During the award ceremony, General Schoomaker remarked that these officers
"represent the best our Army and our nation have to offer." He went on to say
that "they are the men and women at the core of the leadership closest to our
Soldiers." In his remarks, Dr. Diedrich emphasized that personal character and
prudent leadership are inseparable and "our lives and the choices we make are
expressions of our personal ethos.".
General MacArthur wrote, "When you read these lines you will
be about to bury our soldier. My reverence goes to him. He has written his own
history in letters of red on his enemy’s breast—but when I think of his patience
under adversity, his fortitude under pain, his courage under fire, and his
modesty in victory, I am shaken with an emotion I cannot express. May God be
with him."
CPT John S. Cecil, USAR, 81st
Transportation Detachment
CPT Robert H. Clapper II, USAR, 108th
Division
CPT Jeffrey D. Cole, Kentucky ANG, 1st
Bn.,149th Infantry
CPT Clinton W. Cox, TRADOC, 1st Bn.,
29th Infantry
WO2 Frank O. Davis, USAR, 660th
Transportation Company
CPT Justin H. Davis, Vermont ANG, Army Mountain Warfare
School
CPT Joel L. Dillon, FORSCOM, 1st Bn.,
12th Infantry
CPT Thomas L. Enright, Jr., USAR, 1190th
Deployment Support Brigade
CPT Joseph M. Ewers, USAEUROPE, 1st
Bn., 6th Infantry
CPT Anthony R. Gibbs, USAPACIFIC, TF 1, 501st
Airborne
CPT John M. Grantz, FORSCOM, 1st Bn.,
502d Infantry
CPT Allen R. Horner, USAR, 439th
Engineer Battalion
WO2 Pamela M. Howell, Minnesota ANG, Recruiting and
Retention Command
CPT Joshua C. Kennedy, USASOC, 3d Bn., 10th
Special Forces Group
WO2 James J. Korenoski, USASOC, 1st
Bn., 5th Special Forces Group
1LT Tamara O. Montgomery, USAR, 358th
Civil Affairs Brigade
CPT John C. Moore, USAEUROPE, 2d Bn., 37th
Armor
CPT Brent A. Orr, North Carolina ANG, 1st
Bn., 130th Aviation
CPT Ralph W. Overland, FORSCOM, 2d Bn., 8th
Infantry
CPT Michael A. Pribish, USAR, 458th
Engineer Battalion
CPT Andrew J. Short, FORSCOM, 41st
Engineer Battalion
CPT Angie L. Tofflemeyer, Colorado ANG, SPACE Support
Battalion
CPT Tyson T. Voelkel, FORSCOM, 3d Bn., 325th Airborne
The 18th Annual General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Awards
were presented to 24 company grade officers and three warrant officers on May
25, 2005. The ceremonies were officiated by General Peter J. Schoomaker, Chief
of Staff of the Army. Dr. Duane N. Diedrich, of the Foundation Board of
Directors, presented the awards recognizing these outstanding leaders in the
regular Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserves.
Following the award ceremony at the Pentagon the officers traveled to
Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. This
ceremony took on an even more solemn occasion this year as the words of General
MacArthur read by Dr. Diedrich during the awards ceremony were fresh in
everyone’s memory. These words by General MacArthur were written to a friend the
day before the November 11, 1921, dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
from World War I.
