Other expressions of Appreciation

After the war General Hap Arnold expressed his appreciation too: Letter

On the 50th Anniversary of the end of the war, George Pataki, Governor of the State of New York, awarded Lloyd Bunting a Conspicuous Service Cross Certificate

HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED AIR FORCES
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER

May 9, 1945

Dear Mr. Bunting:
Recently your son, Staff Sergeant Lloyd H. Bunting Jr., was decorated with the Air Medal. It was an award made in recognition of courageous service to his combat organization, his fellow American airmen, his country, his home and to you. He was cited for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights in the Southwest Pacific area from April 10, 1944 to June 18, 1945. Your son took part in sustained operational flight missions during which hostile contact was probable and expected. These flights included bombing missions against enemy installations, shipping and supply bases, and aided considerably in the recent successes in this theatre. Almost every hour of every day your son, and the sons of other American fathers, are doing just such things as that here in the Southwest Pacific Area. Theirs is a very real and very tangible contribution to victory and to peace. I would like to tell you how genuinely proud I am to have men such as your son in my command, and how gratified I am to know that young Americans with such courage and resourcefulness are fighting our country's battle against the aggressor nations. You, Mr. Bunting, have every reason to share that pride and gratification.

Sincerely,
(Signed)
GEORGE C. KENNEY,
General, United States Army,
Commander.

Mr. Lloyd H. Bunting, Sr.,
72 Midchester Avenue,
White Plains, New York.

Air Medal Ceremony

General Ennis Whitehead drops in to the 22nd Bomb Group in the Pacific to award air medals.
This is a still from a video at 25 m 33s.

Air medals were typically awarded for 10 combat missions or for specific achievements, like shooting down an aircraft More
Lloyd Bunting has 3 oak leaf clusters on his air medal, denoting 4 awards of the medal.