Our Past Award Winners

2011 Mr. Dan Lamothe

2012 Ms. Gretel C. Kovach

2013 Michael M. Phillips

2014 Matthieu Aikins

2015 Gretel C. Kovach

2016 SSgt Ken Melton, USMC (ret)

2018 Sebastian Walker

2019 Hope Hodge Seck

2020 Dan Lamothe

2022 Elliott Woods, Tommy Andres, and Maria Byrne

2023 Dan Lamothe

2024 Irene Loewenson 

1986 Maj Gerald W. Caldwell, USMC

1987 Col John L. Adkinson, Jr., USMC

1988 Capt Timothy C. Hanifen, USMCR

1989 Maj Michael D. Becker, USMC

1990 Col John B. Saxon, USAF

1991 Maj William H. Dixon, Jr., USMC

1992 LtCol Cary R. Cheston, USMC

1993 Maj William R. Cronin, USMC

1994 Capt Eric K. Fippinger, USMC

1996 Dr. Eliot A. Cohen

1997 Maj Philip E. Grathwol, USMC

1998 Maj Patrick M. McGinn, USMC

1999 Capt Russell Blauw, USMC

2000 Col Timothy Hanifen, USMC

2001 Col Timothy Hanifen, USMC

2002 Col Randall Hammond, USMCR

2003 Maj David J. Dowling, USMC

2004 Col Robert S. Walsh, USMC

2005 Col Pat Gramuglia & Maj Rick Phillips

2006 Officers of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadrons 1 & 3

2007 Fred H. Allison, USMCR(Ret)

2008 Maj Michael D. Grice, USMC

2009 Col William Powers, USMC (Ret)

2010 Col L.R. Roberts, USMC

2011 LtCol Scott B. Clifton, USMC

2012 Maj Ryan Hough, USMC

2013 Craig Thorson

2014 CWO4 Randy Gaddo, USMC (Ret)

2015 LCDR B.J. Armstrong, USN

2016 LtCol James McBride, USMC

2017 OV-10 Association

2018 Col Richard Camp, USMC (Ret)

2019 Geoff Roecker

2020 MSgt Jeff Dacus, USMCR (Ret)

2022 Patrick Reed

2023 Nancy Lichtman

1998 Sgt Jason C. Huffine, USMC

1999 PHC George Chen and Ted Carlson

2000 Oscar C. Williams

2003    LCpl Ronoldson G. Slim, USMC

2004    PH1 Arlo Abrahamson, USN

2005    Cpl Rich Mattingly, USMC

2008 Sgt James Richardson, USMC (1st place)

         Cpl Sheila Brooks, USMC (2nd place)

         Col Michael Haas, USMC (3rd place)

2009 Cpl Seth E. Maggard, USMC (1st place)

         Cpl Tyler W. Hill, USMC (2nd place)

         Cpl Albert Hunt, USMC (3rd place)

2010 Sgt Pete Thibodeau, USMC (1st place)

         LCpl Michael Augusto, USMC (2nd place)

         Cpl Wayne T. Hansen, USMC (3rd place)

         Cpl Erik S. Anderson, USMC (Honorable Mention)

