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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Ms. Ellen L. Scott

HQ Ninth AF, 16 September 1943.
3» By direction of the President, under the provisions of the Act of Congress. approved 2 July 1926, (Bull. 8,W.D., 1926), and in accordance with authority delegated by the war Department, a Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to each of the following-named officers and enlisted men:
For distinguished and meritorious performance of duty while participating in aerial flight against the enemy in operations against the Ploesti Oil Refineries of Romania on 1 August 1943* In this mission of extraordinary importance and danger, these officers and men crew members of the 566th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group (H), performed their duties with such brilliance and skill as to bring lasting honor to their organization. Undaunted by the tremendous length of the mission, by the assaults of hostile fighter aircraft, or by the concentrated and deadly gunfire of some of the heaviest anti-aircraft installation in Europe, they fought their way to the target, and bombed and strafed it with such highly destructive effect that it was largely destroyed. Their part in this mission which was one of the most daring and difficult in aviation history was such as to bring high honor, not only to themselves and their organization, but to the United States Army Air Force.
PHILLIP O. MURPHY 37377944 S/Sgt, St. Louis, Missouri

Oak Leaf Cluster for five missions
GENERAL ORDERS
NUMBER 26
HEADQUARTERS 2d BOMBARDMENT DIVISION AAF APO 634
12 November 1943
Under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, 8 August 1S32, as amended, and pursuant to authority contained in Section I, Circular 36, Hq ETOUSA, 3 April 1943, and TVK S16320, Hq, VIII Bomber Command, 26 September 1943, an OAK LEAF CLUSTER is awarded to the following named enlisted man in addition to the Air Medal previously awarded.
Citation; For exceptionally meritorious achievement, while participating in five separate "bomber combat missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe. The courage, coolness and skill displayed "by this enlisted man upon these occasions reflects great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.
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PHILIP 0.MURPHY, 37377944, Staff Sergeant, Army Air Forces, United States Army.
4226 Beck Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. (1st 0ak Leaf Cluster)
By command of Brigadier General HODGES:

GEORGE L. PAUL
Major AGD
Adjutant General