Several Run To Honor board members and other supporters were privileged to join the members of the Naval Academy’s 13th Company as they ran a game ball from Annapolis to Baltimore for the 126th Army-Navy football game.
Each of the midshipmen had a dog tag with the name of one of the 13th Co. alumni, below, who are in in Memorial Hall and who have been awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, or Distinguished Flying Cross.
★ 1st Lt. Ruben Songco '43, US Army, was killed on December 3, 1944 by pro-Japanese Filipinos while on a years-long reconnaissance mission on the island of Panay, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star.
★ Lt. (j.g.) William Turner '44, US Navy, was killed in action on October 24, 1944 when USS Shark (SS 214) was sunk with all hands in the Luzon Strait. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star.
★ Lt. (j.g.) James Hudson '50, US Navy was killed in action on December 22, 1952 when the AD-3 Skyraider he was piloting was destroyed by anti-aircraft fire while attacking facilities near Hwangsuwon-ni (Somong-ni) North Korea. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for continuing to press the attack "with expert airmanship, outstanding courage and unswerving devotion to duty."
★ Capt. Edmund Taylor, Jr. '53, US Navy was lost on May 8, 1972 when the helicopter he was aboard crashed while attempting to land aboard USS Providence (CLG 6) in the Gulf of Tonkin. He had been awarded the Bronze Star for his actions while commanding officer of USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG 22) in 1967.
★ Maj. Jack Phillips '59, US Marine Corps was killed in action on October 14, 1967 when North Vietnamese forces overran his company's command post. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action."
★ 2nd Lt. Theodore Vivilacqua '68, US Marine Corps was killed in action with North Vietnamese forces on May 13, 1969. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for "his courage, aggressive leadership and steadfast devotion to duty."
★ Lt. Daniel Moran, Jr. '63, US Navy was killed in action on January 15, 1967 when he was mortally wounded by anti-aircraft fire while piloting an A-4 Skyhawk over North Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross "for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight."