2019 Cpl Kyle Daly, USMC

2020 LCpl Ryan Hageali, USMC

2022 Gunnery Sergeant Brian Knowles, USMCR

2023 Mac Caltrider

1981 LtCol Merrill L. Bartlett, USMC

1982 Jack Shulimson and Dr. Graham A. Cosmas

1983 LtCol Robert E. Mattingly, USMC

1984 LtCol Robert E. Mattingly, USMC

1985 Thomas L. Friedman

1986 Russell Werts

1987 LtCol Merrill L. Bartlett, USMC (Ret)

1988 BGen William Weise, USMC

1989 Maj Edward F. Palm, USMC

1990 David C. Brooks

1991 Prof Dirk A. Ballendorf

1992 Maj Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR

1993 Maj Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR

1994 Maj Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR

1995 Maj Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR

1996 Dr. Donald F. Bittner

1997 LtGen Charles G. Cooper, USMC (Ret)

1998 William H. Bartsch

1999 Joseph G. Dawson III

2000 David J. Ulbrich

2001 J. Michael Miller

2002 Maj Jeffrey Cowan, USAF

2003 BGen E.H. Simmons, USMC (Ret)

2004 LtCol Ronald J. Brown, USMCR

2005 Capt Robert S. Burrell, USMC

2006 L.J. Daugherty III, Ph.D.

2007 CDR Henry J. Hendrix II, USN

2008 LtCol Richard M. Cook, USMC (Ret)

2009 Col Richard Camp, USMC (Ret)

2010 LtCol Otto Lehrack, USMC (Ret)

2011 Mrs. Lauren Armstrong

2012 MGySgt Renaldo R. Keene, USMC (Ret)

2013 CWO2 Michael D. Fay, USMC (Ret)

2014 Maj Robert T. Jordan, USMC (Ret)

2015 Hope Hodge Seck

2016 David J. Ulbrich, Ph.D.

2017 Hope Hodge Seck

2018 Dan Lamothe

2019 Kyle Watts

2020 Michael M. Phillips

2022 James P. Gregory Jr.

2023 Jonathan A. Bernstein

1996 Dr. Eugene B. Sledge

1999 BGen E.H. Simmons, USMC (Ret), & Mr. J. Robert Moskin

2000 SgtMaj C.A. McKinney, USMC (Ret)

2002 Maj Jerome J.C. Beau, USMC (Ret)

2003 David M. Sullivan

2004 Congressman John P. Murtha

2005 Col Allan Millett, USMCR (Ret) & Dr. Jack Shulimson

2006 Col H. Avery Chenoweth, USMCR (Ret) & Col  F. Brooke Nihart, USMC (Ret)

2007 Gen Charles C. Krulak, USMC (Ret)

2008 Howard Terpning

2009 Gen James L. Jones, USMC (Ret)

2011 Mr. John Andrew Prime

2012 Ms. Gretel C. Kovach

2013 Xandra Clark & Natacha Ruck

2014 Gretel Kovach

2015 Sgt Reece Lodder, USM

2016 Tom Sileo

2017 Shaltiel Dominguez

2018 Erika Ritchie

2019 James LaPorta

2020 ​Erika Ritchie

2022 Erika Ritchie

2023 Russell Worth Parker

2024 Erika Ritchie

1991 Sgt Robert C. Jenks, USMC

1992 SSgt William R. Parker, USMC R

1993 Sgt Thomas J. Lapointe, USMC

1994 Cpl Jennifer S. Nischalke, USMC

1995 Sgt Lance M. Bacon, USMC

1996 LCpl Chance D. Puma, USMC

1997 Lance M. Bacon

1998 Steve N. Ongley

1999 Cpl Chet Decker, USMC

2000 Sgt Chet Decker, USMC

2001 David Habermaas

2003 Cpl Damian McGee, USMC

