2020 MG Sidney Shachnow Grateful Nation Award Ceremony December 23, 2020December 23, 2020Editor – Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | 2020 MG Sidney Shachnow Grateful Nation Award recipients JINSA would like to thank all of its 2020 MG Sidney Shachnow Grateful Nation Award Ceremony Sponsors: Chairman Sponsors Leon and Elaine Ellman & FamilyCatherine and David P. SteinmannColleen A. Edwards, M.D. and Joel M. Zinberg, M.D., J.D. MG Sid Shachnow Grateful Nation Award Sponsors Lawrence Gray, Judith Ganz and CPT Alexander Ganz, USABryna and Joshua Landes & Family And special thanks to Diana and Michael David Epstein About JINSA’s MG Sidney Shachnow Grateful Nation Award The Grateful Nation Award, established in 2003, renamed the MG Sidney Shachnow Grateful Nation Award in 2019, is presented annually to six young heroes recognized for having distinguished themselves through superior conduct in the War on Terrorism. Honorees are nominated and selected by their respective service. The honorees come from the enlisted, noncommissioned officer and junior officer ranks. Honorees represent each of the five branches of the U.S. military and the U.S. Special Operations Command.