HONOR

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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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