2004 SSgt Jonathan Moor, USMC

2005 Sgt Cecilia Sequeira, USMC

2006 Cpl Paul W. Leicht, USMC

2007 Sgt Robert L. Fisher III, USMC

2008 SSgt Scott Dunn, USMC

2009 LCpl Ronald W. Stauffer, USMC

2011 Sgt Mark Fayloga, USMC

2012 David Gilkey

2013 Cpl Reece Lodder, USMC

2014 Martin Specht

2015 Sgt Matthew Callahan, USMC

2016 Sgt Reece Lodder, USMC

2017 Mindy Schauer

2018 Ashley Gilbertson

2019 Paul Rodriguez

2020 Lucian Read

2021 No Award Given

2022 David P. Gilkey (posthumously)

2023 Kowshon Ye

2024 GySgt Melissa Marnell USMC

2011 LCpl Carlos Sanchez, USMC

2012 Sgt Mallory S. VanderSchans, USMC

2013 LCpl Ian Bush, USMC

2014 Sgt Christopher Stone, USMC

2015 Sgt Reece Lodder, USMC

2016 Mindy Schauer

2017 Isaac Ibarra

2018 Paul Rodriguez

2019 Santino D. Martinez      

2020 Cpl Dalton Swanbeck USMC

2022 Tia Dufour

2023 LCpl Syndi Jessee, USMC

2024 Sgt Cameron Hermanet USMC

2012 Charles V. Jones [War Shots: From Tarawa to Iwo Jima, Norm Hatch’s Marine Camera Crusade]

2013 Gail Shisler [For Country and Corps: The Life of General O.P. Smith]

2014 Scott Laidig [Al Gray, Marine – The Early Years 1950-1967]

2015 David J. Bettez [Kentucky Marine: MajGen Logan Feland]

2016 Col Glenn Harned, USA (Ret) [Marine Corps Generals 1899-1936]

2017 James Carl Nelson  [I Will Hold: The Story of Clifton Cates]

2018 Fred H. Allison [We Were Going to Win, or Die There]

2019 Michael Archer [The Gunpowder Prince: How Marine Corps Capt Mirza Munir Baig Saved Khe Sanh]

2020 Dr. Joseph Arthur Simon [The Greatest of All Leathernecks: John Archer Lejeune and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps]

2022 Jane Waterhouse [Valor in Action: The Medal of Honor Paintings of Colonel Charles Waterhouse]

2023 LtCol John B. Lang, USMC (Ret) [A Final Valiant Act: The Story of Doug Dickey, Medal of Honor]

2024 Col Richard D. Camp USMC (Ret) [Lieutenant General Edward A. Craig - Warrior Six: Combat Leader in World War II and Korea]

1987 Col Gerald H. Turley, USMC (Ret)

1988 Hans Schmidt

1989 Col John G. Miller, USMC (Ret)

1990 Dr. V. Keith Fleming

1991 Richard B. Franks

1992 LtCol Otto J. Lehrack, III, USMC (Ret)

1993 Col Allan R. Millett, USMCR

1994 Maj Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR and Dr. Jack Shulimson

1995 Col Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret)

1996 Eric Bergerud

1997 LtCol Gary D. Solis, USMC (Ret)

1998 Dr. Gregory J.W. Urwin

1999 Col Charles T. Williamson, USMC (Ret)

2000 James Bradley [Flags of our Fathers]

2002 LtCol Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR [Chesty- The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC]

