20 for downing four Soviet MiG-15 aircraft during the Korean War in what is still the longest recorded dogfight in U.S. military history. For Williams, receiving the Navy Cross was an upgrade from ...

Called “Operation Just Reward,” the campaign has been aimed at bringing Williams the Medal of Honor, the military’s top award. But the Navy Cross is a big step in the right direction ...

Pierpan was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served various roles ... to major and earned the distinguished Navy Cross for his service. “We had made a helicopter ...

earned him the Navy Cross, a military honor eclipsed only by the Medal of Honor. As official sponsor of the ship, daughter Kelley Neal Gray, a Springfield native living in Columbus, will have her ...