The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is a military decoration of the

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that is presented to soldiers who have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility. The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service that is clearly exceptional. The exceptional performance of normal duty will not alone justify an award of this decoration. The Army's Distinguished Service Medal is equivalent to the Navy and Marine Corps' Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force and Space Force's

Air Force Distinguished Service Medal The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (AFDSM) is a military decoration of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force and is presented to airmen and guardians to recognize distinguished and exceptionally meritorious service to ...

, and the

Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal The Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal (CGDSM) is a military decoration of the United States Coast Guard that was established 4 August 1949 and is presented to coast guardsmen for "Exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty ...

. Prior to the creation of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal in 1960, United States Air Force airmen were awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

Description

*The Coat of Arms of the United States in Gold surrounded by a circle of Dark Blue enamel, 1 ½ inches in diameter, bearing the inscription "FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MCMXVIII". *On the reverse is a scroll for the name of the recipient (which is to be engraved) upon a trophy of flags and weapons. The medal is suspended by a bar attached to the ribbon.

Ribbon

*The ribbon is wide and consists of the following stripes: # Scarlet 67111; # Ultramarine Blue 67118; # White 67101; # Ultramarine Blue; # Scarlet. *Additional awards of the Distinguished Service Medal are denoted by

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Criteria

The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the United States Army, has distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility. The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service which is clearly exceptional. Exceptional performance of normal duty will not alone justify an award of this decoration. For service not related to actual war, the term "duty of a great responsibility" applies to a narrower range of positions than in time of war and requires evidence of a conspicuously significant achievement. However, justification of the award may accrue by virtue of exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of high positions of great importance. Awards may be made to persons other than members of the Armed Forces of the United States for wartime services only, and only then under exceptional circumstances with the express approval of the president in each case.

Components

*The following are authorized components of the Distinguished Service Medal and applicable specifications: #Decoration (regular size): MIL-D-3943/7. ##NSN for decoration set: 8455-00-444-0007. ##NSN for replacement medal is 8455-00-246-3830. #Decoration (miniature size): MIL-D-3943/7. NSN 8455-00-996-5008. #Ribbon: MIL-R-11589/52. NSN 8455-00-252-9922. #Lapel Button (metal replica of ribbon bar): MIL-L-11484/4. NSN 8455-00-253-0809.

History of the Distinguished Service Medal

The Distinguished Service Medal was authorized by Presidential Order dated January 2, 1918, and confirmed by Congress on July 9, 1918. It was announced by War Department General Order No. 6, 1918-01-12, with the following information concerning the medal: "A bronze medal of appropriate design and a ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof, to be awarded by the President to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself, or who, since 04-06-1917, has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility in time of war or in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States." The Act of Congress on July 9, 1918, recognized the need for different types and degrees of heroism and meritorious service and included such provisions for award criteria. The current statutory authorization for the Distinguished Service Medal is Title 10, United States Code, Section 3743.

Recipients

*Among the first awards of the Distinguished Service Medal for service in World War I, were those to the Commanding Officers of the Allied Armies: #Marshal

Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch ( , ; 2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War. An aggressive, even reckless commander at the First Marne, Flanders and Ar ...

#Marshal

Joseph Joffre Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (12 January 1852 – 3 January 1931) was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916. He is best known for regroupi ...

#General

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of France #General

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of France #General Sir

Arthur Currie General Sir Arthur William Currie, (5 December 187530 November 1933) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-wa ...

of Canada #General Sir

John Monash General (Australia), General Sir John Monash, (; 27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931) was an Australian civil engineer and military commander of the First World War. He commanded the 13th Brigade (Australia), 13th Infantry Brigade before the war an ...

of Australia #Field Marshal

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 unt ...

of Britain #General

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of Italy #General Cyriaque Gillain of Belgium #General

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of the United States # Field Marshal

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of Serbia More than 2,000 awards were made during World War I, and by the time the United States entered World War II, approximately 2,800 awards had been made. From July 1, 1941, to June 6, 1969, when the Department of the Army stopped publishing awards of the DSM in Department of the Army General Orders, over 2,800 further awards were made. Prior to World War II the DSM was the only decoration for non-combat service in the U.S. Army. As a result, before World War II the DSM was awarded to a wider range of recipients than during and after World War II. During World War I awards of the DSM to officers below the rank of brigadier general were fairly common but became rare once the Legion of Merit was established in 1942. Until the first award of the

in 1965,

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personnel received this award as well, as was the case with several other Department of the Army decorations until the Department of the Air Force fully established its own system of decorations.

