The Don Englebreston Collection
Special Order G-5345, HQ Seventh Air Force PACAF, Awarding Distinguished Flying Cross to Lt. Col. Melvin G. Swanson and Others, 28 November 1970
Special Order G-5345 from Headquarters Seventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, dated 28 November 1970, formally awarding the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Colonel Melvin G. Swanson and four fellow airmen for heroism in aerial flight over Vietnam. Documents such as this preserved the official record of individual valor amid the intensive air operations of the Vietnam War. Project: 219127