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First Lieutenant Raymond L. Knight (World War II) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/houston.asp. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in the U.S. Army Air Corps in recognition of actions in a series of missions in the Northern Po Valley, Italy, and self-sacrifice trying to fly his shattered aircraft to its home field. Knight crashed and was killed on April 25, 1945. His remains were reinterred on April 25, 1992.
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1st Lt. Raymond L. Knight was the last @USarmy airman of the war to earn the #MOH. As a member of 346th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, Twelfth Air Force in Northern Po Valley, Italy. On April 25, 1945, he repeatedly volunteered to lead attacks on enemy air bases and exposed his aircraft to intense hostile fire in low-altitude reconnaissance and strafing missions. During a mission, his airplane was badly damaged by anti-aircraft fire. Knowing that his unit was short on aircraft, he decided against parachuting to safety and instead attempted to fly the Thunderbolt back to his home airbase, but crashed in the Apennine Mountains and was killed. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on September 24, 1945.

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