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Attention to orders. Citation to accompany the award of the Airman's Medal First Oak Leaf Cluster to Airman First Class John A. Loomis
Sergeant John A. Loomis distinguished himself by heroism involving voluntary risk of life at Baguio City, Republic of the Philippines, from 16 July 1990 to 31 July 1990. During this time, he deployed to an area in northern Luzon, Republic of the Philippines, that had been totally debilitated by a devastating earthquake. With complete disregard for his own life, he repeatedly and unhesitatingly crawled into structurally unsound buildings, where a subsequent tremor could have caused the building to crush down upon him, in order to save the lives of several Filipinos trapped inside. Within hours after the initial earthquake struck, Sergeant Loomis arrived in a blacked-out city where he found himself surrounded by catastrophic destruction and death. Undeterred, he shifted through the wreckage of major buildings in the Baguio area, searching for survivors and risking his own life to find victims alive beneath the rubble. By his courageous action and humanitarian regard for his fellowman, Sergeant Loomis has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.