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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES AWARDS AND CITATIONS ~ CRITERIA AND RECIPIENTS THE VFW AMERICANISM AWARD Awarded to an individual for outstanding contribution to Americanism principles. To recognize exemplary achievement in promoting those values such as patriotism, commitment to service and love of country which contributes to the betterment of the American society. Recipients: 1959 George Meany (AFL-CIO) 1960 Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Defense 1961 Senator George A. Smathers 1962 Senator Hubert H. Humphrey 1963 J. Edgar Hoover 1966 Raymond Burr 1967 True Davis 1968 Admiral Arleigh Burke 1969 Reverend Theodore N. Hesburgh 1970 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew 1971 John Wayne 1973 Pete Rozelle 1974 Mayor Richard J. Daley 1975 Colonel Leon G. Turrou 1976 General Daniel (Chappie) James, Jr. 1977 Brian B. Reynolds 1978 Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation 1979 Senator Russell B. Long 1980 Servicemen killed in Iran Rescue attempt (posthumously ~ Capt. Richard L. Bakke, USAF - Sgt. John D. Harvey, USMC - Cpl. George N. Holmes, Jr., USMC - SSgt. Dewey L. Johnson, USMC - Capt. Harold L. Lewis, Jr., USAF - TSgt. Joel C. Mayo, USAF - Capt. Lyn D. McIntosh, USAF - Capt. Charles McMillan, II, USAF 1981 Lt. Gen. J. H. Doolittle, USAF (Ret) 1982 Richard "Red" Skelton 1983 Jan Scruggs, President, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 1985 Corporal Jeffrey T. Nashton, USMC 1986 Judge Frederick B. Lacey 1987 Paul A. Volcker 1988 John O. Marsh, Jr. 1989 Congressman Silvio O. Conte 1990 A. F. "Bud" Dudley 1991 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the US 1992 Senator John McCain 1993 Calrton G. Philpot 1994 Gerald McRaney 1995 Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1996 James Lee Witt, Director, FEMA
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THE VFW ARMED FORCES AWARD Awarded to active or retired member of the Armed Forces for outstanding contributions to National Security. To recognize extraordinary achievement by members of the Armed Forces of the United States in such manner as to reflect the highest traditions of service to the Armed Forces, the Nation and to its national security. Recipients: 1964 Adm. Harry D. Felt, USN (Ret) 1965 M/Sgt. Calvin J. Bowlin, USA 1966 Col. Michael R. Yunck, USMC 1967 Capt. Harvey G. Barnum, Jr., USMC 1968 BGen Robin Olds 1969 Gen. Creighton W. Abrams 1970 S/Sgt. Edward Marrero, USAF 1971 The Prisoners of War (in absentia) 1972 Adm. John S. McCain, Jr. 1973 Air Force Aces (Captains Richard S. Ritchie, Charles B. DeBellevue and Jeffrey S. Feinstein) 1974 RAdm. Jeremiah A. Denton, USN (POW) 1975 Gen. George Brown, USAF 1976 Col. Sydney H. Batchelder, Jr., USMC 1977 Maj. Arthur G. Bonifas and LT Mark T. Barrett (posthumously) 1978 MGen John Singlaub, USA (Ret) 1979 Gen. Louis H. Wilson 1980 LtGen. Daniel O. Graham, USA (Ret) 1981 William A. Connelly, Sgt. Major of the Army 1982 Four Navy Airmen responsible for the shooting down of Libyan Aircraft: (Lt. James Anderson, USN - Lt. Lawrence Mucsynski, USN - Lt. David Venlet, USN - Cmdr. Henry Kleemann, USN) 1983 LtCmdr Albert A. Schaufelberger, III (posthumously) 1984 Gen. Paul X. Kelley, USMC 1985 Major Arthur D. Nicholon, Jr. (posthumously) 1986 Crew of the USS Saratoga 1987 United States Coast Guard 1988 Lt. Gen. Colin L. Powell 1989 Naval Aviation Teams, USS John F. Kennedy 1990 Lt. General Carl W. Stiner, USA 1991 Non-Commissioned Officers of all Military Services 1992 General Alfred M. Gray, USMC (Ret) 1993 Admiral Charles R. Larson 1994 Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (General Thomas Needham) 1995 BG Paul W. Tibbets 1995 To the men and women of WWII (accepted by Gen. Kicklighter) 1996 General H. Hugh Shelton 1997 U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory (Col. James Colvin) 1998 The National Guard