Notable recipients

Because the Army Distinguished Service Medal is principally awarded to general officers, a list of notable recipients would include nearly every general, and some admirals, since 1918, many of whom received multiple awards, as well as a few civilians and sergeants major prominent for their contributions to national defense. General Martin Dempsey, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds the record for receiving the greatest number of awards of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, at six. He also received three awards of the

Defense Distinguished Service Medal The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States Department of Defense, which is presented to United States Armed Forces service members for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to the ...

as well as one award each of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the

, and the

, for a total of twelve Distinguished Service Medals. Generals of the Army Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower are tied with five awards each received of the Army Distinguished Service Medal. They also each received one award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, for a total of six DSMs each. General

Lucius D. Clay General Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23, 1898 – April 16, 1978) was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II. He served as the deputy to General of the Army Dwight D ...

(Four Star) received three Army DSM awards for his service that included Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces (European Theater) and Military Governor of Germany. During his tenure, Gen. Clay solved his greatest challenge: the Soviet Blockade of Berlin, which was imposed in June 1948. Gen. Clay triggered the Berlin Airlift, which served the city residents during the harsh winter of 1948–1949. He is also a recipient of the Legion of Merit. General

Norman Schwarzkopf Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (; August 22, 1934 – December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War. Born in Trenton, N ...

received two awards of the Army DSM and one award each of the Defense DSM, Navy DSM, the Air Force DSM and the Coast Guard DSM, for a total of six DSMs. General

Lloyd Austin Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who, since his appointment on January 22, 2021, has served as the 28th United States secretary of defense. He is the first African American to serv ...

received four awards of the Army DSM and five awards of the Defense DSM for a total of nine DSMs. Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot

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and X-15 test pilot

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, who both received the DSM as U.S. Air Force majors; Air Force Major

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, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an army colonel; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel (later Air Force Brigadier General); Colonel

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, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines; Colonel (later Major General) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War; and Major Maude C. Davison, who led the "

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and Corregidor" during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System. Among notable civilian recipients are

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Robert S. McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the ...

and

Henry L. Stimson Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician. Over his long career, he emerged as a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and D ...

. Notable American and foreign recipients include:

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* General of the Armies John J. Pershing – Commander of the

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* General of the Army

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–

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(two awards) *General of the Army Douglas MacArthur – Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (five awards) *General of the Army

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

–

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(five awards) *General of the Army Omar N. Bradley – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (four awards) *

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– Commander

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*General

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– US Army Chief of Staff (five awards) *General

- Commander US Central Command (four awards) *General J. H. Binford Peay III - Commander US Central Command (two awards) *General

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– US Army Chief of Staff *General

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– US Army Chief of Staff (two awards) *General Peter W. Chiarelli – US Army Vice Chief of Staff *General

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– Commander of the

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(four awards) *General

– Commanding General European Theater and Military Governor of Germany (three awards) *General J. Lawton Collins – US Army Chief of Staff (four awards) *General Bantz J. Craddock – Commander US European Command *General

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– US Army Chief of Staff (three awards) *General Martin E. Dempsey – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (six awards) *General

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– First female US Army four-star general

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(two awards) *General

John W. Foss John William Foss (February 13, 1933 – April 25, 2020) was a United States Army General (United States), general, and commander of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. Military career Foss was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota o ...

- Commander Training and Doctrine Command (three awards) *General

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– Commander US Central Command (two awards) *General John Galvin – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe *General

Alfred Gruenther General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther (March 3, 1899 – May 30, 1983) was a senior United States Army officer, Red Cross president, and bridge player. After being commissioned towards the end of World War I, he served in the army throughout t ...

– NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (four awards) *General

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– NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe *General

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- Commander of

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*General

John J. Hennessey John Joseph Timothy Hennesseyhttp://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/United_States_Military_Academy_West_Point_Howitzer_Yearbook/1944/Page_384.html (August 20, 1921 – March 20, 2001) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Co ...

