FLYERS DECORATED
U.S. CONFERS DISTINCTION MEN OF THE BREMEN (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P.A.—United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. WASHINGTON, Wed. President Coolidge received the Bremen flyers, Herr Koehl, Baron Huehnefeld and Major Fitzmaurice, at the White House and presented them with Distinguished Flying Crosses, this being the first occasion on which these have been given to foreigners. The flyers arrived by train and were received by the German Ambassador, Dr. F. W. von Prittwitz-Gaffron, the Irish Minister, Mr. T. Smiddy, the Secretary of State, Mr. F. B. Kellogg, and others, including Colonel Lindbergh.
Following the President’s reception, the party proceeded to Arlington Cemetery and laid a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Soldier. Major Fitzmaurice informed newspaper men that the Bremen crew planned to fly their machine back to Germany.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 9
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133FLYERS DECORATED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 9
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