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Flight Test Certification of Then-2nd Lt. Joseph Laughlin, September 1940
In order to make sure pilots were combat ready and effective, the Army Air Corps required Instrument Flight Tests be completed every six months. This one was completed at Wheeler Field in Hawaii, just under a year before the attacks at Pearl Harbor…
Flight Test Certification of Then-Captain Joseph Laughlin, January 1943
In order to make sure pilots were combat ready and effective, the Army Air Corps required Instrument Flight Tests be completed every six months. This one was completed at Wheeler Field in Hawaii, four months before then-Captain Laughlin would be sent…
The Certification of Then-2nd Lt. Joseph Laughlin in the US Army Air Corps Reserve
Although war was on the horizon, the US military did not know when it would arrive. This certification of enlistment in the Army Air Corps Reserve states that then-Lt. Laughlin would serve in the Reserves for five years. By the end of that period,…
Flight Test Certification of Then-2nd Lt. Joseph Laughlin, June 1941
In order to make sure pilots were combat ready and effective, the Army Air Corps required Instrument Flight Tests be completed every six months. This one, completed at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, just 6 months and a day before the Japanese attack at Pearl…
Flight Test Certification of Colonel Joseph Laughlin, March 1945
In order to make sure pilots were combat ready and effective, the Army Air Corps required Instrument Flight Tests be completed every six months. This one was completed at the 362nd Fighter Groups' base at Station A-82 in Étain, France, a week before…
Flight Test Certification of Then-Captain Joseph Laughlin, May 1942
In order to make sure pilots were combat ready and effective, the Army Air Corps required Instrument Flight Tests be completed every six months. This one, completed at Wheeler Field in Hawaii, was completed by then-Captain Laughlin while he was…
Flight Test Certification of Colonel Joseph Laughlin, May 1944
In order to make sure pilots were combat ready and effective, the Army Air Corps required Instrument Flight Tests be completed every six months. This one, completed at the 362nd Fighter Group's base at UK Station 412 in Headcorn, Kent, England, is…
Flight Test Certification of Then-Major Joseph Laughlin, September 1943
In order to make sure pilots were combat ready and effective, the Army Air Corps required Instrument Flight Tests be completed every six months. This one, completed during the 362nd Fighter Group's training at Groton Army Air Field in Massachusetts,…
Colonel Joseph Laughlin on Joining the Army Air Corps
Colonel Laughlin tells the story of "chance" and "luck" getting him into the Army Air Corps.
Omaha World-Herald Announces Change in Medal Rankings
In this article, the army has decided to rank the Air Medal above the Purple Heart. It also lists all of the medals in the Army from most prestigious to least prestigious.