Fred B. Nellums is the Staff Sgt. on the right. On the left is
Gereral Leon Johnson.
(The Air Medal was authorized by President Roosevelt by Executive
Order 9158, dated 11 May 1942, and established the award for "any
person who, while serving in any capacity in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps or Coast Guard of the United States subsequent to September 8,
1939, distinguishes, or has distinguished, himself by meritorious
achievement while participating in an aerial flight." Authorization
was announced in War Department Bulletin No. 25, dated 25 May 1942.
Executive Order 9242-A, dated 11 September 1942 amended the previous
Executive Order to read "in any capacity in or with the Army".)