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VESPER SERVICE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS CHAPEL Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge

A Tribute to the Men and Women Who Served in the Honored Uniform of Our Country

Officiating The Reverend Hamilton G. Reeve Pastor, Valley Forge Methodist Church Senior Vice President Freedoms Foundation Prelude Sister Mary Alice O'Hara, RSM Organist, Freedoms Foundation Staff Assistant Hymn "Faith of Our Fathers" Scripture Edward Slattery, USN Chaplain, Naval Hospital, , Pa. Prayer Lieutenant Gordon E. Hutchins, USA Chaplain, Valley Forge General Hospital Phoenixville, Pa. "significance of Medals and Awards to American Citizens" Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, President Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge o'America" Hymn Benediction Reverend Dr. Edward L. R. Elson The National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Trustee; Freedoms Foundation

DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

x* Mr. Clifford J. Backstrand ,<* Mr. Wallace D. Hall *** RADM. Herbert Schonland -USN LTG. Milton G. Baker CDR. J. E. Hamill - USN ** ADM. Arthur W. nadford ffSN Superintendent Rt. Rev.Oliver J. Hart * Mr. C. Brewster Rhoads Valley Forge Military Academy Capt. R. E. Hawthorne - USN Col. John S. Roosma - USA Captain Edward L. Beach - USN Mrs. Jennie Hayman Col. Harold R. Spaans - USA BG. Clifford Bluemel - USA BG. John R. Jannarone RADM. R. H. Speck - USN Col. Horace M. Brown, Jr. - USA RADM. Draper L. Kauffman USN Col. Kenneth B. Stark - USA LTC. John P. Ceglowski - USA Supt. US Naval Academy * Mr. David C. Stewart Col. Edward R. Cleary - USA Annapolis, Maryland ' Mr. Guy Stillman Commandant, *{c * BG. John T. Kennedy - USA Pennsylvania Military Colle ge Capt. C. S. Stroud - USN Lt. Gen. William S. Lawton - USA BG. Joseph M. Colby - USA * ADM. Felix B. Stump Col. W. A. Linn - USA t Mr. James W. Cothran t James H. N. Waring, Jr. MG. Milton H. Medenbach Col. James H. Drum - USA Commandant of Cadets MG. R. H. Warren LTC. Elmore Du Four - USA Valley Forge Military Academy Representing General, J. P. McConnell RADM. E. M. - Eller USN Col. Ray L. Miller - USA Chief of Staff, USAF LTC. Ray M. Ely - USA Mr. Arthur J. Morris LCDR. Jack M. White - USN RADM. W. F. Fitzgerald, Jr. - USN Pavlick - Maj. John J. USA Col. W. W. Watkin - USA Col. Ogden M. Frank - USA Mr. M. H. Parkinson *{'<* BG. Louis H. Wilson- USMC *{<* CDR Hugh C. Frazer - USN Mrs. Robert P. Patterson - Representing General, Maj. Wirt D. Griggs Lt. Col. Clinton A. Phillips - USMC L. F. Chapman, Jr. *** BG. W. H. Wilbur - USA ,.d.* Capt. Richard M. McCool - USN Commandant of the Marine Corps * Trustee, Freedoms Foundation ** Officer, Freedoms Foundation **'< Medal of Honor Recipient These Graduates of the UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY have been awarded the

