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Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award

The Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award is an annual award of the Naval Order of the United States to honor a U.S. citizen eligible for regular membership in the Naval Order, who, while acting in a civilian capacity in a senior Federal government position, has established a record of exemplary service that sets that individual apart from his or her peers.


Clark G. Reynolds

Reynolds received the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature from the Naval Order of the United States, and the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award for Excellence in Naval Aviation History and Literature from the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation in Pensacola, Florida.

John Lorimer Worden

Admiral Worden was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Naval Order of the United States and the Military Order of Foreign Wars.


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Fitz John Porter

On December 27, 1894 Porter, along with 18 others, founded the Military and Naval Order of the United States which was soon renamed the Military Order of Foreign Wars.