– Commander United States Readiness Command *General John L. Hines – US Army Chief of Staff *General Harold K. Johnson – US Army Chief of Staff (two awards) *General George Joulwan – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe *General Lyman L. Lemnitzer – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (four awards) *General Peyton C. March – US Army Chief of Staff *General Edward C. Meyer – US Army Chief of Staff *General

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- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (four awards) *General

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– NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe *General

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– Commander US 3rd Army (three awards) *General

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– Commander International Security Assistance Force (three awards) *General Colin Powell – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (two awards) *General Dennis Reimer – US Army Chief of Staff *General

Matthew B. Ridgeway General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). Alt ...

– US Army Chief of Staff (four awards) *General Bernard W. Rogers – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe *General

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– US Army Chief of Staff (three awards) *General

– Commander of

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(three awards) *General

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– Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff *General

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– Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (three awards) *General

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– US Army Chief of Staff (two awards) *General

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– Commander of the China Burma India Theater *General Maxwell D. Taylor – US Army Chief of Staff *General

James Van Fleet General James Alward Van Fleet (March 19, 1892 – September 23, 1992) was a United States Army officer who saw service during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and gradu ...

– Commander US 8th Army in Korea *General Jonathan M. Wainwright – Commander Allied Forces Philippines *General

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– Commander US 8th Army in Korea (two awards) *General

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– US Army Chief of Staff (four awards) *General Earle G. Wheeler – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (two awards) *

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*Lieutenant General Edward J. O'Neill – with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster in lieu of subsequent award of medal *Lieutenant General

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– Commanding General V Corps (two awards) *Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker – 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army *Lieutenant General

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– Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor *Lieutenant General

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– 44th Surgeon General of the United States Army *

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– Chief of Research and Engineering *Major General

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– Military Aide to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson *Major General William E. Cole – Commander 351st Field Artillery 1917-18 *Major General

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*Major General Charles M. Gettys – commanding general, 23rd Infantry Division *Major General George W. Goethals – engineer of the

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*Major General William C. Gorgas – Surgeon General of the Army *Major General Patrick J. Hurley *Major General

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*Major General

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*Major General

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*Major General Viet Xuan Luong – United States Army, Japan. *Major General Mason M. Patrick *Major General

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– commanding general 3rd Armored Division *Major General John K. Singlaub *Major General

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*Major General

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– chief of the Army Transport Service during World War I *Brigadier General

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– Vice President of the United States *Brigadier General

Anna Mae Hays Anna Mae Violet Hays ( McCabe; February 16, 1920 – January 7, 2018) was an American military officer who served as the 13th chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps. She was the first woman in the United States Armed Forces to be promoted to ...

– chief of the

United States Army Nurse Corps The United States Army Nurse Corps (USANC) was formally established by the U.S. Congress in 1901. It is one of the six medical special branches (or "corps") of officers which – along with medical enlisted soldiers – comprise the Army Medica ...

and first female US Army general *Brigadier General Frank T. Hines – director of the

Veterans Administration The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers a ...

*Brigadier General Howard Knox Ramey *Brigadier General

Frank Merrill Frank Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 – December 11, 1955) was a United States Army general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II ...

*Brigadier General Greg Parker *Brigadier General Russell W. Volckmann *

Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge o ...

Frank Capra – movie director (received as a colonel,

Army of the United States The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army (the others being the Regular Army, the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard of the United States), but it has been inactive si ...

in WW II) *Colonel Harvey Williams Cushing – neurosurgeon *Colonel

Horatio B. Hackett Col. Horatio Balch Hackett, Jr. (May 8, 1880 – September 8, 1941) was a leading Americans, American architect and construction executive, a college football player and Official (American football), official, a decorated combat veteran of World ...

– Assistant administrator of the Public Works Administration; noted architect and businessman; football official and player *Colonel

Oveta Culp Hobby Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was an American politician and businessperson who served as the first United States secretary of health, education, and welfare from 1953 to 1955. A member of the Republican Party, Hobby wa ...

– director of the

Women's Army Corps The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on 15 May 1942 and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States ...

during World War II *Colonel Herbert H. Lehman – Governor of New York and United States Senator *Colonel

Floyd James Thompson Floyd James "Jim" Thompson (July 8, 1933 – July 16, 2002) was a United States Army colonel. He was one of the longest-held American prisoner of war in U.S. history that was returned or captured by troops, spending nearly nine years in captivity ...

– The longest-held prisoner of war in American history * Major David A. Reed – U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania, 1922, for service as a major in World War I *Major

Forsyth Wickes Forsyth Wickes (1876-1964) was an art collector and philanthropist. Early life Wickes was born in New York on October 26, 1876. He was the son of Edward Allen Wickes (1843 - 1918) and Mary Forsyth Wickes (1847 - 1933). He spent much of his child ...

