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USAF Medal of Honor Recipients
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USAF Medal of Honor recipients named here are recognized for actions in World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, with honorees including Erwin R. Bleckley, Harold E. Goettler, Frank Luke, Jr., Edward V. Rickenbacker, Addison E. Baker, Richard I. Bong, Horace S. Carswell, Jr., Frederick W. Castle, Ralph Cheli, Demas T. Craw, James H. Doolittle, Henry E. Erwin, Robert E. Femoyer, Donald J. Gott, Pierpont M. Hamilton, James H. Howard, Lloyd H. Hughes, John L. Jerstad, Leon W. Johnson, John R. Kane, Neel E. Kearby, David R. Kingsley, Raymond L. Knight, William R. Lawley, Jr., Darrell R. Lindsey, Archibald Mathies, Jack W. Mathis, Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., William E. Metzger, Jr., Edward S. Michael, John C. Morgan, Harl Pease, Jr., Donald D. Pucket, Joseph R. Sarnoski, William A. Shomo, Maynard H. Smith, Walter E. Truemper, Leon R. Vance, Jr., Forrest L. Vosler, Kenneth N. Walker, Raymond H. Wilkins, Jay Zeamer, Jr., George A. Davis, Jr., Charles J. Loring, Jr., Louis J. Sebille, John S. Walmsley, Jr., Steven L. Bennett, George E. Day, Merlyn H. Dethlefesn, Bernard F. Fisher, James P. Fleming, Joe M. Jackson, William A. Jones, III, John L. Levitow, Lance P. Sijan, Leo K. Thorsness, and Hilliard A. Wilbanks; the listing associates each with a wartime theater and, in most cases, a specific date and place, while George E. Day and Lance P. Sijan are identified for conspicuous gallantry while prisoners of war.
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