| Caption | American officers LtCol Richard H Carmichael, 19th Bomb Group CO, MGen George C Kenney, 5th Air Force CO, and BGen Kenneth N Walker, V Bombing Command CO at Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942 ww2dbase | ||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces | ||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||
| Added Date | 9 Jan 2011 | ||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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29 Dec 2010 11:02:45 PM
This photo taken after LtCol Carmichael & others were issued a variety of awards. LtCol Carmichael received the Distinguished Service Cross (Army’s 2nd highest award) for leading a harrowing B-17 raid against Rabaul, New Britain 7 Aug 1942 the Silver Star for his leadership in a night attack on Rabaul 23 Feb 1942 and the Distinguished Flying Cross for landing his inbound B-17 under fire at Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941.