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Jay Zeamer – Air Medal
Orders awarding the Air Medal to Jay Zeamer, 31 May 1943
These are the general orders, Headquarters, Fifth Air Force, dated 31 May 1943, awarding the Air Medal to Jay Zeamer Jr. for the successful sinking of an 8000-ton vessel in Rabaul Harbor, January 17, 1943. (The mission actually began the night of January 16 and is so noted in Zeamer’s flight log.)