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William R. Lawley Jr.

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William R. Lawley Jr.
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Leeds (en) Fassara, 23 ga Augusta, 1920
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa Montgomery, 29 Mayu 1999
Makwanci Greenwood Cemetery (en) Fassara
Karatu
Makaranta Leeds High School (en) Fassara 1938)
Air Command and Staff College (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a hafsa
Kyaututtuka
Aikin soja
Fannin soja United States Air Force
Digiri colonel (en) Fassara
Ya faɗaci Yakin Duniya na II

William Robert Lawley Jr. (Agusta 23, 1920 - Mayu 30, 1999) ya kasance jami'in Sojojin Sama na Amurka kuma mai karɓar mafi girman kayan ado na soja na Amurka - Medal of Honor - saboda ayyukansa a Yaƙin Duniya na IIa.

Rayuwa ta farko

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An haife shi a 1920 a Leeds, Alabama, Lawley ya kammala karatu daga makarantar sakandare a garinsu a 1938.[1]

Ayyukan soja

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Lawley ya shiga Sojojin Sama daga Birmingham, Alabama a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1942, kuma ya sami fuka-fukansa da kwamishinansa a Altus, Oklahoma, a watan Afrilun shekara ta 1943.[1]

Yaƙin Duniya na II

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BG B-17 na 305

A ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 1944, Lawley ya kasance mataimakin farko da ke aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi a cikin 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. A wannan rana, a lokacin wani aikin bam a kan Turai mai sarrafawa na Nazi, B-17 Flying Fortress ya kai hari daga jirgin yaki na abokan gaba. Tare da jirginsa ya lalace sosai kuma yana cikin wuta, ya umarci ma'aikatansa su sauka zuwa lafiya. Gano cewa ma'aikatan jirgin biyu sun ji mummunan rauni don su fita, Lawley ya zaɓi ya kasance a cikin jirgin kuma, duk da mummunan raunin da ya samu, yayi ƙoƙari ya kai shi cikin yankin abokantaka. Kodayake ya raunana daga asarar jini da firgici, ya sami damar yin nasarar saukowa a Ingila. Lawley ya warke daga raunukansa kuma, a ranar 8 ga watan Agusta, 1944, an ba shi lambar yabo ta girmamawa.[1]

Lawley ya tashi yaƙi 14 har zuwa Yuni 1944 a matsayin mataimakin farko. Ya koma Amurka a watan Satumbar 1944, yana aiki a matsayin jami'in hulɗa da jama'a a filin jirgin sama na Hendricks Army a Florida. An inganta shi zuwa kyaftin a watan Janairun 1945, ya kammala karatun hulɗa da jama'a a Craig Field a Alabama da kuma Air Tactical School a Tyndall Air Force Base a Florida, yana aiki a wani ɓangare na wannan lokacin a matsayin mataimakin Janar Muir Fairchild a Maxwell Field a Alabama.[2]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lawley -- 1st Lt William R Lawley Jr". Retrieved April 27, 2023. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "AF" defined multiple times with different content
  2. "Lawley -- 1st Lt William R Lawley Jr". Retrieved April 27, 2023.