2003 Max Boot [The Savage Wars of Peace]

2004 MajGen Ray Smith, USMC (Ret) & Hon. Bing West [The March Up – Taking Baghdad with the 1st MarDiv]

2005 Evan Wright [Generation Kill]

2006 Nathaniel Fick [One Bullet Away, The Making of a Marine Officer]

2007 Maj Robert S. Burrell, USMC [Ghosts of Iwo Jima]

2008 LtCol Peter F. Owen, USMC (Ret) [The the Limit of Endurance]

2009 BGen E.H. Simmons & Col Joseph Alexander, USMC (Ret) [Through the Wheat]

2010 Bob Drury and Tom Clavin [The Last Stand of Fox Company]

2011 LtCol Seth Folsom, USMC  [In the Gray Area, A Marine Advisor Team at War]

2012 David Ulbrich [Preparing for Victory]

2013 Dakota Meyer & Bing West [Into the Fire]

2014 Bill Ardolino [Fallujah Awakens]

2015 Gregg Jones [Last Stand at Khe Sanh]

2016 Oscar Gilbert and Romain Cansiere [Tanks in Hell]

2017 J. Kael Weston [The Mirror Test]

2018 Mark Bowden [Hue 1968, A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam]

2019 Hampton Sides [On Desperate Ground, The Marines at the Chosin Reservoir]

2020 James H. Hallas [Saipan: The Battle that Doomed Japan in World War II]

2023 Buzz Bissinger [The Mosquito Bowl]

2024 No Award Given

2020      General James Mattis & Mr. Bing West [Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead]

2022      Frank "Gus" Biggio [The Wolves of Helmand]

2023      Kacy Tellessen [Freaks of a Feather]

2024      Andrew Milburn [When the Tempest Gathers]

2011 Karl Marlantes [Matterhorn]

2012 Nick Ragland and Joe Rouse [Puller’s Runner]

2013 Terry L. Gould [How Can You Mend This Purple Heart]

2014 Roxana Robinson [Sparta]

2015 Phil Klay [Redeployment]

2016 Maj Rick Spooner, USMC (Ret) [The Dragon of Destiny & the Saga of Shanghai Pooley]

2017 Maximilian Uriarte [The White Donkey – Terminal Lance]

2018 Jeff Shaara [The Frozen Hours, A Novel of the Korean War]

2019 Elliot Ackerman [Waiting for Eden]

2020 Carlos G. Cooper [Chain of Command]

2022 Bing West [The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War]

2023 Mark Treanor [A Quiet Cadence]

2024 No Award Given

2011 Ms. Nancie Saxton

2012 Robert A. Hall

2013 Paul Shannon

2014 Maj David R. Dixon, USMC

2015 Harold F. Cockson

2016 Stanton S. Coerr

2017 John D. Musgrave [Notes to the Man Who Shot Me: Vietnam War Poems]

2018 David Rose [From Sand and Times: Poems]

2019 Justin T. Eggen [The Art of Warrior Poetry]

2020 Justin T. Eggen [The Sun Rises in Helmand]

2022 Michael Closz [The Haunted Garden]

2023 Mason Rodrigue [Rock Eater]

2024 Benjamin Fortier [Phantoms]

1998 GySgt Al Moore, USMC

1999 2nd Bn, 4th Marines Association

2000 Good-to-Go Video

2002 Arnold Shapiro Productions

2003 Sgt Melissa Vreeland, USMC

2004 LCpl Christopher Bodily, USMC

2005 JO1 Christian Gearhart, USN

2006 SSgt Karen Summers & SSgt Travis Gregg

2008 Fox Sports Network North (Trevor Fleck & Dan Truebenbach)

2009 Sgt Jeremy Vought, USMC

2010 Citizens United Foundation

2011 HBO – The Battle for Marjah

2013 Maj Brian Iglesias, USMCR & Capt Anton Sattler, USMCR  (Chosin)

2014 Matt Patron [Collecting Sgt Dan]

2015 Bob Zimmerman [Rise of the Valiant]

2016 Ken and Betty Rodgers [Bravo Common Men, Uncommon Valor]

2017 Lucky8 TV [The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima]

2018 Steven L. Smith [George W. Ruth, American Marine WWI]

2019 Blink Films, UK [We’ll Meet Again; Korean War Brothers in Arms]

2020 Laura Froidefond & Antoine Favre [The Devil Dogs]

2022 Col Bill Davis & David Harl [Tomorrow’s Leaders]

2023 David C. Kniess, Jr. [The Gift]

1998 JOC Bill Johnson-Miles & PH2 Lisa Borges, USN

1999 JO2 Blodgett, PH2 Thicklin, JO3 Robinson USN

2000 Cpl Scott Peczka, USMC & PHC William Krumpelman, USN

2002 Sgt Jimmy Williams, USMC and PH2 Jonathan Byrd, USN

2003 Jeffrey A. Brennan

2004 SSgt Steven Williams, USMC & JO1 April Ashe, USN

2005 Sgt Daniel Kauppila, USMC

2008 GySgt Steven Williams, USMC

2009 LCpl Anibal Lugo, USMC

2011 Steve LaHood

2012 Marshal Ivan Kander

2013 PFC Jacob M. Lagoze, USMC

2014 Cpl Bryce Burton, USMC

2015 Sgt Tammy Hineline, USMC

2016 David Botti

2017 Ronald Zaczek

2018 CWO2 Michael Kropiewnicki, USMC

2019 SSgt Daniel D. Kujanpaa, USMC

2020 CWO3 Michael Kropiewnicki, USMC

2022 LCpl Christopher McMurry, USMC & Cpl Daniel Johnson, USMC

2023 Cpl Moises Rodriguez, USMC

2024 MSgt Daniel Brown USMC, Cpl Emily Hazelbaker USMC, SSgt Josue Marquez USMC 

and CWO4 Izzel Sanchez USMC [Combat Artists]