P. Titus '05 '61 Thomas Cruse '79 Calvin Orlando B. Wilcox '47 Guy V. HenrY MU USA COL USA 2 LT USA COL USA Dry Fotk, Ariz., 1882 Peking, 1900 Bull Run, Va., 1861 Cold Harbor, Va., 1864 Big B. Lawton '93 Baird '49 George H. Morgan '80 Louis Adelbert Ames '61 Absalom 1 Lt USA BG USA 2 LT USA 1 LT USA Dry Fork, Ariz., 1882 Tientsin, China 1900 1861 Jonesboro, Ga;, 1864 Big Bull Run, , '08 '61 Marion P' Maus '74 John T. KennedY Samuel N. Benjamin '61 Henry A. DuPont 2 LT USA 1 LT USA va., *ts., Mex., 1886 Paian Is.,Phil. Islands 1909 Yirgifrio CamPaigns, I 8 6 1'64 E:#,;,Ylhr, 1864 H. Wilson '04 '52 Powhatan H' Clarke '84 Arthur John M. Schofield '53 David S. Stanley 2 LT USA MG usA ",,tf,fC!,,2- ir usa Islqnds 1909 MAJ USA 'Fionilit, Ptiiio tutounrains, Mex" 1886 Paiiin Is.,Phil. Wilson's Creek, Miss., 1861 r""". 1864 Emory J. Pike '01 Eusene B. Beaumont '61 Ernest A' Garlington '76 Eugene A. Carr '50 usA LTC USA iil uSa I Lr l9l8 COL USA 'iiirprii Tenn., 1864 wiuiaea Knee Ck',\Dak'1890 Vandieres, Pea Ridge,Ark.,1862 nirrr, Alexander R. Nininger '41 H. H. Benyaurd '63 John C' Gresham '76 Rufus Saxton , Jt. '49 William 2 LT USA i Li- isa I Lr usA Islands I 942 . Phil., BG USA potrtiivr., t'ro-und. Knee ck',s'Dak',1890 noioon, Harpers Ferry, Va., 1862 hii 186s Jonathan M. Wainwright '06 Robert G. Carter '70 Charles A' Varnum '72 Oliver O. Howard '54 usA GEN USA 7-if isa cPr fhiltppine tsknds, I 942 BG USA rtiiir, rexas, 1s7t wnite ctav Ck''S' Dak'' 1890 Fair Oaks, Va., 18 62 h;;t '03 B' Kerr '70 Douslas MacArthur '60 Edward S. GodfreY '67 John John M. Wilson USA GEN USA CPi_ O{,q CPT Phil. Islands, 1942 1 LT USA Mont., lB77 llhite River, s' Dak'' 1891 noioon, Mqlvern Hill, Va., 1862 b'ri, Fii'ut., '88 William H. Wilbur '12 Oscar F. Long '76 Robert L' Howze John P. Hatch '45 2 Lr usA COL USA BG USA "nrZif-ii-uia 1891 Piench Morocco, 1942 piti fut., Mont., 1877 wiite Riv,r, S. Dak', ?'- South Mountain, Md., 1862 Demas T. Craw 24 McClernand '70 Albert Mills '79 Oliver D. Greene '54 Edward J. L' COL USA cPr usA- . MAJ USA 1-ifAsd 1898 Fiench Morocco, 1942 s; pii lwt., Montana, 1877 Santiago' Antietam, Md., 1862 '26 CharlesD'Roberts '97 Leon W. Johnson Zenas R. Bliss '54 Matthias'f-Lr W.Day '77 COL USA 2 Lr usA 1943 COL USA ust, El canev, Cuba Ploesti, Rumania, Va., 1 862 Ln? lniiiotcon., N.Mex',;,879 Fredericksburg, '39 Ira C. Welborn '98 Robert G. Cole John G. Bourke '69 Robert T. Emmet '77 LTC USA 2 LT USA 1944 PVT PA,CAV. 2 LT USA I 8 9 8 Carentan, France I 7 9 Sanriaso, Cuba Stone River, Tenn., 1863 i ;'Ari;;'t Can.,N.M ex., I W. Castle '30 Heard '83 Frederick S. Webb '55 William P. Hall '68 John W' BG USA Alexander usA USA us,q I Lr Over Belgium 1944 BG i-if Honda, Cuba 1898 Getty sburg, Penna., 1 863 W;i;, ii;;r, Colorado, 1879 Bahia R. Vance, Jr. '39 E' Birkhimer '70 L,eon Horace Porter '60 Llovd M. Brett '79 William LTC USA 1 cPT usA France 1944 CPT USA ii use Phil' Islands,-. 1899 W1*rrrar*, Chickamauga, Georgia, I 863 b#i,uii't'C*ek, Mont.,1880 , Samuel S. Coursen '49 Sage '82 William S. Beebe '63 Georse R. Burnett '80 William-Il' 1 USA usA LT USA i-iT cPr Kaesong, 1950 1 LT uSa Phil' Islands, 1899 Cane River Crossing, La.,1864 ?"triilil"wrsro Mts., N.M.1881Luzon, Richard T, Shea, k. '52 '73 Hush J. McGrath '80 Abraham K. Arnold '59 William H. Carter 1 LT USA 1 LT USA CPT USA 1953 CPT USA Phil. Islands, 1899 Prit Clrop Hill, Korea bavenport Bridge, Va., 1864 Cibicu, Ariz., 1881 Luzon, Frank S. Reasoner '62 '62 W. Wilder '77 James F, Bell '78 George L. GillesPie, Jr. Wilber I LT USMC USA col usA 1 LT i if usd Phit' Islands'-. 1899 An MY,Vietnam 1965 Bethescta Church, Va., 1864 H;;" i;;; Can.,N.Mex.,1B82 Lizon, Frank West '72 James Parker '76 i'TT iid Lrc usa . -. 'ai: biliitn, , 1882 Lizon, Phil' Islands' 1899 These Graduates of the UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY have been awarded the MEDAL OF HONOR

