REAR ADMIRAL B.W. HOGAN, SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY, was presented with the MEDAILLE DE VERMEIL, the Medal of Honor of the French Navy Medical Service, at a special ceremony held in the office of the Surgeon General at the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery on January 10, 1957. The Medal was presented to Admiral Hogan by Rear Admiral Louis Mornu, Naval Attache for the French Embassy, Washington, D.C. (TIO, BuMed).
