We would like to thank our friends and family who have provided support over the many years as we’ve tried to reverse this injustice. Many of them have written to their Member of Congress asking for their support or have reached out to their network to help our cause. Without your continued encouragement it would be more difficult to keep fighting this battle.
We would also like to extend our gratitude to those eyewitnesses who were willing to come forward with their accounts of the Moung Phine mission and provided letters of support. We know bringing up their past wartime experience was not easy. And, we’re very thankful for the many military and government officials who have provided extensive research, letters of support and continue to help keep the conversation alive.
The list below constitutes a small collage of military, CIA, and government officials who have supported this Medal of Honor Recommendation.
And, of course, to our Dad, who set an example for us to follow.
C. Wesley Cossiboom (Ret)
SSGT, USAF
Peter Costa (Ret)
Major, USAF
Ken S. Hessel (Ret)
CIA Air Operations Officer
Chief Air Operations, Savannakhet - 1969
Charles D. Langham (Ret)
LTC USAF
Bruce Lehfeldt (Ret)
CIA Special Operations Officer
SGU Red Battalion Case Officer - 1969
Claret Taylor (Deceased)
Colonel, USAF (Ret)
Richard Blumenthal
United States Senate - CT
Member Senate Armed Services Committee
Member Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
Laphonza Butler
United States Senate - CA
Lois Capps
U.S. House of Representatives - CA, 1998 - 2017
Salud Carbajal
U.S. House of Representatives - CA
Member House Armed Services Committee
Amy Klobuchar
United States Senate - MN
Chair of the Senate Rules Committee
Doug LaMalfa
U.S. House of Representatives - CA 2019
Alex Padilla
United States Senate - CA
Barry Barnett
Attorney, Partner - Susman Godfrey LLP
Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers
Jeff Bleich
Attorney
Former Ambassador to Australia
US Army Col. Fred J. Borch (Ret)
Judge Advocate General Corps
President, Orders and Medals Society of America
Thomas Leo Briggs (Ret)
CIA Special Operations Officer - Laos 1970-1972
Cash on Delivery: CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos
Dr. Paul T. Carter @CarterOnConflict
US Army (Ret), Ph.D Chulalongkorn Univ.
Military Intelligence Corps Association Knowlton Award
USAF MG Stephen P. “Pat” Condon (Ret)
Former Commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah
Michael Cook, US Army (Fmr)
Commander, Chapter 750
Military Order of the Purple Heart
US Army Col. Edward J. Dewey (Ret)
USAF MG Donald G. Hard (Ret)
Former Director, Space & Strategic Defense Initiative Programs
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
USMC Command Sergeant Major Justin D. LeHew (Ret)
National Commander, Legion of Valor
US Army Maj. Dwight S. Mears (Ret)
The Medal of Honor: The Evolution of America's Highest Military Decoration
Wayne Messner (Ret)
Colonel, USAF
James Mitchel (Ret)
SES, USAF
Dennis A. Peterson
Captain, USMCR (Fmr)
Thomas C. Reed (Deceased)
Former Secretary of the Air Force 1976-1977
USAF Gen F. Michael Rogers (Deceased)
Commander, Air Force Logistics Command
Gary Simpson, US Coast Guard (Fmr)
National Ace Store 2021
USN Master Chief Petty Officer, Britt K. Slabinski (Ret)
Medal of Honor, Afghanistan
President, Medal of Honor Society
USAF LG Bruce “Orville” Wright (Ret)
President, Air & Space Forces Assn.
Nick Atkeson
Jeff Barrett
James Bates
Bill Brewster
Tim Devlin
Matthew Dolan
Nathan Dudley
Dennis Gaughn
Ken George
Mary Anne Hanis
Charles Herrmann
Kevin Holt
Richard Holway
John Keegan
Bill Kirk
Mark Lea
Erick Negron
Dave O’Neill
Anthony Savino
Mary Conran Smith
Joseph Sullivan
John Willmoth
Paul Young
Thank You!
Michael Conran
Patrick Conran
Kelly Conran Berlo
Shane Conran (If he was still with us, he would be leading the charge)