Clifton – Military Aide to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson Major General William Edward Cole – Commander 351st Field Artillery 1917-18 Major General William J.
Alkire ===Civilians=== Grace Banker – chief telephone operator of mobile for the American Expeditionary Forces Bernard Baruch – chairman, War Industries Board, 1918 Evangeline Booth – General of the Salvation Army Jacqueline Cochran – Aviator and founder of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) Henry Pomeroy Davison – director of the American Red Cross Jane Delano – Founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service James Forrestal - Secretary of Defense Harry Augustus Garfield – U.S.
Senator for Pennsylvania, 1922, for service as a major in World War I Major Forsyth Wickes – socialite, philanthropist and collector Chaplain Francis P.
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.
Air Force majors; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, 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 Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines; Colonel (later Major General) John K.
Clay solved his greatest challenge: the Soviet Blockade of Berlin, which was imposed in June 1948.
Clay triggered the Berlin Airlift, which served the city residents during the harsh winter of 1948–1949.
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.
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.
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