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THE VFW CITIZENSHIP AWARD Awarded for outstanding service contributing to American citizenship. To recognize significant contribution to the spirit of service and dedication to the nation that inspires us to display better citizenship. Recipients: 1946 Bob Hope 1947 None 1948 None 1949 None 1950 None 1951 None 1952 Henrik Kurt Carlsen (Washington Conference) 1953 Judge E. J. Dimock (NY) 1953 Charles F. Johnson, Jr. 1954 None 1955 None 1956 None 1957 Walter Franklin George 1958 Sam Rayburn 1959 Lyndon B. Johnson 1960 Carl Vinson 1961 none 1962 none 1963 Dr. Frances O. Kelsey 1964 none 1965 Gen. James Earl Rudder, (ret.) 1966 Robert W. Sarnoff (RCA) 1967 none 1968 none 1969 Bob Hope 1970 none 1971 none 1972 John B. Connally 1973 none 1974 Gerald R. Ford 1975 Ronald Reagan 1976 Lowell Thomas 1977 Hubert H. Humphrey 1978 Anita Bryant 1979 none 1980 Melvin Price, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee 1981 James E. Van Zandt 1982 Charlton Heston, (actor) 1983 Joseph R. “Bob” Kerrey, Governor, Nebraska 1984 Mrs. Jeane Kirkpatrick (award presented at 84 VFW Wash. Conference) 1984 John and Reve' Walsh (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) 1985 Everett Alvarez, Jr. 1986 Walter Polovchak 1987 William J. Bennett 1988 Henry H. Hyde, US Congressman, 6th District, Illinois 1989 Orrin G. Hatch 1989 (NOT AWARDED - Bill Mauldin DID NOT ATTEND CONVENTION) 1990 (NOT AWARDED - Barbara Bush DID NOT ATTEND CONVENTION) 1991 Harry N. Walters, President, Desert Storm Homecoming Foundation 1992 George Martin (14-Yr prof Football career – defensive lineman-NY Giants) 1993 Honorable Frederic Schwengel (posthumously) 1994 (NOT AWARDED) 1995 Dr. Antonia C. Novello 1996 (NOT AWARDED)
THE VFW CONGRESSIONAL AWARD Awarded to a sitting member of Congress for outstanding service to the Nation. To recognize exemplary contributions and achievements and degree of respect the member has earned in his efforts to harmonize civil, military relation, and the balance of national and local interests. It is nonpartisan in nature. By custom the granting of the award alternates between the two houses. Recipients: 1964 Senator Carl Hayden (D) 1965 Congressman John W. McCormack (D) 1966 Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R) 1967 Congressman Wilbur D. Mills (D) 1968 Senator Richard B. Russell (D) 1969 Congressman Olin E. Teague (D) 1970 Senator Henry H. Jackson (D) 1971 Congressman Leslie C. Arends (R) 1972 Congressman Thomas E. Morgan (D) 1973 Senator John C. Stennis (D) 1974 Congressman George H. Mahon (D) 1975 Senator Barry Goldwater (R) 1976 Congressman F. Edward Hebert (D) 1977 Senator Herman E. Talmadge (D) 1978 Congressman John J. Rhodes (R) 1979 Senator Bob Dole (R) 1980 Congressman G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery (D) 1981 Senator Paul Laxalt (R) 1982 Congressman Samuel S. Stratton (D) 1983 Senator John G. Tower (R) 1984 Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) 1985 Senator Strom Thurmond (R) 1986 Congressman Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs (D) 1987 Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D) 1988 Congressman William Nichols (D) 1989 Senator Sam Nunn (D) 1990 Congressman Bob Traxler (D) 1991 Senator Pete Domenici (R) 1992 Congressman Gerald B. Solomon (R) 1993 Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D) 1994 Congressman Robert Michel (R) 1995 Senator John McCain (R) 1996 Congressman Floyd D. Spence (R) 1997 Senator Tom Daschle (D) 1998 Congressman Bob Stump (R) 1999 Senator Arlen Specter (R)
