AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  -
MODEL:  A-26

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Leon J. Poteet for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an A-26 Attack Aircraft Navigator in Southeast Asia on 30 May 1969. Despite his exposure to intense gunfire from multiple anti-aircraft artillery positions, Captain Poteet made repeated low altitude strikes against a hostile truck convoy. By his fortitude, tenacious courage and aerial skill, he successfully struck and destroyed four trucks and their cargos and created six secondary explosions. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Poteet reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.