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Earning a Medal of Honour,...

history · 06 January 1928 · 96 years ago

Earning a Medal of Honour, Lieutenant Christian F. Schilt flew a Vought O2U Corsair aircraft on ten trips between 6 and 8 Jan 1928 to the village of Quilali, Nicaragua to evacuate 18 US Marines wounded in fighting with hostile rebels. 

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