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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.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| 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 |
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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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