| Caption | Doolittle Raider Major John Hilger minutes after receiving his Distinguished Flying Cross, the fifth highest US combat decoration at the time, Bolling Field, Washington DC, United States, 27 Jun 1942 ww2dbase | |||||||
| Photographer | Ralph Morgan | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | |||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 27 Jun 1942 | |||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
| Added Date | 2 Nov 2012 | |||||||
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| 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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