– socialite, philanthropist and collector *Chaplain Francis P. Duffy – chaplain of the " Fighting 69th" *Major Herbert O. Yardley – cryptologist *

Sergeant Major of the Army The Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) is a unique non-commissioned rank and position of office in the United States Army. The holder of this rank and position is the most senior enlisted soldier in the Army, unless an enlisted soldier is servi ...

Daniel A. Dailey

United States Navy

* Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz – Chief of Naval Operations *Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey – Commander of the 3rd Fleet * Admiral

William S. Benson William Shepherd Benson (25 September 1855 – 20 May 1932) was an admiral in the United States Navy and the first chief of naval operations (CNO), holding the post throughout World War I. Early life and career Born in Bibb County, Georgi ...

- Chief of Naval Operations *Admiral

William J. Crowe, Jr. William James Crowe Jr. (January 2, 1925 – October 18, 2007) was a United States Navy Admiral (United States), admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. B ...

– Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff *Admiral

William Fechteler William Morrow Fechteler (March 6, 1896 – July 4, 1967) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration. Biography Fechteler was born in San Rafael, California, on Mar ...

- Chief of Naval Operations *Admiral

Albert Gleaves Albert Gleaves (January 1, 1858 – January 6, 1937) was a decorated admiral in the United States Navy, also notable as a naval historian. Biography Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Gleaves graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1877. ...

- Commander of the Asiatic Fleet *Admiral

Jonathan Greenert Jonathan William Greenert (born May 15, 1953) is a former United States Navy admiral who served as the 30th Chief of Naval Operations from September 23, 2011, to September 18, 2015. He previously served as the 36th Vice Chief of Naval Operations ...

- Chief of Naval Operations *Admiral

Thomas C. Kinkaid Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (3 April 1888 – 17 November 1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded t ...

- Commander Sixteenth Fleet *Admiral

William V. Pratt William Veazie Pratt (28 February 1869 – 25 November 1957) was an admiral in the United States Navy. He served as the President of the Naval War College from 1925 to 1927, and as the 5th Chief of Naval Operations from 1930 to 1933. Early l ...

- Chief of Naval Operations *Admiral

U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. Ulysses Simpson Grant Sharp Jr. (April 2, 1906 – December 12, 2001) was a United States Navy four star admiral who served as Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) from 1963 to 1964; and Commander-in-Chief, United States ...

- Commander US Pacific Command *Admiral Raymond A. Spruance – Commander of the 5th Fleet (later Ambassador to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

) *Admiral

Harold Rainsford Stark Harold Rainsford Stark (November 12, 1880 – August 20, 1972) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II, who served as the 8th Chief of Naval Operations from August 1, 1939 to March 26, 1942. Early life an ...

- Chief of Naval Operations *Admiral Carlisle Trost – Chief of Naval Operations *Admiral Henry B. Wilson - Commander of the Atlantic Fleet * Vice Admiral

Robert L. Ghormley Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (October 15, 1883 – June 21, 1958) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander, South Pacific Area during World War II. Early years Born in Portland, Oregon, Ghormley was the oldest of six ...

*Vice Admiral

Henry Kent Hewitt Henry Kent Hewitt (February 11, 1887 – September 15, 1972) was the United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in north Africa and southern Europe through World War II. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and graduated from the Unit ...

(with oak leaf cluster) * Rear Admiral

Hilary P. Jones Hilary Pollard Jones, Jr. (14 November 1863 – 1 January 1938) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I. During the early 1920s, he served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet. Early life ...

*Rear Admiral

Charles P. Plunkett Rear Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett (15 February 1864 – 24 March 1931) was an officer of the United States Navy who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I. Biography Plunkett was born in Washington, D.C., and was appointed to ...

United States Marine Corps

*General Paul X. Kelley *General Vernon E. Megee, *General

Peter Pace Peter Pace (born November 5, 1945) is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman and the first Marine officer to be appointed ...

– Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff *Major General Graves B. Erskine *Major General

Smedley Butler Major general (United States), Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881June 21, 1940), nicknamed the "Maverick Marine", was a senior United States Marine Corps Officer (armed forces), officer who fought in the Philippine–American ...

