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Volume 49 · 1358

Public Law 74–427

To authorize certain officers of the United States Navy, officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps, and officers and enlisted men of the United States Army to accept such medals, orders, diplomas, decorations, and photographs as have been tendered them by foreign governments in appreciation of services rendered.

Approved May 19, 1936

Statutory text

AN ACT

To authorize certain officers of the United States Navy, officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps, and officers and enlisted men of the United States Army to accept such medals, orders, diplomas, decorations, and photographs as have been tendered them by foreign governments in appreciation of services rendered.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the

Navy, Marine Corps, and Army.

Acceptance of certain decorations, etc., tendered by foreign governments to designated officers, etc., authorised.

following-named officers of the United States Navy, and officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps, are hereby authorized to accept such medals, orders, diplomas, decorations, and photographs as have been tendered them by foreign governments in appreciation of services rendered:

United States Navy: Admiral William H. Standley; Rear Admiral

Navy.

David F. Sellers; Rear Admiral Wat T. Cluverius; Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis; Rear Admiral Ernest J. King; Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton, retired; Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Junior; Rear Admiral John R. Y. Blakely, retired; Rear Admiral Edward H. Campbell; Rear Admiral Walter N. Vernou; Rear Admiral Harley II. Christy; Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler; Rear Admiral Walter S. Crosley; Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham; Rear Admiral Edward

Navy—Continued.

B. Fenner; Rear Admiral George T. Pettengill; Rear Admiral Clark N. Woodward; Rear Admiral William H. Allen; Captain Reuben B. Coffey; Captain Vaughn K. Coman; Captain Gordon W. Haines; Captain Alfred G. Howe; Captain Victor A. Kimberly; Captain David M. Le Breton; Captain William R. Sayles; Captain Halsey Powell; Captain Willis W. Bradley, Junior; Captain Frank H. Roberts; Captain Arthur B. Cook; Captain Benyaurd B. Wygent; Captain Rufus F. Zogbaum, Junior; Captain Frank Jack Fletcher; Captain Matthias E. Manly; Captain Alfred W. Brown; Captain Augustine T. Beauregard; Captain Harold M. Bemis; Captain Herbert H. Michael; Captain MacGillivray Milne; Captain Milo F. Draemel; Captain Edward A. Evers, Naval Reserve; Captain Edward T. Hooper, Supply Corps; Captain Holden C. Richardson, Construction Corps, retired; Captain Kent C. Melhorn, Medical Corps; Captain Lucius W. Johnson, Medical Corps; Commander Ernest L. Gunther; Commander Hamilton V. Bryan; Commander John D. Price; Commander Harold C. Train; Commander Ward W. Waddell; Commander William W. Smith; Commander Calvin N. Cobb; Commander Patrick N. L. Bellinger; Commander Harry G. Patrick; Commander Earl W. Spencer; Commander William H. Pashley; Commander Aaron S. Merrill; Commander Douglas W. Fuller; Commander Ralph F. Wood; Commander Joel T. Boone, Medical Corps; Commander Joseph A. J. McMullin, Medical Corps; Commander Gordon D. Hale, Medical Corps; Commander Walter C. Espech, Medical Corps; Commander Maurice M. Witherspoon, Chaplain Corps; Commander Bernhard H. Bieri; Lieutenant Commander Albert S. Marley; Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Moore, Junior; Lieutenant Commander John J. Carrick, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant Commander Emil J. Carroll, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant Commander Francis G. Donebrink; Lieutenant Commander Victor C. Barringer, Junior; Lieutenant Commander Ralph A. Ofstie; Lieutenant Commander Lucien B. Green, Second, retired; Lieutenant Commander Dallas D. Dupre; Lieutenant Commander Harold B. Crow, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant Commander Edward O. McDonnell, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant Commander Schuyler F. Cumings, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Stevenson, Supply Corps; Lieutenant Commander Chartes R. O’Leary, Supply Corps; Lieutenant Commander Hardy V. Hughens, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Thomas L. Morrow, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Louis E. Mueller, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Victor B. Riden, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander William M. H. Turville, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Horace R. Boone, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Warwick T. Brown, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Vincent Hernandez, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Harry S. Harding, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Wimberly, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Hillard L. Weer, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Robert F. Hickey; Lieutenant Harvey R. Bowes; Lieutenant Buell F. Brandt; Lieutenant George H. De Baun; Lieutenant John M. Brewster; Lieutenant Curry E. Eason; Lieutenant Maxwell B. Saben; Lieutenant John F. Gillon; Lieutenant Colonel II. Mansfield, Chaplain Corps; Lieutenant Joseph O. Saurette; Lieutenant Robert H. Smith; Lieutenant Donald R. Tallman; Lieutenant John Davis, retired; Lieutenant Walter L. Bach, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Walter G. Kilbury, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Hugh E. Mouldin, Dental Corps; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) James H. Taylor; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frank E. Latauzo, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Robert C. Douthat, Medical Corps; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Freeman C. Harris, Medical Corps; Lieutenant (Junior Grade)

