IN REMEMBRANCE OF A FOREMOST COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS - HIS NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NAVY CROSS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted for: LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMS:
COLONEL

LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMS

was a posthumous recipient of the


~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NAVY CROSS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~


who after 30 years of being listed as

MISSING IN ACTION

his remains were located and returned

to his family so, today,

he now rests in honored glory in

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY


"WHERE VALOR PROUDLY SLEEPS"





~ ~ ~ ~ ~ SEMPER FIDELIS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~





YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE





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CITATION

FOR AWARD OF THE


NAVY CROSS


TO


COLONEL

LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMS



For extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer

of Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242 and as

Pilot of an A6A Intruder aircraft in Vietnam. In the

early morning hours of 25 October 1967, Colonel

(then Lieutenant Colonel ) Abrams, in the first

Marine aircraft to strike at the heart of North Vietnam's

Air Force, exhibited outstanding courage and presence of

mind in the midst of violent combat action as he

successfully completed a high - priority mission by

bombing the principal military airfield in North Vietnam.

A highly effective integrated complex of hundreds of

radar - controlled antiaircraft weapons, barrage weapons

with steel cables extending hundreds of feet into the

air, two enemy airfields with MIG interceptor aircraft,

and many active surface - to - air missile sites

protected every approach to his target. Acting on an

urgent fragmentary order, Colonel Abrams personally

took charge of the preparations for a multiplane,

multisquadron attack against the formidably defended

Phuc Yen airfield. Barely six hours before takeoff time

another fragmentary order was received, modifying the

previous plan and requiring Colonel Abrams to make

extensive last - minute changes in navigation and

attack procedures, which allowed no margin for error.

With grim determination, he promptly made corrections

in heading, altitude, and airspeed and accurately delivered

his bombs on the runway at Phuc Yen. Under the most

demanding conditions of degraded systems operation,

low - level flight in mountainous terrain in darkness, and

in the face of a vicious volume of antiaircraft and

guided missile fire, Colonel Adams courageously

accomplished his mission of devastating the runway at

Phuc Yen. His bravery and determination throughout

the bitter action were an inspiration to all who were

involved and were instrumental in accomplishing this

crucial mission. By his intrepid fighting spirit, daring

initiative, and unswerving devotion to duty, Colonel

Abrams reflected great credit upon himself and the

Umited States Marine Corps and upheld the highest

traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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