Editing Curtis LeMay (section)

==Awards and decorations==
[[File:Gen. Curtis LeMay Official Portrait.jpg|thumb|Official portrait of United States Air Force Chief of Staff General LeMay by Sandor Klein]]

LeMay received recognition for his work from thirteen countries, receiving two badges and thirty-two different [[medal]]s and [[List of military decorations|decorations]].

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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|[[File:COMMAND PILOT WINGS.png|200px]]
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|[[File:Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg|106px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-75px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-53px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span>
|[[File:Silver Star ribbon.svg|106px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-75px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-53px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span>
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Air Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-96px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-74px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-52px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-30px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=AF Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png|width=106}}
|[[File:American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]]
|[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|106px]]
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-81px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.svg|18px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-63px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.svg|18px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-45px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.svg|18px]]</span>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-90px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.svg|18px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-72px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.svg|18px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-54px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.svg|18px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-36px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.svg|18px]]</span>
|[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|106px]]
|[[File:AirliftDev.jpg|106px]]
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|[[File:Medal for Humane Action ribbon.svg|106px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|106px]]
|[[File:Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]]
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Air Force Longevity Service ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-96px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Silver oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-74px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-52px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-30px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg|22px]]</span>
|[[File:United Kingdom Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|106px]]
|[[File:POL Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej 1kl BAR.svg|106px]]
|[[File:Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg|106px]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-87px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:UK Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service device.svg|70px]]</span>
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=BEL Croix de Guerre 1944 ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top:0; left:-87px; display:inline-block; width:0;">[[File:UK Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service device.svg|70px]]</span>
|[[File:Order of Aeronautical Merit (Ecuador) - ribbon bar.gif|106px]]
|[[File:BRA Ordem do Mérito Aeronáutico Comendador.png|106px]]
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|[[File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite Commandeur ribbon (Maroc).svg|106px]]
|[[File:Order of Aeronautical Merit - Grand Cross (Argentina) - ribbon bar.gif|106px]]
|[[File:Order of Aeronautical Merit - Grand Officer (Argentina) - ribbon bar.gif|106px]]
|[[File:BRA - Order of the Southern Cross - Grand Cross BAR.svg|106px]]
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|[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg|106px]]
|[[File:Royal Order of the Sword - Commander Grand Cross BAR.svg|106px]]
|[[File:CHL Order of Merit KNIG.svg|106px]]
|[[File:Noribbon.svg|106px]]
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;United States
*[[USAF aeronautical rating#Pilot ratings|Command pilot]]
*[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]
*[[Army Distinguished Service Medal|Distinguished Service Medal]] plus 2 [[oak leaf cluster]]s
*[[Silver Star]]
*[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] plus 2 oak leaf clusters
*[[Air Medal]] plus 4 oak leaf clusters
*[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] plus oak leaf cluster
*[[American Defense Service Medal]]
*[[American Campaign Medal]]
*[[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] plus 3 bronze campaign stars {{nb5}}
*[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] plus 4 bronze campaign stars
*[[World War II Victory Medal]]
*[[Army of Occupation Medal]] with [[Berlin Airlift Device]]
*[[Medal for Humane Action]]
*[[National Defense Service Medal]] with one service star
*[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
*[[Vietnam Service Medal]]
*[[Air Force Longevity Service Award]], 8 oak leaf clusters
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;Other countries
*[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|United Kingdom Distinguished Flying Cross]]
*[[Order of the Patriotic War|Order of the Patriotic War First Class]] (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)<ref>{{citation |last=Empric |first=Bruce E. |title=Uncommon Allies: U.S. Army Recipients of Soviet Military Decorations in World War II |publisher=Teufelsberg Press |page=100 |year=2024 |isbn=979-8-3444-6807-5}}</ref>
*[[Legion of Honour|Legion of Honour (Commandeur)]] (France)
*[[Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (France)|French Croix de Guerre]] with silver Palm
*[[Belgium|Belgian]] [[War Cross (Belgium)|Croix de Guerre]], with silver Palm
*[[Ecuador]] – [[Order of Aeronautical Merit]] (Knight Commander)
*[[Brazil]]ian [[Order of Aeronautical Merit (Brazil)|Order of Aeronautical Merit]], Commander
*[[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Order of Ouissam Alaouite]], Commander
*[[Argentina]] – [[Order of May|Order of May of Aeronautical Merit]] – Grades of Grand Cross and Grand Commander
*[[Brazil]]ian [[Order of the Southern Cross]], Grand Cross
*[[Japan]]ese [[Order of the Rising Sun]], Grand Cordon
*[[Sweden|Swedish]] Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Sword|Royal Order of the Sword]]
*[[Chile]] – [[Order of the Merit of Chile|Order of Merit]] ''(degree unknown)''
*[[Chile]] – [[Medalla Militar de Primera Clase]]
*[[Uruguay]] – [[Aviador Militar Honoris Causa]] (Piloto Comandante)
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In 1972, LeMay was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in Dayton, Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Enshrinee Curtis LeMay |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/curtis-emerson-lemay/ |website=nationalaviation.org |publisher=National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>

===Distinguished Service Cross citation===
[[File:Army distinguished service cross medal.png|50px|left]]
:LeMay, Curtis E.
:Brigadier General (then Colonel), U.S. Army Air Forces
:4th Bomb Wing, Eighth Air Force
:Date of Action:  August 17, 1943

:Citation:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Brigadier General [then Colonel (Air Corps)] Curtis Emerson LeMay, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a B-17 Heavy Bomber and Commander of the 4th Bomb Wing, Eighth Air Force, while participating in a bombing mission on 17 August 1943, against enemy ground targets in the European Theater of Operations. General LeMay, fully realizing the extent of the hazards involved, although not required to participate through obligation or reason of duty, undertook the responsibility of directing this mission. In spite of heavy enemy fighter attack and antiaircraft fire, General LeMay led the formation to target, accomplished his mission, and led the return to a friendly base. His courage, coolness, and skill on this occasion were an inspiration to his men and reflect great credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="valor.militarytimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/6129 |title=Valor awards for Curits LeMay|website=Military Times |access-date=2023-10-24}}</ref>