Navy—Continued.

Warren G. Wieand, Medical Corps; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George H. Mills, Dental Corps; Ensign Howard F. Hozey, Naval Reserve Force; Chief Boatswain William C. Baker; Chief Pharmacist Roy Aikman; Chief Pharmacist Leon H. French.

United States Marine Corps: Major General James C.

Marine Corps.

Breckinridge; Brigadier General George Richards; Brigadier General Rufus M. Lane, retired; Brigadier General Hugh Matthews; Brigadier General Randolph C. Barkeley; Brigadier General Frederick L. Bradman; Brigadier General Louis McCarty Little; Brigadier General Douglas C. McDougal; Brigadier General Richard T. Williams; Colonel Richard M. Cutts; Colonel Presley M. Rixey, Junior; Colonel Seth Williams; Colonel James J. Meade; Colonel Clayton S. Vogel; Colonel Calvin B. Matthews; Lieutenant Colonel Lauren S. Willis, retired; Lieutenant Colonel Jeter R. Horton; Lieutenant Colonel Franklin B. Garrett; Lieutenant Colonel Calhoun Ancrum; Lieutenant Colonel William S. Wise; Lieutenant Colonel William B. Smith; Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. M. Price; Lieutenant Colonel Ross E. Rosell; Lieutenant Colonel John Marston; Lieutenant Colonel Julian C. Smith; Lieutenant Colonel Roy E. Geiger; Lieutenant Colonel Harry Schmidt; Lieutenant Colonel De Witt Peck; Lieutenant Colonel William B. Sullivan; Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Larsen; Lieutenant Colonel Arnold W. Jacobsen; Major Thomas S. Clarke; Major Joseph C. Fegan; Major Frederick R. Hoyt; Major Marion B. Humphrey; Major Allen H. Turnage; Major Louis M. Bourne; Major Matthew S. Kingman; Major John F. S. Norris; Major Anderson C. Deering; Major Ralph J. Mitchell; Major Samuel L. Howard; Major Oscar R. Cauldwell; Major Thomas E. Watson; Major Walter C. Sheard; Major Roger W. Peard; Major Lloyd L. Leach; Major Raphael Griffin; Major Thomas P. Cheatham; Major Louis W. Whaley: Major Leroy P. Hunt; Major Leo D. Merale; Major Lemuel C. Shepherd, Junior; Major James E. Davis; Major Alphonse De Carre; Major James T. Moore; Major Alfred N. Noble; Major Franklin A. Hart; Major William N. Beat; Major Herbert Hardy; Major Ralph E. West; Captain Graves B. Erskine; Captain Robert Yowell; Captain Francis P. Mulcahy; Captain Maurice C. Holmes; Captain Eugene F. C. Collier; Captain Otto Salzman; Captain Carl S. Schmidt; Captain Harry W. Gamble; Captain Roscoe Arnett; Captain Maurice S. Gregory; Captain James P. Smith; Captain Edward G. Kuefe; Captain Max Cox; Captain Oliver P. Smith; Captain Joseph O. Ward; Captain Edward L. Durvall, Junior; Captain John C. Wood; Captain Jacob Lienhard; Captain Victor F. Bleasdale; Captain Leonard H. Rea; Captain James P. Schwerin; Captain John H. Parker; Captain Walter S. Casper; Captain Willett Elmore; Captain Benjamin W. Gaily; Captain James A. Nixson, Captain Frederick M. Howard; Captain Lee W. Brown; Captain Harold G. Major; Captain Bernard Dubel; Captain Hamilton M. H. Fleming; Captain Claude A. Phillips; Captain Harold W. Whitney; Captain Harry Paul; Captain Frank N. Costtge; Captain Byron F. Johnson; Captain William J. Livingston; Captain George E. Monson; Captain Amor L. Sims; Captain George R. Rowen; Captain Brady L. Vogt; Captain Clinton W. McLeod; Captain Roy C. Swick; Captain Reuben B. Price; Captain William J. Whaling; Captain Frank N. Gilman; Captain Monitor Watchman; Captain George L. Maynard; Captain Benjamin W. Atkinson; Captain William L. Bales; Captain Frederick C. Diebush; Captain Terrell J. Crawford; Captain John T. Walker; Captain William P. T. Hill; Captain Jesse A. Nelson; Captain Henry A. Carr; Captain William C. Hall;

