Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Unit:

403rd Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Awarded on:

June 10th, 1944

"For extraordinary achievements while participating in 200 hours of operational flight missions during which hostile contact was probable and expected. Missions included bombing attacks."
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Bombing mission on B-17 during the Battle of the Bismark Sea.

Presented by Lt. Gen George C. Keneny, comander of the allied air forces in the South-west Pacific.