*Major General John A. Lejeune

United States Air Force

Note – includes Army Air Service, Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces *

General of the Air Force General of the Air Force (GAF) is a five-star general officer rank and is the highest possible rank in the United States Air Force. General of the Air Force ranks immediately above a general and is equivalent to General of the Army in the Unit ...

Hap Arnold Henry Harley Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), ...

– commander of the Army Air Forces *General

Jimmy Doolittle James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raid on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights ...

*General Edwin W. Rawlings *General Joseph McNarney *General Hoyt S. Vandenberg –

Air Force Chief of Staff The chief of staff of the Air Force (acronym: CSAF, or AF/CC) is a statutory office () held by a general in the United States Air Force, and as such is the principal military advisor to the secretary of the Air Force on matter pertaining to th ...

and Director of Central Intelligence *General George C. Kenney *General

Curtis Lemay Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented a controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air ...

– Air Force Chief of Staff *General Carl Spaatz – Air Force Chief of Staff *General Michael E. Ryan *Lieutenant General

Claire Lee Chennault Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Air Force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighte ...

(with oak leaf cluster) – Leader of the

Flying Tigers The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United States ...

*Major General

Billy Mitchell William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, command ...

, USAAC – Military air power prophet *Brigadier General

– Legendary test pilot *Colonel Bernt Balchen, USAF – Legendary Norwegian-American pilot and arctic explorer. *Captain John Birch, USAAF – Missionary, guerilla leader and namesake of the

John Birch Society The John Birch Society (JBS) is an American right-wing political advocacy group. Founded in 1958, it is anti-communist, supports social conservatism, and is associated with ultraconservative, radical right, far-right, or libertarian ide ...

*Brigadier General

Darr H. Alkire Brigadier General Darr Hayes Alkire (1903–1977) was a pilot for the United States Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps, the United States Army Air Forces, and the United States Air Force. He was the senior officer in command of the We ...

Civilians

Grace Banker Grace D. Banker (October 25, 1892 – December 17, 1960) was a telephone operator who served during World War I (1917–1918) as chief operator of mobile for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. She led thirty-th ...

– chief telephone operator of mobile for the

* Bernard Baruch – chairman, War Industries Board, 1918 *

Evangeline Booth Evangeline Cory Booth, OF (December 25, 1865July 17, 1950) was a British evangelist and the 4th General of The Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939. She was the first woman to hold the post. Early life She was born in South Hackney, London, Engl ...

– General of the Salvation Army *

Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to br ...

– Aviator and founder of the

Women Airforce Service Pilots The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became t ...

(WASPs) *

Henry Pomeroy Davison Henry Pomeroy Davison Sr. (June 12, 1867 – May 6, 1922) was an American banker and philanthropist. Biography Henry Pomeroy Davison was born on June 12, 1867 in Troy, Pennsylvania, the oldest of the four children of Henrietta and George B. Davi ...

– director of the American Red Cross *

Jane Delano Jane Arminda Delano (March 12, 1862 in Montour Falls, New York – April 15, 1919 in Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France) was a nurse and founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service. Personal life A descendant of one of the first settlers to ...

– Founder of the

American Red Cross Nursing Service The American Red Cross Nursing Service was organized in 1909 by Jane Arminda Delano (1862-1919). A nurse and member of the American Red Cross, Delano organized the nursing service as the reserve of the Army Nurse Corps to be ready just before the ...

James Forrestal James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle-class Irish Catholic fami ...

- Secretary of Defense *

Harry Augustus Garfield Harry Augustus "Hal" Garfield (October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942) was an American lawyer, academic, and public official. He was president of Williams College and supervised the United States Fuel Administration during World War I. He was ...

– U.S. Fuel Administrator * Harry Hopkins – Presidential aide * Edward N. Hurley – chairman, American Shipping Board *

Robert McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the ...

– Secretary of Defense * Hannah J. Patterson – resident director of the Women's Committee of the

Council of National Defense The Council of National Defense was a United States organization formed during World War I to coordinate resources and industry in support of the war effort, including the coordination of transportation, industrial and farm production, financial s ...

Anna Howard Shaw Anna Howard Shaw (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a physician and one of the first ordained female Methodist ministers in the United States. Early life Shaw ...

– head of the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense * Edward R. Stettinius – director general of purchases for the War Department * John F. Stevens – Engineer of the

and the Great Northern Railway *

– Secretary of War

Foreigners

* Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, General (later Field Marshal), British Army *HM Albert I,

King of Belgians Belgium is a Constitutional monarchy, constitutional, Inheritance, hereditary, and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled king or queen of the Belgians ( nl, Koning(in) der Belgen, french: Roi / Reine des Belges}, german: König(in) der B ...

* Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, field marshal, British Army *

Pietro Badoglio Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (, ; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regime ...

, general, Italian Army *

William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First World War ...

, general, British Indian Army (during secondment to Australian Army, later promoted to Field Marshal) *

Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935) was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation. Known to friends as "Bu ...

, General (later Field Marshal), British Army *Sir

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...

KG, OM, PC, CH, FRS – British Minister of Munitions (later Prime Minister) *

Harry Crerar General Henry Duncan Graham Crerar (28 April 1888 – 1 April 1965) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's senior field commander in the Second World War as commander of the First Canadian Army in the campaign in N ...

, lieutenant general, Canadian Army * Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy *Sir

, lieutenant general, British Army, commanding Canadian Corps * Georges de Bazelaire, major general, VII Army Corps of the French Army during World War I *Sir Francis de Guingand, major general, British Army * Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, general, French Army (later a

Marshal of France Marshal of France (french: Maréchal de France, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished ( ...

) *Sir

Miles Dempsey General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, (15 December 1896 – 5 June 1969) was a senior British Army officer who served in both world wars. During the Second World War he commanded the Second Army in north west Europe. A highly professional an ...

, general, British Army *Sir

John Dill Sir John Greer Dill, (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS ...

, field marshal, British Army *

, Marshal of France, French Army *

, field marshal, British Army * Arthur T. Harris, air chief marshal, Royal Air Force (later a

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force (RAF). In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff (CAS), who were ...

) * Chiang Kai-shek, general, Chinese Army *

Charles Mangin Charles Emmanuel Marie Mangin (6 July 1866 – 12 May 1925) was a French general during World War I. Early career Charles Mangin was born on 6 July 1866 in Sarrebourg. After initially failing to gain entrance to Saint-Cyr, he joined the 77th ...

, general, French Army * Paul Maistre, general, French Army *Sir

Richard McCreery General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery, (1 February 1898 – 18 October 1967) was a career soldier of the British Army, who was decorated for leading one of the last cavalry actions in the First World War. During the Second World War, he was chief ...

, general, British Army *Lord

Alfred Milner Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, (23 March 1854 – 13 May 1925) was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played a role in the formulation of British foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s. From De ...

, British Secretary of State for War *

, field marshal, Serbian Army *Sir

, general, Australian Army * Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, field marshal, British Army *Sir Frederick E. Morgan, lieutenant general, British Army * Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, admiral, Royal Navy (later Admiral of the Fleet) * Henri Petain, Marshal of France, French Army * Alexander Pokryshkin, Marshal of the Soviet Air Force *

Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become f ...

Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1 ...

, field marshal, British Army *

Frederick Sykes Air Vice Marshal Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, (23 July 1877 – 30 September 1954) was a British military officer and politician. Sykes was a junior officer in the 15th Hussars before becoming interested in military aviation. He was the first Off ...

Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom) The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is the professional head of the Royal Air Force and a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Air Force Board. The post was created in 1918 with Major General Sir Hugh Trenchard as the first incum ...

Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went o ...

, air chief marshal, Royal Air Force (later

) *

Sir Henry Worth Thornton Sir Henry Worth Thornton, KBE (November 6, 1871 – March 14, 1933) was a businessman. Thornton served as general superintendent of the Long Island Rail Road from 1911 to 1914, general manager of the Great Eastern Railway in England from 1914 ...

, major general, British Army (American-born) *

Gerald Trotter Brigadier-General Gerald Frederic Trotter, (21 July 1871 – 14 June 1945) was a British Army officer and courtier. Trotter was the son of Major-General Sir Henry Trotter and Hon. Eva Gifford, daughter of Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford. Hi ...

, brigadier-general, British Army *

Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame, 10th Baronet Sir Thomas Andrew Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame, 10th Baronet DSO (30 March 1877 – 5 January 1945) was a British Army officer and Distinguished Service Order recipient. Family life Montgomery-Cuninghame was born on 30 March 1877 in London, ...

of Corsehill, brevet lieutenant colonel, military attache, British Army *

Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand (; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II. Born in Belgium, Weygand was raised in France and educated at the Saint-Cyr military academy in Paris. After graduating in 1 ...

, general, French Army

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