Pictured above are CDR Willis E. Hardy USN Ret. (L) and LCDR Fred L. Dungan USNR, holding one of the Congressional Gold Medals in Honor of American Fighter Aces of World War II. Each of these Gramps members received one of these Medals from The Speaker of the House of Representatives, John A. Boehner, at the Smithsonian Museum, in Washington D.C., on 20 May 2015.