 MacArthur 's recommendation therefore went ahead . The Adjutant General , Major General James A. <unk> , queried whether it was " considered above and beyond the call of duty for the commanding officer of a bomber command to accompany it on bombing missions against enemy held territory . " Major General George Stratemeyer , the chief of the air staff , replied that it was . In March 1943 , Roosevelt presented Kenneth Walker Jr. with the medal in a ceremony at the White House . It was one of 38 Medals of Honor awarded to flying personnel of the US Army Air Forces in World War II . The citation read : 
