| 2024 |
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GA VFW State Commander, Patsey Schreiber, US Navy (Ret.) |
| 2023 |
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Colonel Rob Choppa, Retired US Army |
| 2022 |
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Richard A. Nelson, Calvary Episcopal Church |
| 2019 |
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William A. Robinson, Retired US Air Force Captain, Former Prisoner of War (Vietnam) |
| 2018 |
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Fred Boyles, Retired Superintendent National Park Service, Commander US Navy Reserve |
| 2017 |
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Brigadier General David A. Lesperance, US Army Armor School Commander, MCOE Ft. Benning, GA |
| 2016 |
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Lt. Col. Kent Morrison, USMC (Ret.), Executive Director, Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, GA |
| 2015 |
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Colonel Tom Carden, Georgia National Guard Commander |
| 2014 |
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Chief Warrant Officer 3 James L. Ramge (Ret.) |
| 2013 |
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Clarence "Tiger" Davis |
| 2012 |
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Master Sergeant Jennifer L. Nesbitt, Honor Guard Program Manager 78th Air Base Wing, Robins AFB |
| 2011 |
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Dr. Benjamin Cloyd, Ph.D., author of Haunted By Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory. |
| 2010 |
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Sergeant Major Patrick Henson, United States Army (Ret.) |
| 2009 |
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Lt. Col. Robert J. Sweet, Deputy Commander of the 23rd Fighter Group, Moody AFB and former POW |
| 2008 |
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Rear Admiral Patricia Wolfe, United States Navy, Supply Corps |
| 2007 |
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General Johnnie E. Wilson, USA (Ret.), CEO -Dimensions International Inc. |
| 2006 |
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Lt. Col. Harry S. McCorkle, US Army, Commander 2Battalion 121 Infantry, 48th BCT Georgia Army National Guard |
| 2005 |
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Brigadier General Eugene G. Payne, Jr., Commanding General, Marine Corps Logistics Command |
| 2004 |
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Congressman Jim Marshall, United States House of Representatives
Special Guest Speaker – Governor Sonny Perdue |
| 2003 |
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George Harrison, Director, Research Operations, GA Tech Research Institute |
| 2002 |
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Senator Max Cleland, United States Senate |
| 2001 |
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Major General David Poythress, Adjutant General of Georgia, Department of Defense |
| 2000 |
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Major General Paul M. Lee, Jr., Commander, Materiel Command, United State Marine Corps |
| 1999 |
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J. Alan Liotta, Deputy Director, Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office |
| 1998 |
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Congressman Sanford Bishop, United State House of Representatives |
| 1997 |
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Togo West, Secretary of the United States Army |
| 1996 |
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Senator Paul Coverdell, United States Senate |
| 1995 |
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Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| 1994 |
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Admiral James B. Stockdale, USN (Ret.) – Medal of Honor Recipient – Former POW |
| 1993 |
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Congressman Sanford Bishop, United States House of Representatives |
| 1992 |
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Alan C. Patak, Deputy Assistant, Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs |
| 1991 |
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Congressman Douglas "Pete" Peterson, United States House of Representatives, Former POW, Ambassador to Vietnam |
| 1990 |
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Lt. Col. Madeline M. Ullom, Army Nurse Corps, Former POW, Pacific Theater WWII |
| 1989 |
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Edwin Cole Bearss, National Park Service, Chief Historian
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| 1987 |
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Colonel Hervey S. Stockman, USAF (Ret.), Former POW |
| 1986 |
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Brigadier General William C. Page, Jr., Director of Operations, Plans and Mobilization |
| 1985 |
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Virlyn B. Moore, Jr., served in the F.B.I. and United States Army during WWII |
| 1984 |
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Lt. Col. (Ret.) USMC Orson G. Swindle III, Director, Farmers Home Administration |
| 1983 |
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Senator Sam Nunn, United States Senate |
| 1982 |
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Pete Wheeler, Director, Georgia Department of Veterans Service |
| 1981 |
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Congressman Charles Hatcher, United States House of Representatives |
| 1980 |
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George E. Osborne, State Adjutant, American Legion, Department of Georgia |
| 1979 |
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Pete Wheeler, Director, Georgia Department of Veterans Service |
| 1978 |
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Dr. Larry P. MacDonald, United States House of Representatives |
| 1977 |
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Congressman Bill Murray, United States House of Representatives |
| 1976 |
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Congressman Jack Brinkley, United States House of Representatives |
| 1975 |
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Pete Wheeler, Director, Georgia Department of Veterans Service |
| 1972 |
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Congressman Fletcher Thompson, United States House of Representatives |
| 1971 |
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Congressman Dawson Mathis, United States House of Representatives |
| 1970 |
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Congressman Jack Brinkley, United States House of Representatives |
