Naval Historian Receives Distinguished Public Service Award
210517-N-FK318-1038 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (May 17, 2021) Members of Naval History and Heritage Command watch as Rear Adm. Theodore LeClair presents the Distinguished Public Service Award to James D. Hornfischer during a virtual award ceremony May 17. The Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, signed by the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, is the highest honor for which non-Navy employees can be awarded, honoring individuals who have carried out acts of valor or heroism or who have demonstrated exceptionally outstanding service of substantial and long-term benefit to the Navy, Marine Corps, or the Navy as a whole. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abigayle Lutz)