |
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Louis Cukela, born Vjekoslav Lujo Čukela, (Croatian: Vjekoslav Lujo Čukela, pronounced "luyo chukela"; May 1, 1888 – March 19, 1956) was a United States Marine numbered among the nineteen two-time recipients of the Medal of Honor. Cukela was awarded...
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| John H. Pruitt |
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John Henry Pruitt (October 4, 1896–October 4, 1918) was a United States Marine during World War I and is 1 of only 19 people who received 2 Medals of Honor. The Medals of Honor were presented posthumously for his actions during World War I.
John...
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| Andrew Goodpaster |
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Andrew Jackson Goodpaster (February 12, 1915 in Granite City, Illinois - May 16, 2005) was an American Army General. He served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) from July 1, 1969 and Commander in Chief of the United States European...
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| Bernard W. Rogers |
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Bernard William Rogers (July 16, 1921 – October 27, 2008) was an American general who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and later as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander in Chief, United States European Command....
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| Robert T. Frederick |
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Robert Tryon Frederick (March 14, 1907 - November 29, 1970) was a highly decorated American combat commander during World War II, who commanded the 1st Special Service Force, the 1st Airborne Task Force and the 45th Infantry Division.
Robert T....
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| John K. Singlaub |
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John Kirk Singlaub is a highly-decorated former OSS officer and a retired Major General in the United States Army, and a founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was a joint founder, with Congressman Larry McDonald, of the...
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| Robert H. Barrow |
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General Robert Hilliard Barrow (February 5, 1922 – October 30, 2008) was the 27th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) from 1979 to 1983. Barrow served for 41 years, including overseas command duty in three wars. He was awarded the...
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| Robert C. Kingston |
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Robert Charles Kingston (July 16, 1928 - February 28, 2007) was an American General who served as the commander of United States Central Command.
Kingston graduated from Brookline High School in 1947. He entered the Army as an enlisted soldier in...
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| Frederick C. Weyand |
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Frederick Carlton Weyand (born in Arbuckle, California, September 15, 1916) is a former U.S. Army General. Weyand was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972-1973, and served as the 28th US Army Chief of Staff...
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| Bud Day |
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George Everett "Bud" Day (born February 24, 1925) is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the Vietnam War. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S. service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having...
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| Lewis William Walt |
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Lewis William Walt (February 16, 1913 – March 26, 1989), also known as Lew Walt, was a United States Marine Corps officer who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. His decorations included two Navy Crosses and two...
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| Robert L. Howard |
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Robert L. Howard (b. July 11 1939 in Opelika, Alabama) is a highly decorated officer of the United States Army and Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War.
He entered the Army at Montgomery, Alabama and retired as Colonel.
As a staff sergeant of...
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| Michael A. Monsoor |
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Michael Anthony Monsoor (April 5, 1981 – September 29, 2006) was a U.S. Navy SEAL killed during the Iraq War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Monsoor enlisted in the United States Navy in 2001 and graduated from Basic Underwater...
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| Woodrow W. Keeble |
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Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble (May 16, 1917 - January 28, 1982) was a U.S. Army National Guard veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. He was a full-blooded member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, a...
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| Samuel Jaskilka |
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Samuel Jaskilka (born December 15, 1919) is a retired four-star general whose last assignment was Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (1975-1978). General Jaskilka is a highly decorated veteran of the Korean War, having lead the...
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| John R. Deane, Jr. |
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John Russell Deane, Jr. was a United States Army general and served as commander of the United States Army Materiel Command.
Deane was born in San Francisco, California on June 8, 1919. In 1937, he enlisted in the 16th Infantry. After one year, he...
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| John L. Throckmorton |
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General John Lathrop Throckmorton (February 28, 1913–February 13, 1986) was born in Kansas City, Missouri on February 28, 1913. After graduating from Culver Military Academy in 1931 he attended and graduated from the United States Military Academy...
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| Michael P. Murphy |
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Michael Patrick Murphy (May 7, 1976 – June 28, 2005) was a United States Navy SEAL posthumously awarded the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the current War in Afghanistan. He was the first...
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| Ross McGinnis |
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Ross Andrew McGinnis (June 14, 1987 – December 4, 2006) was a soldier in the United States Army who was killed in action on December 4, 2006 during the Iraq War when he threw himself on a live grenade thereby saving the lives of at least four other...
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| George Scratchley Brown |
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General George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978) was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he served as the senior military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council and the Secretary of Defense....
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| Ruben Rivers |
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Ruben Rivers (1921-November 19, 1944) was a Staff Sergeant in the the 761 Tank Battalion, black tank battalion which served with distinction in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Sgt. Rivers, who was half-Cherokee, was one of...
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| Riley L. Pitts |
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Riley Leroy Pitts (October 15, 1937 – October 31, 1967) was a United States Army Captain and the first African American commissioned officer to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The medal was presented posthumously by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson...
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| Keith Payne |
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Keith Payne VC, OAM (born 30 August 1933) is an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces, during the Vietnam War. He...
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| Rayene Stewart Simpson |
Rayene Stewart "Ray" Simpson VC, DCM (16 February 1926 – 18 October 1978) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth...
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| Jimmy Doolittle |
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General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served as a brigadier general, major general and lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the...
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| Omar Bradley |
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General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army in the United States Army. He was the last surviving...
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| Wesley Clark |
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Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., KBE (born December 23, 1944) is a retired general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in...
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| Lyman Lemnitzer |
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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was an American Army General, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served Supreme Allied Commander, NATO from 1963 to 1969.
Lemnitzer was born on...
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