AIR MEDAL, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

Harold E. Rogers, Seneca from Miami, Oklahoma, was reported missing in action on July

3, 1944, when his plane failed to return from

a mission over Budapest. Sgt. Rogers had flown

25 missions with the 8th Air Force in England,

and then served as instructor in the United

States for six months. He went back into action, this time with the 15th Air Force, based in

Italy. He wore the Air Medal with nine oak

"leaf clusters, and the Distinguished Flying

Cross. The Purple Heart was awarded to him

posthumously. His wife, a Potawatomi from

Kansas, who now lives ip Hollywood, was a .

student at Haskell Institute with her husband,

and Sgt. Rogers was studying law at the time

he entered the service. He also attended Sherman Institute and Riverside Junior College.

Harold E Rogers