- 2022 & 2023, Texas Philosophical Society Award, awarded to Inside the Texas Revolution; The Enigmatic memoir of Herman Eherenberg, James Crisp, editor. I am credited as co-translator. The book also won the Summerfield G. Robertson award for 2022 and a Western History Association award.
- 2020, H. Bailey Carroll Award from the Texas State Historical Association for the outstanding article in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. in 2019
- 2019, “Vietnam on Tape” podcast in collaboration with Bob Bullock Museum winner of TAMMIE award from the Texas Association of Museums. Also winner of National Gold MUSE Award in the Podcast category for the best podcast produced by a museum in the US in 2019 from the American Association of Museums.
- 2017, Voted member of Texas Institute of Letters
- 2016, Distinguished Alumnus Columbus High School, Columbus TX, 2016
- Distinguished Contribution to history of Gillespie County Award, Gillespie County Historical Association, 2016
- 2011, Summerfield G. Roberts award, awarded for my book Friedrichsburg by the Sons of the Republic of Texas
- 1970, 1971, U.S. Army: Purple heart; Distinguished Flying Cross; Bronze Star with “V”; Air Medal with “V” with two oak leaf clusters; Army Commendation Medal with “V” with five oak leaf clusters; American Spirit Honor medal, Vietnam Campaign medal.
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