Posted March 1, 2020 1:46 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

By Katie Lange

Medal of Honor Monday

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- While there were many bombing missions over Germany during World War II, one that happened 75 years ago was so heroic that it helped to inspire the book and movie “Twelve O’Clock High,” which was later turned into a highly regarded movie.

Today, we’re honoring a man who earned his Medal of Honor during that mission: Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. John C. Morgan.

Morgan began his military career as an airman in 1941 – before the U.S. entered the war – when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He would have joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, but because of an industrial accident at a job he’d previously had, he had been deemed unfit for duty for his own country.

World War II Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. John C. Morgan
World War II Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. John C. Morgan receives the Medal of Honor from Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker, Commander of the Eighth Air Force, in December 1943. Air Force photo

Morgan thrived with the Canadians …Read the Rest

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