Lt Col Richard 'Dick ' Cole , 99 , gave the medal to Air Force museum director . Staff Sgt David Thatcher , 93 , came from Missoula , Montana , for the event . The Medal of Honor is awarded by a panel of officers and enlisted men who are selected in separate ceremonies at different locations around the country each year. Military and political officials and relatives of original 80 Raiders attended . The group 's Congressional Gold Medal arrived in a ceremonial B-25 flight .
Lt Col Richard 'Dick ' Cole , 99 , gave the medal to Air Force museum director . Staff Sgt David Thatcher , 93 , came from Missoula , Montana , for the event . Ceremony 73 years to day after their bombing of Japan rallied US in WWII . Military and political officials and relatives of original 80 Raiders attended . The group 's Congressional Gold Medal arrived in a ceremonial B-25 flight .