The Black Widow
by Bettmann
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The Black Widow
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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Air Medal awards to enlisted men. The citation is as follows, for meritorious achievement while participating in one hundred hours of operational flight missions in the South West Pacific Area, during which hostile contact was probable and expected. These operations consisted of long range bombing missions against enemy airdromes and installations and attacks on enemy naval vessels and shipping. Standing in front of the "Black Widow" B-24 Liberator: l to r-Staff Sgt. Ernest Rivera, gunner, Tech Sgt. Wm. A. Marshall, engineer, Tech Sgt. Lincoln Johnson, radio and gunner, former World War vet, Staff Sgt. Floyd E. Rakow, asst engineer, Staff Sgt. James Morgan, asst radio operator, Staff Sgt. William F. Klenn, gunner.
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