James "Jimmy""Big Red" Aquilla Dyess did receive the Medal of Honor. In fact he received the highest military and civilian awards. Lt. Col. Dyess, who Dyess AFB was named for I am not sure of without re reading his bio. this can be found on my web page with links to lots of other Dyess info. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/village/9828 Faye At 09:23 AM 1/10/99 -0600, you wrote: >To Faye Dyess and the Dyess List, > >Sense you have most everyone's attention, I have a question on the >Dyess Family. > >I notice posted in some places the information that two Dyess men >received the > Metal of Honor < , I read somewhere that this is not >true, only one received the Metal, The other was recommend but died >before he could receive it, > Can anyone Help out with this??, > >Charles R. Lee > e-mail < crlee@mwec.com > crlee3@hotmail.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Faye Dyess <fdy@gate.net> >To: DYESS-L@rootsweb.com <DYESS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 8:38 AM >Subject: [DYESS-L] Early Dyess > > >>Sorry to make comments and run but I couldn't get back to the computer last >>night. >> >>Mainly wanted everyone to start thinking. I like to have things proven to >>me. I think the book does a great job of giving lineage. I think that >>once it gets into the 1700's there is a lot of assumption. I have >>documented Jacob Dice arriving in Savannah Colony of Georgia 1737. I have >>documented the first death of a Dyess, his son in 1742. In 1750 Moses, his >>son is living in Richmond County, GA (directly across the river from >>Barnwell SC) and having many sons. I have spent much time looking for >>Dyess in SC. They are not there. They are in Georgia. >> >>The Dyess historians are through with this project and are not the least >>bit interested in separating fact from fiction. Everyone is free to believe >>what they choose. The easy way is to accept the facts as given to you. I >>want to know the truth even if it means I have to do a little more digging. >> Just hoping to inspire a little help from others out there. >> >>Faye >> >> > > >