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==Notable recipients== [[File:Gen James N. Mattis.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jim Mattis]]]] [[File:General George S Patton.jpg|thumb|180px|[[George S. Patton]]]] *[[Joe Medicine Crow]], Crow War Chief and historian *[[Julius Ochs Adler]], publisher and journalist *[[Eddie Albert]], actor *[[James Arness]], actor *[[Robert H. Barrow]], 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps *[[Eben Bartlett]], member of the [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]] *[[Tony Bennett]], singer *[[Allison Black]], Air Force officer *[[Rocky Bleier]], NFL football player *[[Rudy Boesch]], contestant on ''[[Survivor: Borneo]]'' and ''[[Survivor All Stars]]'' *[[Bill Bowerman]], coach and co-founder of [[Nike, Inc.]], 4 Bronze Stars received *[[Omar Bradley]], [[US Army Chief of Staff]] and [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] *[[Edward Brooke]], US Senator *[[Russell Adam Burnham]], [[Best Warrior|U.S. Army Soldier of the Year]] in 2003 *[[Hugh Carey]], Former Governor of New York State *[[Leonard F. Chapman Jr.]], 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps *[[Joseph S. Clark Jr.]], Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *[[Cordelia E. Cook]], first woman recipient of the Bronze Star Medal and the [[Purple Heart]] *[[Erastus Corning 2nd]], Mayor of Albany, New York *[[Tom Cotton]], US Senator *[[Alan "Ace" Cozzalio]], US Army helicopter pilot *[[Dan Crenshaw]], former United States Navy SEAL officer, serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019. *[[Robert E. Cushman Jr.]], 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps *[[Dieter Dengler]], aviator and POW escapee *[[Ron DeSantis]], Governor of Florida *[[Bob Dole]], former US Senator *[[Desmond Doss]], combat medic awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] in the [[Battle of Okinawa]], 2 Bronze Stars *[[Dale Dye]], actor *[[Frank Sutton]], actor *[[George Kennedy]], actor *[[Jeremiah Denton]], US Senator *[[Donnie Dunagan]], actor *[[Mark Esper]], 27th US Secretary of Defense *[[Walter Fetterly]], Colonel who led a rescue mission deep in enemy territory *[[Kenneth Raymond Fleenor]], Mayor of Selma, Texas *[[Henry Fonda]], actor *[[Joseph L. Galloway]], war correspondent *[[Maurice R. Greenberg]], CEO of American International Group (AIG) *[[Eric Greitens]], Governor of Missouri *[[Bob Gunton]], actor *[[Michael Hagee]], 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps *[[Pete Hegseth]], two-time recipient, 29th US Secretary of Defense. *[[Ernest Hemingway]], writer and war correspondent *[[Gil Hodges]], Hall of Fame baseball player and manager *[[Leo Hoegh]], former Governor of Iowa *[[Samuel Hogan|Samuel M. Hogan]], youngest tank battalion commander during WWII, of Task Force Hogan fame. *[[Daniel Inouye]], US Senator *[[Isadore Jachman]], Medal of Honor recipient *[[Bernard Jackvony]], Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island *[[Rick James (politician)|Rick James]], Kansan legislator *[[James L. Jones]], 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, 22nd US National Security Advisor *[[Bob Kalsu]], NFL football player *[[Otto Kerner Jr.]], Governor of Illinois *[[Bob Kerrey]], US Senator *[[John Kerry]], 68th US Secretary of State, senator of Massachusetts *[[Ben Key]], Royal Navy Admiral *[[Henry Kissinger]], [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] and foreign affairs consultant *[[Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan]], [[Muslim-American]] soldier *[[Charles C. Krulak]], 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps *[[Sharon Ann Lane]], Army Nurse Corps *[[Eddie LeBaron]], NFL football player *[[Jessica Lynch]], POW in Iraq *[[Douglas MacArthur]], US [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] and [[Field Marshal of the Philippines]] *[[Jim Mattis|James "Mad Dog" Mattis]], 26th US Secretary of Defense *[[John McCain]], US Senator *[[Dave McCormick]], US Senator *[[Ed Meads]], NFL player *[[Charles Mergendahl]], novelist, television writer<ref name=BGOB>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92488499/the-boston-globe/ |title=Charles Mergendahl Dies, Bay Street TV Editor, Author |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=April 30, 1959 |page=26 |access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref> *[[Glenn Miller]], jazz musician and band leader *[[John U. Monro]], Dean of Harvard College *[[Bud Moore (NASCAR owner)|Bud Moore]], NASCAR team owner and crew chief, two Bronze Stars received *[[Hal Moore]], US Army Lieutenant General *[[Seth Moulton]]. USMC Captain, United States Congressman *[[Robert Neller]], 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps * [[Scott O'Grady]], USAF Lieutenant shot down during the [[Bosnian War]] and evaded capture for nearly a week, which inspired the 2001 film ''[[Behind Enemy Lines (2001 film)|Behind Enemy Lines]]'' *[[Peter Pace]], 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff *[[Ferruccio Parri]], leader of the Italian resistance movement *[[George S. Patton]], famed US Army major general *[[David Petraeus]], Army General and former Director of the CIA *[[Colin Powell]], 65th US Secretary of State, 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff *[[Geronimo Pratt]], high-ranking member of the [[Black Panther Party]], two Bronze Stars received *[[Chesty Puller|Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller]], famed US Marine Corps general *[[Tony Radakin]], 24th [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] *[[Elliot Richardson]], 11th US Secretary of Defense, 69th Attorney General, and Secretary of Commerce *[[Tom Ridge]], former Governor of Pennsylvania and 1st Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security *[[Mickey Rooney]], actor *[[Justus Rosenberg]], member of the [[French Resistance]], [[Legion of Honour|''Commandeur de la'' ''Légion d'honneur'']], and [[Emeritus|Emeritus Professor]] of Languages and Literature *[[Jack Rudin]], real estate developer *[[Rod Serling]], writer/creator of ''The Twilight Zone'' *[[Raymond P. Shafer]], Governor of Pennsylvania *[[Tim Sheehy]], US Senator *[[Lloyd Stowell Shapley]] *[[Larry Siegel]], writer *[[EJ Snyder]], survivalist and television personality *[[Oliver Stone]], Film Director *[[Grace Thorpe]], environmentalist and Native rights activist *[[Pat Tillman]], NFL player and US Army Ranger *[[Lee Van Cleef]], actor *[[John Paul Vann]], soldier and state department official *[[Richard Vinroot]], Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina *[[John Walsh (Montana politician)|John Walsh]], US Senator *[[Edward Warburg]], Philanthropist *[[Leroy H. Watson]], Mayor of Beverly Hills, California *[[Douglas Wilder]], former Governor of Virginia *[[Elmo Zumwalt]], 19th Chief of Naval Operations Command *[[Lauri Törni]] (Larry Thorne), Army, Vietnam, Former Finnish And Waffen SS captain
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