Honorees Include:
- Lt. Col. James H. Harvey, III, Tuskegee Airman, and winner of the first ‘Top Gun’-style competition in 1949, the first African American jet pilot to fly combat missions, with special guest Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of two living Tuskegee Airmen combat pilots of WWII.
- The U.S. 8th Air Force: ‘Masters of the Air,’ surviving heroes of the Allied Air Forces who owned the skies over Hitler’s Fortress Europe, subject of the forthcoming Apple TV+ series from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
- The Chosin Few, veterans of the harrowing Battle of Chosin Reservoir – the most epic battle of the Korean War
- ‘The Women who Brought Them Home’ – wives of the Vietnam POWs who fought to raise awareness to their plight, leading to their release 50 years ago, and permanently changing Pentagon policy toward POWs and MIA. With special guests, their POW husbands.
- The Real ‘Moonlight Graham,’ Roy Gleason – The only man in history to have a perfect MLB batting average, a World Series Championship ring, and a Purple Heart
- Nearly three dozen surviving heroes of World War II, with a special musical performance from the Air Force Band’s ‘Airmen of Note’ and 100 members of the Naval Academy Glee Club.