Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

24th Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Awarded on:

August 28th, 1942

Citation:
"For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flights between Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, and Dol Monte, Mindanno, Philippine Islands, during the period March 10, 1942 to April 7, 1942. Lieutenant Strathern made several round trips in an obsolete, unarmed, commercial airplane, evacuating personnel and delivering badly needed supplies and medicine. These flights were made at night under adverse weather conditions, with no navigational aids, and over territory in possession of the enemy and dominated by heavy enemy air patrols. On his last flight, his aircraft was completely destroyed by enemy aerial attack."