The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-07
FIGHTING MEN
 OF !. s. GAIN HIGHEST AWARD

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 Washington, Dec. s--CUpb--A year of var has developed thousands ok heroes among United states lighting men. The Congressional Medal ef Honor-hlgheSt award this country can give-~hAs been awarded Co five Army men and 2l Navy men,
 Choosing arbitararily and not re- flectiae in any way on the valiant deeds Of the thousands not mem toned, here are thumb-nal sketches of heroes from each ot the services and Of their heroic actionss
 Navy
 Admiral william r Halscy, Jr. CO., AS commander Of u S forces Ia the South Pacific, he directed the fleet in It's smashing victory over Japanese warships In November when 2s enemy vessels were sunk As ccn- mander of a carrier task force last January, he led the hinhly.suceessfai raid on Japanese basss Ia the Mar shall and 0ilesrt Islands A native of Eliza beth, N j., Fudge" Haley long has held the respect cf Navy men who admire the brilliancc and audaci,y ot his tactics.
 Raar Admiral Daniel ]. CallaRhhn. B, of oakland. Cal, former naval aid to President Roosevelt,--Com. maneer of a cruiser division during the Solemcns battle of mid-Nov1ms Ger, Callaghan led his ships directly through the enemy's naval lorna. tions He lost his life when his flagship, the San Francisco, was ht, But he had opposed his 10 0o0-ton ship against a 2e.0oo-tcn hat.lesnip and blasted the big Jap vessel out of action.
 It. Comdr. Edward H tBusehD OHare, 28, of St Louis.-Pilot in & carrier fighter squadron, he won the Congressional Medal of Honor with a citation that sid: When on F b. 20, ie42. having lost the asris,arce of his teammates, he interposcd his plane between his ship and an aS- vancing formation ef nine attacking twin-ergined heavy bombers. With out hestitation, alone and unaiSe6. he repeatedly attacked his enemy for nation at close range and deSpi.e this concentratde opposition, he shot down five enemy bomhers and severely damaged a sixth before they reached the bomb release point"
 It Jchn James Powers. 90, of New York c.ty.--His gallantry and daring, which cost him his life during the battle of the Coral sea, was cited by President Roosevelt in a radio ad- dress. A dive-bomber pilot. he hurt led his plane through wall of anti aircraft fire and enemy planes to es- sure a direct hit on the deck of an enemy carrier. His plane was 6e- stroyed by the explosion of his owA bomb. He was awarded the Con- gressional Medal of Honor.
 Army
 Mai Gen. James II. Doolittle, famed speed flier now in command of Allied air forces occupying North Africa.--Ie led the raid Jaran April IS which so struck ,e,ican fancy. His citation said he displayed personal va!or and intrepidity when he led the expedition with the ap- parent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or perish at 1 sea.
 It. Gen. Mark W. Clark.-He led a small group of American and Brit ish officers on 6 secret mission 10 French North Africa three weeks prior to the Anglo-American inva- sion and negotiated with represen. tatives of Gen. Henri Giraud. ar- ranging details of the occupation with friendly elements. Clark won promotion from the rank of major general to lieutenant general in rec oznition of the success of his mis- sion.
 Capt. Colin P. Kelly, Jr., of Mad ison, Fla.--One of the very first pi- lot heroes of the war. He was killed while returning from an operation north of Luzon. On that flight he had bombed the Japanese battleshlp Haruna out of action. This feat was reported in an army communiuue Dec. l2. when the war was only a few days old. Whether the ship ac- tually was sunk has become the sub- Ject of considerable controversy. He naS 0W0AdCa tAAC ~ SbAAkS kSlAo4ACa GCAN~ ce Medal posthumously.
 Maj Hewitt T. wheless. of Mem ard, Tex.-He pi.oted a Flying For- tress which fought off IS enemy pursuit planes for 25 minutes after raidirg Legaspi. P. l., Dec IA, i94i. Wheless brought his plare to suc- cessful emergency landing under ad- verse weather conditions with one engine out of acton. All four of his gunners were wounded. one fa- tally. Wheless, then a lieutenant. sprang to fame when President Roosevelt recounted his exploit in fireside talk.
 It. Alexander R. Nininger, Jr., Fort Lauderdale. Fla.-He was kil- led Jan. l2, 1942. near Abucay, Ba- taan. Although his own company was not engaged in the fight, he att tached himself to another organiza- tion and in furious hand-to-hand combat repeatedly distinguished himself. destroying several enemy groups before he was killed in ac- tion. When his body was found there were two dead soldiers and a dead Japanese officer nearby. Es was awarded the Congressional Me- dal of Honor posthumously.
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