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Joseph Miedzianowski is a former Chicago Police Department officer who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for racketeering and drug conspiracy. He is known as Chicago's "most corrupt cop" for his part in a cocaine sales ring with street gang members and other corrupt police officers.
James Megellas (March 11, 1917 – April 2, 2020) was a United States Army lieutenant colonel. During World War II, he was a rifle company platoon leader and is considered to be one of the most decorated combat officers in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Duane D. Hackney (June 5, 1947 – September 3, 1993) was a United States Air Force pararescueman.He was the most decorated enlisted man in USAF history and the recipient of 28 decorations for valor in combat and more than 70 awards and decorations in all.
James Stockdale – USNA class of 47, Vice Admiral, one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the navy, Vice Presidential Candidate (1992), highest ranking officer to be held captive for 7 years in Vietnam, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Stansfield Turner – USNA Class of 47, Four star Admiral, Commander of U.S ...
Anna Salton Eisen, left, visits with decorated veteran James Megellas in 2018 at a fundraiser for veterans in North Richland Hills. Megellas, who died in 2020 at age 103, will be laid to rest ...
Wayne David was a decorated officer who responded to the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 Jan 6 hero cop dies when suspect’s tossed gun he was trying to retrieve from storm drain goes ...
Gary Charles Schroen (November 6, 1941 – August 1, 2022) was an American intelligence officer who spent 32 years with the Central Intelligence Agency, most notably as a field officer in charge of the initial CIA incursion into Afghanistan in September 2001 to topple the Taliban and destroy Al-Qaeda. He retired as the most decorated CIA ...
He was one of the most decorated soldiers in the Vietnam War. [6] [7] NBC News said that Howard may have been the most highly decorated American soldier of the modern era, [8] while KWTX-TV states that he was "said to be the most decorated service member in the history of the United States". [9]