James Van Fleet - Recipient -

On September 23, 1992, James A Van Fleet, US General who participated in D-Day, the Battle of Bulge, commanded forces in Korea, died at the age of 100. He received three Distinguished Service Crosses and three Silver Stars for bravery. An excerpt from the article:

James Van Fleet's ancestry can be traced back to the Revolutionary War, where his grandfather, Joshua Jan Van Fleet, joined New York Militia in 1779. The elder Van Fleet went on to become a New York legislator and state judge, before retiring to serve as a Colonel in the state militia. His father and mother, William and Mendora Van Fleet, owned property in Chicago and were friends of Abraham Lincoln. William Van Fleet subsequently served in Union Army during Civil War. James Van Fleet graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the Class of 1915. After World War II, he was sent to Greece, as executor of the "Truman Doctrine" where he was instrumental in the outcome of Greek Civil War by providing advice to the Greek government as well as administering $400 million in aid. A square in the Northern Greek city of Kastoria was named after him for many years. In 1951, he replaced General Matthew B. Ridgway as commander of the U.S. Eighth Army and United Nations forces in Korea. He lost his only son, an Air Force officer, in the Korean War. At the time of his death in 1992 he was the oldest living general officer in the United States."