Medal of Honor | Eastern Europe | Meritorious Service Medal (United States) | Eastern Orthodox Church | Meritorious Service Medal | Bronze Star Medal | Western Front | National Defense Service Medal | Great Eastern Railway | Eastern Bloc | Eastern Front (World War II) | London and North Eastern Railway | Eastern Michigan University | Western Front (World War I) | National Front | Eastern Rumelia | Eastern Front | Newbery Medal | Eastern Time Zone | Eastern Region | Distinguished Service Medal | Air Medal | Eastern Air Lines | Brownlow Medal | Distinguished Service Medal (Army) | Defense Superior Service Medal | The Front Page | Presidential Medal of Freedom | National Medal of Science | Congressional Gold Medal |
Prior to joining the SS he was a Hauptmann (Captain) in the Heer (German Army), being awarded the Iron Cross I & II class, the Eastern Front Medal for service on the Eastern Front during the first Russian winter of the war 1941/42, and the German Cross as the commander of a Sturmgeschütz (Assault Gun StuG) Battalion.