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2nd Lt. William Lawley Jr.

On the first day day of "Big Week," when the Army Air Forces wrenched control of the sky from the German Luftwaffe during World War II, then-1st Lt. William Lawley showed extraordinary bravery and courage in bringing home a crippled aircraft with a barely functioning crew. It was Feb. 20, 1944 and the mission was to bomb a factory in Leipzig, Germany. For his actions, he was awarded the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

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