The initial search to identify candidates for induction into the Gallery of Heroes produced six Medal of Honor recipients and eighteen Distinguished Service Cross recipients. There are twenty-one Medal of Honor recipients and, as of today’s ceremony, fifty-eight recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross memorialized in the Gallery of Heroes. Included in the fifty-eight inductees are three recipients of the Navy Cross.

Of the 58 Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) awardees, thirty DSC’s were received for valor during World War II, eighteen for valor during the Korean War, and ten for valor during the Vietnam War.

The Gallery of Heroes exhibit was dedicated on Memorial Day 1988 and is located on the upper deck of Battery Randolph in the U. S. Army Museum of Hawaii on Fort DeRussy in Waikiki. Funds for the construction of the exhibit were subscribed through the Hawaii Army Museum Society (HAMS).