Pentagon Permanent Exhibition: In a high-level ceremony on February 3, 2006, TriWest Healthcare Alliance unveiled its acquisition of one of two Valor Portfolios, renamed “Visions of Valor.” One will be on permanent display for the 23,000 Pentagon employees and visitors who pass by to admire and pay their respect to these brave men. In attendance were eight four star generals and seven Medal of Honor Recipients.


Under Secretary of Defense Gordon England (left), Photographer Nick Del Calzo (right)
DoD photo by R. D. Ward. (Released)

"Visions of Valor” is the first major exhibition to honor the courage, commitment and character of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Less than 110 recipients of the 3,440 ever awarded since 1862 are alive today. The second “Visions of Valor” exhibit will be displayed over the next several months at veteran's facilities and major military bases and posts across the western United States.

• Phoenix
• Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego on 27 January 2006
• Ft. Lewis in Tacoma, WA
• Ft. Hood, TX
• U. S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

Cover story on Col. George E. (Bud) Day in the Winter 2005 issue of Siouxland Lifestyle Magazine.