VFW DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Awarded to an individual for contributions to the cause of American security, unity and world peace. To recognize exemplary and/or extraordinary contributions and achievements in securing the nation from foreign threats, in advancing the interests of the nation abroad, in inspiring the unity of the American republic behind these efforts these efforts and by doing so advancing towards the goal of world peace. Recipients: 1970 President Richard M. Nixon 1971 Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird 1972 Bob Hope 1973 Henry Kissinger 1976 James R. Schlesinger 1977 Strom Thurmond 1978 Senator James B. Allen (Posthumously) 1979 Senator John C. Stennis 1980 General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., USA (Ret) 1981 H. Ross Perot 1982 Vernon A. Walters 1983 Caspar A. Weinberger 1984 George P. Shultz 1985 Senator Richard G. Lugar 1986 Ambassador Philip C. Habib 1987 General Bernard W. Rogers, USA (Ret) 1988 General John W. Vessey 1989 Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., USN 1990 Honorable Thomas R. Pickering (presented Dec. 7, 1990 - NY) 1991 Men and Women of the Armed Forces serving during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm 1992 General John R. Galvin, USA (Ret) 1993 James Baker, III 1994 Ambassador Deane Hinton 1995 (NOT AWARDED) 1996 General William C. Westmoreland
THE VFW HALL OF FAME AWARD Awarded to an individual(s) for distinguished service rendered through outstanding contributions in the field of entertainment to include theatrical, sports and cinema. To recognize service to the nation, the veterans or its Armed Forces in the form of entertainment. Recipients: 1973 George Foreman 1975 Rocky Bleier 1976 John F. Bookout, President, Shell Oil Company 1977 Rod Carew, Minnesota Twins 1978 Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys 1979 Archie Manning, New Orleans Saints 1980 George S. Halas, Chicago Bears Football Club (owner) 1981 Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates 1982 Eunice Kennedy Shriver (Special Olympics) 1983 Pete Fountain 1984 Walter J. Payton 1985 Willis Reed 1986 (NOT AWARDED) 1987 Eddie G. Robinson 1988 Richard Howser (posthumously) 1989 Wayne Newton 1990 John C. Unitas 1991 Joan Leslie 1992 (NOT AWARDED) 1993 Loretta Swit 1994 Peter Graves 1995 Charles Durning 1996 Billy Ray Cyrus
1997Travis Tritt1998Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders1999Cristy Lane2000 (NOT AWARDED)2001Pat Tillman (posthumously)2002Charlie Daniels2003Toby Keith (not awarded)2004Ann-Margaret & Mickey Rooney2005Connie Stevens2010 Keni Thomas 2011 Leeann Tweeden 2012 Neither were able to come. (Kevin Bacon/R. Lee Ermy) 2013 Neither were able to come. (Ben Stein/Joseph A. “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. 2014 NONE 2015 NONE 2016 Rob Riggle 2017
Awarded to an individual or an organization for outstanding contributions to a better understanding of our American way of life and its institutions and interests by honest and forthright reporting. Recipients: 1978 Fred Hoffman, API 1979 John Crown, The Atlanta Journal 1980 Jim Bishop, King Features Syndicate 1981 R. E. "Ted" Turner, Cable Network News 1982 Helen Copley, The Copley News 1983 USA TODAY 1984 The McLaughlin Group 1985 Sarah McClendon, Author & newspaper & radio journal covering white house 1986 Jeremiah O'Leary 1987 Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) 1988 Bill Kurtis, Broadcast Journalist, WBBM-TV 1989 Drew Middleton, New York Times 1990 Patrick J. Buchanan 1991 Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. USA (Ret) 1992 Joseph Lee Galloway, Jr., Sr Writer and Editor, U.S. News & World Report) 1993 Dr. Walter E. Williams 1994 Accuracy In Media (Joseph Goulden) 1995 Jack Smith, ABC TV News 1996 Al Santoli 1997 (NOT AWARDED) 1998 Ken Hamblin 1999 W. E. Butterworth (aks Web Griffin, Author) 2000 (NOT AWARDED) 2001 James Webb
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