DFC discussion
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols, Texas adjutant general and commander, Texas Military Forces discusses the 28th mission of Thomas P. Faulkner, a former pilot and 1st. Lt. of the U.S. Army Air Forces’ 15th Air Force, in Italy during WWII where he earned his Distinguished Flying Cross in 1945. Faulkner is officially receiving his DFC 68 years after the fact at the 136th Airlift Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2013. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Elizabeth Gilbert/released)