POW Medal Presentation
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III (right) presented the Prisoner of War medal to 1st Lt. James Mahon April 30, 2014, during a ceremony in the Pentagon. Mahon and eight other aviators, all bomber crew members, were shot down flying missions over Germany and were held in a prison camp in Wauwilermoos, Switzerland. Then Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning authorized the medal for 143 Army Air Corps aviators in October 2013, after the Airmen were denied the proper status for decades. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)
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