Passed By The Censor: How A Congressional Medallist Salutes -- Col. Leon W. Johnson, of Moline, Kansas, Salutes A Company of hundreds of airman and six Generals after he had been presented with the Congressional Medal of Honour by Lt.- Gen. Jaconb L. Devers at a U.S. airfield in East Anglia yesterday November 22. Already four times decorated with the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, 39-year-old Colonel Leon W. Johnson, of Moline, Kansas was yesterday, November 22, presented with Congressional Medal of Honour by Lt. -General Jacob L. Devers, Commanding General ETO, at impressive ceremony held at a U.S. airfield in East Anglia. Col. Johnson was Commanding Officer of a heavy bomber group which attacked at "Roof-Top" height, the famous Rumanian oilfields at Ploesti. November 23, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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