Phil Rasmussen Military person

Philip M. Rasmussen (May 11, 1918 – April 30, 2005) was an Army Air Corps second lieutenant assigned to the 46th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field on the island of Oahu during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. He was one of the few American pilots to get into the air that day.Rasmussen was awarded a Silver Star for his actions. He flew many later combat missions, including a bombing mission over Japan that earned him an oak leaf cluster. He stayed in the military after the war and eventually retired from the United States Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1965. He died in 2005 of complications from cancer and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Birth date	November 05, 1918
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery

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award	Silver Star Airman's Medal Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
military operations	Attack on Pearl Harbor World War II
military branch	United States Air Force
service start	1940
service end	1965