lius C. Towrtsend '02 Riahmond P. Hobson '89 Henry C. Drexler '24 Bruce McCandless '32 , USN LT USN ,ws us,^/ LCDR USN ra Cruz, Mexico 1914 USS Merrimac,Cuba 1898 USS Trenton 1924 USS San Francisco, Sauo ls.,1942 chard Wainwright, Jr. '02 Frank F. Fletcher '74 Richard E. Byrd, Jr.'12 Herbert E. Schonland '25 ' u.sr/ RADM USN CDR USN LCDR USN ra Cruz, Mexico 1914 Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914 Ouer North Pole, 1927 USS San Francisco, Savo Is., 1942 ,orge M. Courts '07 Edwin A. Anderson '82 Carlton B. Hutchins '26 Howard W. Gilmore '26 UG USN CAPT USN LT USN CDR USN 'ra Cruz, Mexico l914 Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 Over Pacific 1938 USS Groytler, Pacific 1943 '77 Isaac C. '06 nas H. Ingram '07 William R. Rush Kidd Bruce A. Van Voorhis '29 JG USN CAPT USN RADM USN LCDR USN 'ra Cruz, Mexico l9l4 Vera Cruz, Mexico l9l4 USS Arizona, , l94l Over Solomon Islands, 1943 '10 car C. Badger '1 I William K. Harrison '89 Mervyn S. Bennion John P. Cromwell '24 /s us// CDR USN CAPT USN CAPT USN 'ra Cruz, Mexico l9l4 Vera Cruz, Mexico l9l4 USS West Va., Pearl Harbor, 1941 Truk Island, 1943 ul F. Foster 'l l William A. Moffett '90 Franklin Van Valkenburgh '09 Lawson P. Ramage '31 N USI/ CDR USN CAPT USN CDR USN 'ra Cruz, Mexico 1914 Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, l94l USS Parche, Pacific, 1944 '16 rgh C. Frazer '12 Wendell C. Neville '90 Samuel D. Dealey '30 ' /s u.sl/ LT COL USMC CDR USN CDR USN 'ra Cruz, Mexico 1914 Vera Cruz , Mexico 19 14 USS Vestral, Pearl Harbor, l94l USS Harder, Japanese Waters, 1944 orge M. Lowry 'll Herman O. Stickney '88 Samuel G. Fuqua '23 David McCampbell '33 /S USM CDR USN LCDR USN CDR USN 'ra Cruz, Mexico l9l4 Vera Cruz, Mexico l9l4 USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, l94l Ouer , 1944 ward O. McDonnell '12 Allen Buchanan '99 John D. Bulkeley '33 Richard H. O'Kane '34 /s usr/ LCDR USN LT USN CDR USN ra Cruz, Mexico 1914 Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 Philippine Waters, I 94 1- I 942 USS Tang, Philippine Waters, 194k" - eodore S. Wilkinson, Jr. '09 Albertus W. Catlin '90 Albert H. Rooks 'I4 Ernest E. Evans '31 rs usff MAJ USMC CAPT USN CDR USN USS Houston, East Indies, 1942 ra Cruz, Mexico l 9 14 Vera Cruz, Mexico l914 USS lohnston, Samar, 1944 rbert W. Cary,Jr. '14 Rufus Z. Johnston '95 Edward H. O'Hare '34 Eugene B. Fluckey '35 /s usl/ LCDR USN LT USN CDR USN iS , 1915 Vera Cruz, Mexico l914 Over Pacific, 1942 USS Barb, ChinaCoast, 194+1945 '31 rud A. Jones '06 Guy W. S. Castle '01 Richard N. Antrim George F. Davis '34 , USN U,SN LT USN LT CDR USN POW, East 1942 iS Memphis, Com. Rep., 1916 Vera Cruz, Mexico l9l4 Indies, USS Walke, , 1945 John J. Powers '35 llis W. Bradley , Jr.'07 Frank J. Fletcher '06 Georse L. Street. III '37 - u,t// LT USN I,T T]SN I,CDR T]SN iS Pirtsburgh 1917 Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 Over Coral Sea, 1942 USS Tirante, Korean llaters, 1945 louard V. M. Izac'15 Charles C. Hartigan '06 Milton E. Ricketts '35 Richard M. McCool, h. '45 ' usl/ LT USN LT USN LTIG USN tW, Germaryt l9l8 Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 USS Yorktowt, Coral Sea, 1942 U,SS ZSC 122 Ryukus, 1945 lliam M. Corry, Jr. '10 James P. Lannon '02 Harold W. Bauer '30 Baldomero Lopez '48 :DR USN LT USN LT COL USMC 1 LT USMC er North Atlantic 1920 Vera Cruz, Mexicct 1914 Over South Pacific, 1942 Inchon, Korea 1950 rlter A. Edwards '10 Frederick V. McNair, Jr. '03 Daniel J. Callaghan '11 Robert D. Reem '48 DR U,S1/ LT USN RADM USN 2 LT USMC iS Bainbridge, Turkey 1922 Vera Cruz, Mexico l914 Savo Island, 1942 Chinhung-Ni, Korea I 95 0 omas J. Ryan, Jr. '21 Adolphus Staton '02 Norman Scott 'l l Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. '47 /S USN LT USN RADM USN I,T,IG USN ,kohama, 1923 Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 Savo Island, 1942 Over Chosin Reservoir, Korea 1950 United States Marine CorPs Seal PROGRAM Colonel Marvin Schacher, USMCR 2nd Vice President Marine CorPs Reserve Officers Association