1987 MSgt James A. Fairfax, USMC (Ret)

1988 Col H. Avery Chenoweth, USMCR (Ret)

1989 Maj Donna J. Neary, USMCR       

1991 Col H. Avery Chenoweth

1992 Col Peter M. Gish, USMCR (Ret)

1993 CWO Charles G. Grow, USMC

1994 Tom Lea

1995 Richard M. Gibney

1996 Col Edward M. Condra III, USMC (Ret)

1997 Tom Dunn

2003 SSgt Michael Fay, USMCR

2004 Sgt John Carrillo, USMC

2005 Mr. John T. Dyer, Jr.

2008 Sgt Kristopher J. Battles, USMCR

2009 Col Peter M. Gish, USMCR (Ret)

2010 Sgt Kristopher J. Battles, USMCR

2011 Col Edward Condra, USMC (Ret)

2012 Cpl Reagan Lodge, USMC

2013 Robert W. Bates

2014 Sgt Sarah Rothschild, USMC

2015 David Paul Venell

2016 Mardie Rees

2017 Victor Juhasz

2018 Kris Kuksi

2019 Richard Johnson

2020 John Deckert

2022 Col Craig H. Streeter, USMC (Ret)

2023 Marcus Poole

2012 Lt William Broyles

2013 Bruce McKenna [Episode 7, HBO’s “The Pacific:]

2014 No Award Given

2015 Allston James [Suribachi]

2016 Lance Johnson [Community Service]

2017 Elisabeth Frankel [Shelter]

2018 Allston James [The Tree Talk]

2019 Robert M. Adams [Place of Angels]

2020  Allston James [A Hill in Time]

2023 Francisco Martinezcuello [Salsa Night]

2024 LtCol John B. Lang USMC (Ret) [A Final Valiant Act]

2024 Damien O'Connell and Daniel G. Zimmerman

1984 Glen P. Frakes-Gilbert, Jr. High

1988 Roanoke Valley History Museum

1989 Marine Detachment (1797) USS Constitution

1990 Guadalcanal Campaign Veterans, Kalamazoo

1991 MCRD San Diego Museum

1992 Sheriff John F. DeWitt Military Museum

1993 2d Dental Co, 2d FSSG, Camp Lejeune

1994 Charles R. Bish

1995 Marine Corps Museum, Buffalo

1996 LVT Museum, Camp Pendleton

1997 U.S. Marine Raider Museum, Richmond, VA

1998 Scranton, PA Detachment, Marine Corps League

1999 U.S. Marine Corps Historical Company

2003 Marine Corps Legacy Museum, Harrison, AR

2004 Naval Historical Center Detachment, Boston

2005 Marine Detachment Exhibit aboard the U.S.S. Alabama

2006 G.G. Sweet Veterans Memorial Park, Pahrump, Nevada

2007 SgtMaj Ihor Sywanyk, USMC (Ret)

2008 Raider Hall Museum, Martial Arts Center of Excellence, Quantico

2009 CWO5 Rodney Mooney USMC (Ret) Rock Island, IL

2009 Living History Detachment, Parris Island

2010 Gilles Lagin, WWI Museum in France

2011 John Gerber

2012 MSgt Ramon Gallimore, USMC

2013 Liberty Bell Memorial Museum, Melbourne, FL

2014 Base One Europe – Beech Hill Camp & Museum, Ireland

2015 No Award Given

2016 No Award Given

2017 Marine Corps Reserve Centennial Project

2018 2d Battalion, 8th Marines Legacy Project

2019 Stars and Stripes – The Marines and Tet: The Battle that Changed the Vietnam War at the Newseum

2023 4th Assault Amphibian Battalions Heritage Room

2024 One Battalion's Sacrifice Exhibit at Missouri's National Veterans Memorial in Perryville, MO - Thomas Kiefner, the late Col Edwin Kiefner USMCR (Ret), LtCol Ron Gruenberg USMC (Ret), Michael L. Warren II and Blake Kiefner