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The Texas Medal of Honor is the highest decoration of the Texas Military. Awards and decorations of the Texas Military are medals, ribbons, badges, tabs, trophies, plaques, certificates, memorials, monuments, holidays, and general honors that recognize service and achievement in the Texas Military Forces. [1]
The chief of staff of the Army, who is the highest-ranked military officer in the army, serves as the principal military adviser and executive agent for the secretary of the Army, i.e., its service chief; and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a body composed of the service chiefs from each of the four military services belonging to the ...
William Rufus Shafter. William Rufus Shafter (October 16, 1835 – November 12, 1906) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks. Shafter also played a prominent part as a major general in the Spanish–American War.
The Hall of Honor was established by the Texas Military Department in 1980 to "recognize outstanding service and leadership" of Texas Military Forces service members operating under state or federal command. As of 2018, it has 120 inductees. The Hall of Honor is hosted by the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry. It is both an exhibit ...
By the mid-1970s, 387 of the Army’s 423 Military Occupational Specialties were open to women. So much integration had been accomplished that the Women’s Army Corps program was terminated Oct ...
Korean War. Vietnam War. Awards. Medal of Honor. Silver Star. Bronze Star with valor device. Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters. Finnis Dawson McCleery (December 25, 1927 – July 11, 2002) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in the ...
Jack W. Mathis was born on September 25, 1921, in San Angelo, Texas, and grew up in nearby Sterling City. He enlisted in the Army on June 12, 1940, and served in an artillery unit at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, until he learned that his brother Mark had enlisted in the then- U.S. Army Air Corps . Mathis transferred into his brother's unit and began ...
Staff Sergeant. Unit. 5th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Battles/wars. Vietnam War †. Awards. Medal of Honor. Purple Heart. Marvin Rex Young (May 11, 1947 – August 21, 1968) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in the Vietnam War .