Evening star., 1942-03-31
Macarthur Announces
Awards in Army's
Bomber Command
II Either Have Received
Distinguished Service
Cross or Will Get 1t
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
UNITED STATES HEADQUAR-
TIERS. SOMEWHERE IN AUS
TRALIA, March 81. An official
announcement from Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's supreme command
rounded up for the first time today
the members of the United States
Army's bomber command who al
ready have received or have been
recommended for the following
awards for action in the Philippines
and the Netherlands Indies:
Distinguished Service Cross-Lt.
Col. Stanley Robinson, Morgantown,
w. Va: Capt. Colin Kelly; Maj.
David Gibbs, Albuquerque, N. Mex. !;
Capt. Ray Cox, Riverside, Calf. !;
Capt. Fred Crimmins, Fort Worth,
Tex; Capt. Hewitt Wheless, Fresno,
Calf, all of the Air Corps.
1t. Joseph La Fleur, Opelousas,
La, chaplain: Maj. Luther Heidger,
Bridgeport, Conn, Medical Corps;
Pvt. Greeley Williams, Iowa City,
Iowa; Sergts, Louis Silva, Cotton
Calf, and Anthony Holub, Coron-
ado, Calf; Capt. Alvin Mueller, New
Braunfels, Tex.
Recommended for Awards.
The following were proposed for
awards:
Distinguished Flying Cross-Col.
Eugene l.. Eubank. Port Arthur,
Tex; Capt. Donald Keiser, San
Francisco; Mai Stanley Robinson,
Morgantown, w. Va; Mai. Cecil
Combs, Arlington, Tex; Capt. Pat
rick Mcintyre, Chicago; Capt Wal
ter Ford, Albuquerque; Capt. James
Connally, Waco, Tex: Capt. Elmer
Parsel, Macon, Ga. Capt Edward
Teats, Seattle: Capt. George
Schaetzel, Alhambra, Calf; 1t. Earl
Tash, Walla Walla, Wash: Maj
Emmett ODonnell, jr., no address; !;
Capt. Henry D. Galusha, no address
1t. Julius B. Summers, no address;
1t. Philip Mathewson, Richmond,
Va; Capt. William Bohnaker,
Platteville, Wis; Capt. Clarence
Mcpherson, Mccall, Idaho; 1t. Harl
Pease, jr., Plymouth, N. H.; 1t.
Carey Obryan, Topeka, Kans; 1t.
Kenneth Casper, Humboldt, Kans.;
1t. Paul Lindsey, Canon City, Colo. :;
Capt. Robert Northcutta, Baltimore
Capt. Frank Kurtz, Omaha Capt.
Jack Adams. Anadarko, Okla: 1t.
Elliott Vandevanter, jr., Washing
ton.
Silver Star Awards.
The following were recommended
for Silver Star awards: Col. Eugene
L. Eubank, Port Arthur, Tex; Sergt.
Charles Shellito, Lockhart, Tex,
and Sergt. Clyde Anderson, River
side, Calf.
Others receiving or recommended
Tor awards were:
Silver star awards-Corpl. Frank
A. Harvey (no address given); Pvt
Edward Olsen, Hollywood, Calf. /;
Sergt. John Norvell, Springfield, Mo-;
1t. Francis Cappelletti, Barre, VT;
1t. Cecil Gregg, Dequeen, Ark. !:
Sergts. Rex Matson, Lafayette, Ind;
Howard Randall, Nickerson, Kans.;
Calf, and Wilbur Mcclellan, ST.
Paul, Mimi; 1t. Francis McAllister
tdeceased, West Lafayette, Ohio;
Sergts. Conrad Payne, Lenoir, N. c.;
Roland Provast, Orlando. Fla: Jock
Geckler, MiddletoWn, Pa; Lester
Kramer, New York, and James Hort
eel, Harrisburg, Pa; Its. Douglas
Kellar, Hollywood, Calf; Arthur
Hoffman, Beverly Hills, Calf, and
Austin Stitt. Fewsburg, N. Y.
Sergts John Sowa (deceased),
Great Falls, Mont; Arthur Karling-
'er (deceased, Roseburg, Greg; Ar
thur Norgoard, Green Bay, Wis, and
John Penney (deceased, Wichita,
Kans.; Its. Elliott Vandevanter,
Washington; Byron Work, Portola,
Calf, and Donald Miller, Grenviile,
Tex; Sergts Max Baca and Edward
Hargrove, Albuquerque, N. Mex:
Bernard Stroheckler. Denver. Colo,
and Russell Huffman, HighWood,
Mont.
Other Silver Star Awards.
Others receiving silver star awards
were: 1t. Weldon Smith, Berkeley,
Calf; 1t. Morris Friedman, Grand
Forks, N. Oak; 1t. Eddie Hayman,
Huntsville, Tex; Sergt. George
Brades, Waterbury, Conn; Sergt.
Clevis Jones, Chatham, Va; Pvt.
Glover Burke, Superior, Wyo.; Pvt.
Kenneth Park, ST. Paul MINI; Pvt
Edwin Schaffner, Harrisburg, Pa;
Sergt. David Semple. Salt Lake
City; Capt. Donald Keiser. Homo
lulu; Sergt. William Sage. New
Albany, Ind; 1t. Melvin Mckenzie,
st. Johnsburg, Vt: 1t Robert Perry,
Palo Alto. Calf; 1t. Lawrence
Gardner, haywood, Nebr.; 1t. E. j.
Nossum, Minor, N. Oak.
Sergt. C. w. Thrasher. Philomath,
Greg; Pvt. j. M. Henderson, no ad-
dress; Sergt. R. P. Legault, Brooklyn;
Pvt. I. E. Barran. Sham mokin, Pa;
Capt. John Daugherty. Minneapolis;
1t. William Railing, Billings, Mont;
Sergt. John Fleming. Los Angeles; !;
Pvt. Paul A. Reimer, no address;
Pvt. oJhn Makela, Clatskanie, Greg. +;
Sergt. Vincenzo Spaziano, Provi-
dence, r. l.; Pvt. John A. Real, no
address; Sergt. James L. Cannon
|decease6, no address, and Pvt.
Wilbur E. Brown, no address.
The Order of the Purple Heart was
awarded to Col. Eugene L. Eubank,
Port Arthur, Texas; Sergt. w. L.
Olford, no address: Pvt. Robert
Chopping, Greeley, Colo.