United States NavY Seal Vice Lawson P. Ramage, USN Introductory Remarks Medal of Honor ReciPient, WW II USA (Ret) Military Sea Transportation Service Colonel HenrY G' Thomas' - Commander of dducation Freedorn Foundation Assistant Dean RePresenting of Ceremonies Master Admiral T. H' Moorer (Ret) Lieutenant General Richard M' Montgomery'IJSAF Chief of Naval OPerations, US NalY Foriner Vice Commander-in-Chief States Air Force Seal United States Air Forces in United Colonel James H' Straubel Pledge of Allegiance Executive Director, Air Forqe Association WW lI Mr. Gino J. Merli, Medal of Honor Recipient United States Coast Guard 2nd Regional Vice President Dedicated SundaY, MaY 1 ,1967 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Vice Admiral Paul E' Trimble Acting Commapdant, United States Coast Guard The Star SPangled Banner AccePtance of Armed Forces Seals Soloist - SP 6 James Mathews Ft' Meade' Md' Field Band' Mr. W. C. "Tom" SawYer - SP 6 Charles Deck Pianist Sr. Vice President American Freedom Center Field Band' Ft' Meade' Md' United States Army Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Welcome Presentation Wells' President Dr- Kenneth D' Pentagonal Monument Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation at Mr. Frank H. Wiison Hamilton lntroductions - Medat of Honor Recipients James C. Fresentation Thomas J' KellY' Esq' Society President, Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Service Plaques Delineating Origin of the Armed Forces Presentation ArmY MilltlrV Academy United States Medal of Honor Plaque, United States General Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Schu-yler by/ USMA President, Association of Graduates' MG Charles E. Johnson Allied Powers Europe Former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Association of the United States Army Guard Plaques Presentation United States Marine Corps, Navy and Coast by United States Naval Academy Medal of Honor Plaque, Mrs' Ena D' Wrenn B' CarneY Admiral Robert Jr. Past National Commander the Naval Academy Alumni Association President of NavY Mothers Clubs of America Former Chief of Naval Operations' U' S' Navy United States Air Force Acceptance by Mr KellY Mr. Claude L. CallegarY Past National Commander Presentation Disabled American Veterans Historical Gift Presentation Dr. Wells LandscaPing Plaque Acceptance Mrs. Vivian WoYvoda National President, Marine Corps League Auxiliary Colonel John BoYd Coates, USA Hospital Commanding Officer, Valley Forge General AccePtance Presentation Mr. SawYer Benediction United States ArmY Seal MG Donald V' Bennett' USA Reverend Dr. Edward L. R. Elson Superintendent, United States Military Academy National Presbyterian Church Washington, D' C' Renresenting Foundation Trustee uS ARMY Freedoms General Harold K' Johnson CnGf of Staff FREEDOMS FOUNDATION

General of the ArmY DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Honorary Chairman

Honorable JAMES A. FARLEY Honorary President t t , !!ilt.tlailincrl]lr9.a.d Honorable b.rhler oi O!r Ch.ce. HOWARD H. CALLAWAY i Ri8rt 1r Earcarn *ith oli !nplorlrs and Emll.yes. Chairman, Trustees r Rrgtt r.6. inio B!:ines5, Cninrek. !13ie i Pr.lli

General I Freft 1n &r!:r. ilr Gsd:and BRUCE C. CLARKE 5.rv,.rs in a l'.. tJa&€t. Vice Chairman, Trustees i ilqil tr &i1ra.i Annll urt

r plentl.liesenr.eof FRANK GARD JAMESON efre,rh.rl ;s: Prtiai.r Vice Chrirman, Trustees * Fjenl r.ll*in.n t.on Arnnia,y G.,'erineni Honoruble R.grlall.i aii liiin.l. DON BELDING Chairman, E xecutive Co mmi t t ee (l{}N S'll'1't"llOF.\1. (;0\'L R}-- 1l EN'l DR. KENNETH D. WELLS President

Reverend DR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS ChaPlain

JOHN F. REED Historian

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