AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  WWII
MODEL:  -

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Neal C. Lakenan for extraordinary achievement in aerial flight from 6 July 1942 to 28 July 1943. During the indicated period these officers, as Pilots of medium bombers, participated in numerous attacks against Japanese installations in the Western Aleutians and Northern Kuriles. These flights necessitated long, over water flights in land-based planes in the face of strong enemy opposition and uncertain weather. The superior airmanship and courage demonstrated by these officers in pressing home these attacks are in keeping with the finest combat traditions of the Army Air Forces.