Lt Robert E Schweitzer; AIR MEDAL

12 Dec 44 - 448th BS War Diary: The mission was stand down once again today due to weather conditions. Lieutenant Moose left this morning for the Ile Rousse rest camp for a much needed rest. Lieutenants Bongiovanni, Grady, Swanson, Rogers, and Shear received their orders for promotion to Captain. Lieutenant Bongiovanni is the Squadron Navigator. In an impressive ceremony this afternoon General Knapp presented the following awards to personnel of the Squadron: DFC: Captains Joyce and Grady, Lieutenants Bard, Carrington, Kirk, Kiska, Leonard, Mallin, Martin, McRee, Norris, Riley, Rosenau, Tetlow, Young, and Zinkand, Sergeants Poteete, Bowman, Pealer, and Schaffer. SOLDIER’S MEDAL: Lieutenants Duggan and Sergeant Wilson. BRONZE STAR MEDAL: Sergeants Lund, Ruggere, Lange, Petruzelli, Rauch, Reiser, and Armock.

**AIR MEDAL: **Captains Burks, Farwell, Lieutenants Garrett, Lyons, Myers, Norris, Tetlow, Autrey, Bechtle, Birkhead, Brink, Cherry, Churchill, Cook, Cooper, Copes, Freund, Ivory, Lesser, SCHWEITZER, Sheffield, Smith and Stromberg. Sergeants Berman, Brusa, Morefield, Randall, Abiecunas, Baird, Bass, Bell, Goethals, Haack, Hawthorne, Hulse, Knauss, LaBella, Mardeuse, Moleski, Pealer, Qualls, Ratcliffe, Schaffer, Sharp, Edwards, Enderle, Gage, Justice, Langley, Reves, Wright. PURPLE HEART: Lieutenants Young, Churchill, Sergeants Pealer, and Schaffer.

**321st BG Historical Research Team; **

** 447th BS Barbi Ennis Connolly, 446th BS, Patti Johnson, 446th BS John T 'Butch" Fitzgerald. **