Marine Corps—Continued.

Captain Edwin J. Farrell; Captain Louis E. Woods; Captain Augustus H. Fricke; Captain William S. Fellers; Captain Herbert S. Keimling; Captain Walter W. Wensinger; Captain Ernest E. Lincort; First Lieutenant William L. McKittrick: First Lieutenant Max D. Smith; First Lieutenant David A. Stafford; First Lieutenant Roy W. Conkey; First Lieutenant Harold N. Rosecrans; First Lieutenant Horace D. Palmer; First Lieutenant Hayne D. Royden; First Lieutenant Christian F. Schilt; First Lieutenant James H. Strother; First Lieutenant Ivan W. Miller; First Lieutenant John C. McQueen; First Lieutenant William W. Davies; First Lieutenant James W. Smith; First Lieutenant Lewis A. Hohn; First Lieutenant Lucian C. Whitaker; First Lieutenant Ralph E. Forsyth; First Lieutenant Pierson E. Conradt; First Lieutenant Oregon A. Williams; First Lieutenant Evans F. Carlson; First Lieutenant John W. Lakes; First Lieutenant George F. Good, Junior; First Lieutenant William R. Hughes; First Lieutenant Maxwell H. Mizell; First Lieutenant Charles W. Kail; First Lieutenant Lewis D. Fuller; First Lieutenant Joe N. Smith; First Lieutenant Herbert F. Becker; First Lieutenant Alexander W. Kreiser; First Lieutenant Edward J. Trumble; First Lieutenant James C. Brauer; First Lieutenant Francis J. Cunningham; First Lieutenant Paul A. Putnam; First Lieutenant John S. E. Young; First Lieutenant William D. Saunders; First Lieutenant Lofton R. Henderson; First Lieutenant John N. Coffman; First Lieutenant Peter P. Schrider; First Lieutenant Robert L. Griffin; First Lieutenant James P. Risely; First Lieutenant Samuel S. Jack; First Lieutenant Frank M. June; First Lieutenant Miles S. Newton; First Lieutenant Ira L. Kimes; First Lieutenant Reginald H. Ridgely; First Lieutenant Nols H. Nelson; First Lieutenant Frank C. Dailey; First Lieutenant Frank H. Wirsig; Second Lieutenant Robert L. Peterson; Second Lieutenant Kenneth H. Weir; Second Lieutenant Arthur F. Binney; Second Lieutenant Clovis C. Coffman; Second Lieutenant Perry O. Parmelee; Second Lieutenant Lester S. Hamel; Second Lieutenant Ernest E. Pollock; Second Lieutenant Frank C. Croft; Second Lieutenant Newin O. Hammond; Second Lieutenant Frank H. Schwable; Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Berry; Second Lieutenant James P. Berkeley; Second Lieutenant Peter A. McDonald; Second Lieutenant Michael M. Mahoney; Second Lieutenant Fred D. Beans; Second Lieutenant Edgar O. Price; Second Lieutenant Lebulon C. Hopkins; Second Lieutenant William A. Willis; Second Lieutenant John M. Davis; Chief Marine Gunner John F. Evans; Chief Marine Gunner Otho Wiggs; Chief Marine Gunner Jesse W. Stamper-Chief Marine Gunner Frank F. Putcarmer; Chief Marine Gunner Frank O. Lundt; Chief Marine Gunner Michael Wederczyk; Chief Marine Gunner Harold Ogden; Chief Quartermaster Clerk August F. Schonefeld; Chief Quartermaster Clerk William A. Warrell, retired; Chief Quartermaster Clerk Albert O. Woodrow; Chief Quartermaster Clerk Elmer W. Darde; Chief Pay Clerk Benjamin H. Wolever; Chief Pay Clerk Clinton A. Phillips; Chief Pay Clerk Timothy E. Murphy; Marine Gunner Kennard F. Bubier; Marine Gunner Albert S. Nunach; Marine Gunner Harry R. Baley: Marine Gunner-Thomas Whitezel, Marine Gunner Waiter N. Hendersen; Marine Gunner Robert S. McCook; Sergeant Major James M. Barmead; Sergeant Major Carl Svenson; Sergeant Major Charles A. White; Quartermaster Sergeant Frederick J. Widman; Quartermaster Sergeant Rupert F. Stone: Master Technical Sergeant Millard T. Shepard; Paymaster Sergeant Fred Parquette; First Sergeant Edwin C. Clarke; First Sergeant Cecil N. Bietz; First Sergeant Charles H. Gray; First Sergeant William O’Grady; First Sergeant Alfred Sylvester; First Sergeant Harry Watkins; First

