What criminal did Mayhew Foster capture that was a recipient of the "Pour le Mérite"?
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ] ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.
 A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, he was a recipient of the "Pour le Mérite".
 He was the last commander of "Jagdgeschwader" 1, the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen.
Mayhew Foster
Mayhew Y. "Bo" Foster (October 9, 1911 – March 21, 2011) was an American soldier who flew captured Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring from Austria to Germany for interrogation by the 7th Army.
 For his actions in World War II, Foster was awarded both the Silver Star and the Légion d'Honneur.
Pour le Mérite
The Pour le Mérite (] , French, literally "For Merit") is an order of merit (German: "Verdienstorden" ) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia.
 The Pour le Mérite was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Order of the Red Eagle and the House Order of Hohenzollern, among the highest orders of merit in the Kingdom of Prussia.
 After 1871, when the various German kingdoms, grand duchies, duchies, principalities and Hanseatic city states had come together under Prussian leadership to form the federally structured German Empire, the Prussian honours gradually assumed, at least in public perception, the status of honours of Imperial Germany, even though many honours of the various German states continued to be awarded. Joachim Christian von Tresckow
Joachim Friedrich Christian von Tresckow ( 28 September 1698 in Niegripp bei Magdeburg– 20 April 1762 in Neisse) was a Prussian Lieutenant General, Proprietor of the Prussian Infantry Regiment Nr.
 32.
 He was a Knight of the Black Eagle Order and a recipient of the Order Pour le Mérite.
 He served Frederick the Great in the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. Pour la Vertu Militaire
The Pour la vertu militaire (Fr.
: for military virtue) was a military order of merit established on 25th of February, 1769 by Frederick II, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel.
 The order, modelled on the Prussian "Pour le Mérite", could be awarded in a single class to officers of Hessian army or allied armies for wartime or peacetime military merit.
 When awarded for peacetime merit, only officers from major upwards were eligible.
 In 1820 the French name was changed to German: Militär-Verdienstorden (Order of Military Merit).
 It was discontinued in 1866, after the annexation of Hessen-Kassel by the Kingdom of Prussia. Military Merit Cross (Prussia)
The Military Merit Cross ("Militär-Verdienstkreuz") was the highest bravery award of the Kingdom of Prussia for non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers.
 It was also known as the Golden Military Merit Cross ("Goldenes Militär-Verdienstkreuz") to distinguish it from the Military Decoration 1st Class ("Militär-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse"), a lesser Prussian enlisted bravery decoration which was an identical cross but in silver.
 The Military Merit Cross came to also be known as the "Pour le Mérite for non-commissioned officers and enlisted men" ("Orden Pour le Mérite für Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften"), after the Pour le Mérite, Prussia's highest military decoration for officers. Wilhelm Marschall
Wilhelm Marschall (30 September 1886 – 20 March 1976) was a German admiral during World War II.
 He was also a recipient of the "Pour le Mérite" which he received as commander of the German U-boat "UB-105" during World War I.
 The "Pour le Mérite" was the Kingdom of Prussia' s highest military order for German officers until the end of World War I. Peter von Pennavaire
Peter Ernst von Pennavaire (1678/1680–19 January 1759) ], was the son a French advocate (attorney) in Toulouse, who had fled from France in about 1685.
 He served in Prussian army, achieving the rank of lieutenant general of cavalry and proprietor of the Leib-Carabiniers (Cürassier-Regiment No 11).
 He was the recipient of both the Black Eagle Order and Pour le Mérite.
 At the Battle of Breslau, when he was 80 years old, he led his cavalry in a charge at the Austrian front.
 He died of complications from injuries received at the Battle. Kaspar Ludwig von Bredow
Kaspar Ludwig von Bredow (born 1685 in Neu Zauche, Mittelmark, died 11 June 1773 at Schloss Ihlow) was a Prussian lieutenant general, Knight of the Black Eagle Order, recipient of the Order Pour le Mérite and heir to Ihlow.
 He is regarded as one of the Crown Prince Frederick's military mentors. Otto Schultze
Otto Schultze (11 May 1884 – 22 January 1966) was a "Generaladmiral" with the "Kriegsmarine" during World War II and a recipient of the "Pour le Mérite" during World War I.
 The "Pour le Mérite" was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order for German soldiers until the end of World War I.
 As a U-boat commander during World War I, he was credited with the sinking of 53 ships for a total of 132531 LT , including the HMS "Falmouth" and SS "Transylvania" .