He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on June 12, 1952, entering the Aviation Cadet Program for Navigator/Aviation Observer training on March 27, 1954.
Storz was a member of the Alcatraz Gang, a group of eleven American prisoners held separately from other POWs because of their particular resistance to their captors.
[4] These prisoners were held in solitary confinement from October 1967 to December 1969 at a special facility (dubbed “Alcatraz” by ranking POW James Stockdale) in a courtyard behind the North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, about a mile away from Hỏa Lò Prison (nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton” by U.S.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Title 10, Section 8742, United States Code, takes pride in presenting the Air Force Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Edward Storz (AFSN: 0-3057474/12404348), United States Air Force (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism in military operations against an opposing armed force while a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam from August 1967 to April 1970.
Through his extraordinary heroism and willpower, in the face of the enemy, Lieutenant Colonel Storz reflected the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.