Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007. LTC Jay Zeamer Jr., USAF (Ret.) Medal of Honor recipient, 5/2/1986.

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007. LTC Jay Zeamer Jr., USAF (Ret.) Medal of Honor recipient, 5/2/1986.

1986

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Garfield Jones Release Status: Released to Public

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Zeamer, Jay, Jr., 1918-2007

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Jay Zeamer Jr. (July 25, 1918 – March 22, 2007) was a pilot of the United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific during World War II, and received the Medal of Honor for valor during an air mission on June 16, 1943. After the war, he became an aeronautical engineer and worked in the aerospace industry. Zeamer's Medal of Honor citation reads: On 16 June 1943, Maj. Zeamer (then Capt.) volunteered as pilot of a bomber on an important photographic mapping mission covering the formidably def...