Career
He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility" on August 28, 1945.
He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility" on August 28, 1945.
Mollison was Chief of Staff of the Hawaiian Air Force, Hickam Field, Hawaii (serving under the overall command of Lieutenant General Walter C Short) at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He became Chief of Staff of the Seventh Air Force in 1942. In October 1944, Mollison was sent to Europe and served as Commanding General Fifteenth Air Force, Bari, Italy and Commanding General of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) from August 1945.
