File:President Roosevelt presents Mal B Freeburg with the first Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor.jpg
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English: Air Mail pilot gets highest medal for bravery. Mal Freeburg, commercial airmail pilot, receives the Congressional Medal of Honor [sic, i.e. the Airmail Flyer's Medal of Honor] from the president and thus becomes the first air mail pilot ever to receive this award for acts of bravery during peace times. From the left: David L. Behncke, President of the Air Line Pilots Association; W.W. Howes, 2nd Assistant Postmaster General in charge of Airmail; Jesse Donaldson, Deputy to Mr. Howe; Rep. Clyde Kelley of Pa; President Roosevelt; Pilot Freeburg receiving medal and Stephen A. Cesler, Superintendent of Air Mails |
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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2013015499/
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