Paige was presented with the Eagle Scout award by the Boy Scouts of America on March 24, 2003, which he had earned in 1936, his last year in high school, but had never received because he had left home to join the Marine Corps.
Paige fik tildelt Eagle Scout prisen af Boy Scouts of America den 24. marts 2003, som han havde gjort sig fortjent til i 1936, hans sidste år i high school, men aldrig havde modtaget fordi han var taget afsted for at lade sig indrullere i marinekorpset.