Marine Corps—Continued.

Sergeant Nicholas M. Griece; First Sergeant Frederick Dalton; First Sergeant Louis N. Bertol; First Sergeant Russell O. Heard; First Sergeant Otto Poland; First Sergeant Richard Shaker; First Sergeant Charles E. Stuart; First Sergeant Frank Verdier; First Sergeant Curtis 0. Whitney; Gunnery Sergeant Joseph A. Saunders; Gunnery Sergeant Bernard J. Durr; Gunnery Sergeant John J. Rogers; Sergeant Olin L. Beall; Sergeant George Washington; Sergeant Joseph L. Bonville; Sergeant Joseph Konepka; Sergeant Charles L. Mclndoc; Sergeant Frank J. Murphy; Sergeant Douglas S. Catchis; Sergeant Daniel J. Donahoe; Sergeant Charles Sorenson; Private John David.

United States Navy: Admiral William B. Caperton, retired; Rear

Navy.

Admiral Charles S. Freeman; Captain William D. Puleston; Captain Walter S. Anderson; Captain Stephen B. McKinney; Captain William O. Spears; Captain Augustin T. Beauregard; Commander Leo H. Thebaud; Commander Clarence Gulbranson; Captain Charles St. J. Butler, Medical Corps; Captain William S. Bainbridge, Medical Corps, Naval Reserve, retired; Commander Morton D. Willcutts, Medical Corps; Commander William Henry P. Blandy; Commander Edwin C. Ebert, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Commander Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter; Lieutenant Commander Joel J. White, Medical Corps; Lieutenant Albert L. King, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Walter C. Ford; Captain Herbert S. Howard, Construction Corps; Lieutenant Commander Leslie C. Stevens; Lieutenant Commander William K. Vanderbilt, United States Naval Reserve.

United States Marine Corps: Colonel Robert L. Denig; Colonel

Marine Corps.

Henry L. Roosevelt, Marine Corps Reserve, deceased; Colonel William C. Ilarllee, retired; Colonel Julius S. Turrill, retired; Lieutenant Colonel Harry L. Smith; Lieutenant Colonel William M. Small, retired; Major Andrew E. Creesy; Major Donald J. Kendall; Major Chester L. Fordney, Marine Corps Reserve; Captain Louis Cukela; First Sergeant George Nelson.

That the following-named officers and enlisted men of the United States Army are hereby authorized to accept such medals, orders, diplomas, decorations, and photographs as have been tendered them by foreign governments in appreciation of services rendered:

General Douglas MacArthur; Major General Dennis E. Nolan;

Army.

