Pierpont Morgan Hamilton (August 3, 1898 – March 4, 1982) was a general officer in the United States Air Force, and the scion of two illustrious families in American history.
As a United States Army Air Forces officer in World War II, he was the recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Hamilton and Col.
Demas T.
Craw were the first Army Air Forces recipients of the Medal in the European-Mediterranean theater of World War II and the only AAF members to be awarded that decoration for valor not involving air combat.
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