Awards and Decorations
Command pilot
| Air Force Cross | |
| Silver Star (plus three oak leaf clusters) | |
| Distinguished Flying Cross (with nine oak leaf clusters) | |
| Air Medal (with 25 oak leaf clusters) | |
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Combat "V" for Valor) | |
| National Defense Service Medal (two awards) | |
| Vietnam Service Medal (with three campaign stars) | |
| Air Force Longevity Service Award (with two oak leaf clusters) |
Vietnam Air Gallantry Medal with Gold Wings
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
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Famous quotes containing the word decorations:
“Let the realist not mind appearances. Let him delegate to others the costly courtesies and decorations of social life. The virtues are economists, but some of the vices are also. Thus, next to humility, I have noticed that pride is a pretty good husband. A good pride is, as I reckon it, worth from five hundred to fifteen hundred a year.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)