Major General Malin Craig; Major General Paul B. Malone; Major General Frank Parker; Major General Frank R. McCoy; Major General Albert J. Bowley; Major General Benjamin D. Foulois; Brigadier General Frank C. Belles; Brigadier General Casper II. Conrad, Junior; Brigadier General Andrew Moses; Brigadier General Thomas W. Darrah; Brigadier General Francis Le J. Parker; Brigadier General Guy V. Henry; Brigadier General John W. Gulick; Brigadier General Robert C. Foy; Colonel Joseph A. Baer; Colonel Charles Burnett; Colonel W. Goff Caples; Colonel Edward Davis; Colonel Charles W. Exton; Colonel James Malcolm Graham; Colonel W. Lee Hart; Colonel Jacob C. Johnson; Colonel Roy C. Kirtland; Colonel Osmun Latrobe: Colonel E. R. Warner McCabe; Colonel Charles H. Patterson; Colonel Russell P. Reeder; Colonel Francis A. Ruggles; Colonel Frederick W. Van Duyne; Colonel Richard H. Williams; Lieutenant Colonel Frank M. Andrews; Lieutenant Colonel Lester D. Baker; Lieutenant Colonel Reginald B. Cocroft; Lieutenant Colonel John F. Curry; Lieutenant Colonel Ernest J. Dawley; Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Fletcher, Junior; Lieutenant Colonel William W. Hicks; Lieutenant Colonel Donald C. McDonald; Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Manley; Lieutenant

Army—Continued.

Colonel Maxwell Murray; Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Pratt; Lieutenant Colonel John W. N. Schulz; Lieutenant Colonel Martin C. Shallenberger; Lieutenant Colonel Daniel I. Sultan; Lieutenant Colonel Edwin M. Watson; Lieutenant Colonel Barton K. Yount; Major George E. Arneinan; Major Rosenham Beam; Major Enrique M. Benitez; Major Peter C. Bullard; Major Henry B. Cheadle; Major Joseph O. Daly; Major Herbert A. Dargue; Major James A. Dorst; Major Asa N. Duncan; Major Charles R. Finley; Major Abraham Garfinckel; Major James A. Gillespie; Major Paul R. Hawley; Major Charles B. Hazeltine; Major Edgar Erskine Hume; Major George E. Lovell, Junior; Major Davenport Johnson; Major Raymond E. McQuillin; Major Joseph J. O’Hare; Major James B. Ord; Major Alvan C. Sandeford; Major Martin F. Scanlon; Major James C. R. Schwenck; Chaplain (Major) Aristeo V. Simoni; Major Julia C. Stimson; Major Robert H. Van Volkenburgh; Major Robert LeG. Walsh; Major Charles A. Willoughby; Major Walter F. Winton; Captain John R. D. Cleland; Captain Carl W. Connell; Captain Virgil N. Cordero; Captain Robert E. Cummings; Captain Thomas J. Davis; Captain Vernon C. DeVotie; Captain Fernand G. Dumont; Captain Ira C. Eaker; Captain Richard E. Elvins; Captain Muir S. Fairchild; Captain James M. Gillespie; Captain Leslie R. Groves, Junior; Captain Albert F. Hegenberger; Captain Eugene J. Heller; Captain Jack C. Hodgson; Captain Arthur B. McDaniel; Captain William J. McKiernan, Junior; Captain Eugene A. Regnier; Captain Charles McK. Robinson; Captain Timothy SapiaBosch; Captain Kinsley W. Slauson; Captain Bernard S. Thompson; Captain Leonard D. Weddington; Captain Ennis C. Whitehead; Captain Royden Williamson; Captain Ralph H. Wooten; First Lieutenant Joseph M. Glasgow; First Lieutenant John L. Hines, Junior; First Lieutenant Kenneth C. Nichols; First Lieutenant Benjamin B. Talley; First Lieutenant Hugh B. Waddell; Staff Sergeant Edward F. Springer; Sergeant Leslie B. Hopkins.

Approved, May 19, 1936.

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