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Joseph Edward Stika (September 21, 1889 - July 15, 1976) was a Vice Admiral in the United States Coast Guard and a recipient of the Navy Cross.Stika was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; his official residence was listed as Kewaunee, Wisconsin. [1]
Pascal Cleatus Poolaw (January 29, 1922 – November 7, 1967) was a Kiowa who served with the United States Army in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.He is the United States' most decorated Native American, with 42 medals and citations, including the Distinguished Service Cross, four Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars, as well as three Purple Hearts – one for each war.
Privately run databases such as the "Military Times Hall of Valor" exist with documents of decorations of 100,000 servicemembers, [1] and some military organizations do keep comprehensive data on the numbers of awards received, notably the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, though it does not identify the names of individual recipients. [2]
According to the Military Times Hall of Valor, "on 3 May 1863, while serving with Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.Private Hack was one of a party which volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subsistence stores."
Rockmore graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1938. [4]Rockmore was a decorated Marine veteran of World War II. [5]In 1962, Rockmore founded the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, [6] an organization that provides needs-based scholarships for children whose parent served in the Marine Corps or as a Navy Corpsman or Religious Program Specialist.
He was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for his actions as a platoon squad leader on November 4, 1950, in which he singlehandedly charged and destroyed three enemy machine gun positions in North Korea at the cost of his life while a member of the 1st Marine Division. [1]
Humbert Roque Versace was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 2, 1937.He was the eldest of five children born to Marie Teresa Ríos (1917–1999)—the author of three books, including the Fifteenth Pelican, on which The Flying Nun (starring Sally Field), the TV series of the 1960s, was based—and Colonel Humbert Joseph Versace (1911–1972). [3]
Leones moved to California in 1969. She worked at Pacific Bell as a clerk and kept a low profile about her wartime ventures. [6] [9]Leones's son eventually found out about his mother's wartime feats while doing research.