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John Levitow
US Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
John Lee Levitow (November 1, 1945 – November 8, 2000) was a United States Air Force (USAF) loadmaster who received the Medal of Honor for exceptional heroism during wartime.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his acts of heroism while serving on board a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship of the 3d Special Operations SquadronUSAF on February 24, 1969. An airman first class at the time of his actions, he became the first enlisted serviceman in the Air Force to receive the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest honor.[1][2][a]
Biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut to a Jewish family, he originally intended to join the United States Navy, but changed his mind and joined the USAF in June 1966.
His first job was civil engineering, then he cross-trained into the loadmaster career field.[3]
On February 24, 1969, Levitow was asked to fill in for the regular loadmaster on an arm
