Show CRO S S CI VEN SMITH S March Award of the flying doss to to Captain Ernest IJ 1 Smith for tor his flight from o Cat Cal to the Island of Molokai HawaII In July Juh 1927 ns 18 announced t day by br tire war department Captain Smiths th n. n second lieutenant leu lieu lieu- tenant nt In the all air corPs corPs' reserve mad the flight of miles In iii 25 hours and 36 The citation no- no accompanying companying the award said t fl n accomplishing this achievement Lieutenant Smith first demonstrated the possibility oco between the d States and the thc HawaIIan with smaller commercial by his exhibition of ge co skill and s1 re reflect d' d great glent credit to himself and to the of the United States Captain Smith lives in San Flancisco Flan Frap- cisco |