Shenandoah Valley Chapter

The 2005 Officers and Directors of the Shenandoah Valley Chapter were installed at a meeting held at the Wayside Inn in Middletown, Va., on 20 January 2005. From left to right, seated: President, Col. John Gallagher, USAF (Ret.); Director CAPT Kelly Kollios, USN (Ret.); second row: 2nd Vice President, Col. Cort Taylor, USAF (Ret.); Immediate Past President, CW2 Pete Plourd, USA (Ret.); Director, LTC Jim DeLaney, USA (Ret.); Director, Col. Joseph Siler, USMC (Ret.); Director, Col. Bill Stewart, USAF (Ret.); third row: 2nd Vice President, LCDR George Chapman, USN (Ret.); Recording Secretary, CDR Paul Sturm, USN (Ret.); Treasurer, CAPT James Edwards Jr., USN (Ret); Corresponding Secretary, MAJ Robert Riggs, USMC (Ret.); and Director CDR Hal Demuth, NOAA (Ret.). Not pictured: Director, Maj Gen George Rutter, USAF (Ret.).

 

ROUNSEVILLE RECEIVES THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS 34 YEARS AFTER IT WAS RECOMMENDED COL Richard G. Rounseville, USA (Ret.) (left in picture), Winchester, Va., receives the Distinguished Flying Cross at a special ceremony at the end of the annual meeting of the Shenandoah Valley Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America on 18 November 2004. Presenting the award is Chapter President CW2 Pete Plourd USA (Ret). The citation was read by Chapter Past President COL William P. Stewart, USAF (Ret.). The award was made for COL Rounseville's intrepidity, courage, and valor as an Army aviator in the Republic of Vietnam in 1970 during the Vietnam War. COL Rounseville's award had been recommended then, but never received final Army approval. A copy of the recommendation was retained by a former commanding officer who brought the recommendation to the attention of the Army Staff in the Pentagon, who approved the award. The distinguished Flying Cross was presented 34 years after then-Major Rounseville performed his courageous act.

 

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