Gen. Leon W. Johnson
During Operation Tidal Wave, the most highly decorated military mission in U.S. history, Gen. Leon W. Johnson was the leader of a group B-24 Liberators that took off on an 18-hour, 2,400 mile round trip mission to destroy the largest Nazi-held oil refinery at Ploesti, 30 miles north of Bucharest, Romania. Five Airmen, including General Johnson, earned the Medal of Honor that day in 1943. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
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