Richard Myers(III)

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on 9 November 2005. Other recipients were Frank Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Paul Rusesabagina, Carol Burnett, Andy Griffith, Aretha Franklin, Vint Cerf and his Internet co-developer Robert Kahn, Jack Nicklaus, Alan Greenspan, and former congressman G.V. Sonny Montgomery.

[on witnessing the attack on the Pentagon on 9/11]: When I came across the 14th Street Bridge fire and black smoke were coming out of the Pentagon, It was one of those moments where I said, 'Okay, this is a dream,' because it just seemed surreal. I actually kind of slapped my face to make sure I was awake. And I just said, 'Okay, this is real.'