[DOC] [TLE] Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to any officer or 
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depending on the ... During the Vietnam War high ranking Army officers often 
received the DFC ... the United States Senate passed the Distinguished Flying 
Cross National... [DOC] [TLE] Francis Gary Powers - Wikipedia [PAR] Awards, Intelligence Star  Silver Star ribbon.svg Silver Star  Dfc-usa.jpg 
Distinguished Flying Cross  National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg National 
Defense Service Medal  Prisoner of War ribbon.svg Prisoner of War Medal. 
Francis Gary Powers (17 August 1929  1 August 1977)  often referred to as 
simply Gary ... He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United 
States Air Force... [DOC] [TLE] Hierarchy of Military Medals and Awards - Military Order of the World ... [PAR] The Defense Superior Service Medal and The Legion of Merit are typically ... 
Since the beginning of World War II, 856 Medals have been awarded, 529 
posthumously. .... Unit Citation, after they were made into a separate military 
branch in 1947. ... The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is given for single acts 
of heroism or... [DOC] [TLE] Order of Precedence for Awards - US Army Center Of Military History [PAR] Oct 3, 2003 ... INDIVIDUAL AWARDS. 1. Medal of Honor ... Defense Distinguished Service 
Medal 4. ... POW Medal 20. ... National Defense Service Medal 31. ... Armed 
Forces Reserve Medal 40. NCO Professional Development Ribbon 41. [DOC] [TLE] U-2 Pilot Powers Posthumously Awarded Silver Star | Military.com [PAR] Jun 15, 2012 ... Powers had been an Air Force pilot until 1956, when he separated to ... The 
Soviets held him for more than a year and a half before trading ... awarded the 
Prisoner of War Medal, National Defense Service ... Powers' DFC medal and 
POW status are noted on his headstone at Arlington National Cemetery. [DOC] [TLE] Women Medal Recipients - Aug.com [PAR] Jun 10, 1977 ... The Medal of Honor - the nation's highest award. ... and has endured hardships 
as a prisoner of war four months in a southern prison while ... Fifty-eight years 
later, the U.S. Congress posthumously reinstated her medal, and it was restored 
by ... Women who received the Distinguished Service Cross - WWI. [DOC] [TLE] Did US military personnel really earn all their medals?  John T. Reed [PAR] Oct 9, 2015 ... The vast majority of military medal awards are bullshit. .... It's called the National 
Defense Service Medal. ... All enlisted men get the Good Conduct Medal after six 
months if they avoid .... He should have been court martialed for what he did in 
that incident, not decorated. .... Army National Guard 1981-1987 [DOC] [TLE] March 2011 - Roadrunners Internationale [PAR] Mar 1, 2011 ... After release from the prison camp, he finished out his military ... Hervey was still 
recovering from the years of physical and emotional ... As the famous line goes 
from one of my all-time favorite movies, ...... posthumously. ... was posthumously 
awarded Prisoner of War Medal and National Defense Service... [DOC] [TLE] (WOW) Women of War - AMERICAN MEMORIALS DIRECTORY ... [PAR] Many years later, after Uncle John died, she remarried and the years and 
distance .... Colonel Ruby Bradley (World War II, POW)  Army Nurse; She was 
awarded the ... National Defense Service Medal  two awards; Korean Service 
Medal  with ... also kept her husband's cannon firing after he fell in the battle of 
Monmouth,... [DOC] [TLE] Oregon Aviation Hall Of Honor - Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum [PAR] Military achievements & service b. ... He was an U.S. Navy carrier pilot for thirty 
years, as well as a Navy ... When Armstrong is not volunteering for the museum, 
he enjoys restoring Lincoln ..... Oregon Air National Guard 123rd Observation 
Squadron ..... David Kingsley was posthumously awarded the Congressional 
Medal of... [DOC] [TLE] Stories of heroic Australians in wartime - Australian War Memorial [PAR] of life as a prisoner of war; Ray Simpson, who risked his own life to protect his ...

Question: 40 years after a famous incident, he was awarded a DFC, POW Medal & Natl. Defense Service Medal posthumously
Answer: Francis Gary Powers