Second Lieutenant Samuel S. Junkin, Jr., U.S. Army Air Force of Natchez, Mississippi, at a Canadian army hospital in Britain. He has been awarded two high United States for bravery: the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. He was decorated by Brigadier General F.O.D. Hunter, Commanding General, Fighter Command, U.S. Eight Air Force while in the hospital recovering from wounds received at the combined operations raid at Dieppe. Left to right: Brigadier General H.A. Craig, Brigadier General L.I. Truscott, Jr., Captain A.H. Willetts, RAF (Royal Air Force) Brigadier General F.O.D. Hunter, and Second Lieutenant Junkin
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01/01/1942
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Kingdom, 41.89364, -89.39371
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Royal collection of the United Kingdom
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