Evening star., 1942-05-02
101 Soldiers Awarded
D. ). {. for Heroism in
Philippine Fighting
Three From Washington
Among Honored; 28
Winners Are FiIipinos

flllplnOS, among them three Of11cerS
from the Washington area, has won
them Distinguished Service Crosses
from TIE War Department, a COM
munique announced yesterday.
The three from this section are
Brig. Gen. Hugh J. Casey, Washing
ton; Brig. Gen. Spencer B. Akin,
Charlottesville. Va, and First 1t.
Olin G.. King, Silver Spring, Md.
1t. Kings award was made post
humously. Gen. Casey, chief en-
gineer, and Gen. Akin, chief signal
officer, both of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's staff in the Philippines.
now are in Australia No details Of
the heroism for which they were
honored was given.
The communique covered awards,
"a of them posthumous, made since
December 7. Twenty-eight of the
men listed were Filipinos.
Prominent Among Heroes.
Prominent among the heroes were
1t. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright,
now Philippines commander; 1t.
John D. Bulkeley, torpedo boat COM
mander who has inflicted heavy
damage on enemy shipping; Capt.
Colin P. Kelly, jr, bomber pilot
credited with destruction of the
Japanese battleship Haruna. deco
rated posthumously; Maj Thomas
j. H. 'Trapnell, who destroyed
bridge in Northern Luzon under
heavy fire; 1t. Boyd D. Wagner,
outstanding flyer; 1t. Arthur w.
Wermuth, the "one-man army" of
the Bataan Peninsula fighting,
credited with killing 130 Of the
enemy, and Capt. Jesus A. Villamor,
Philippine Army aviation ace.
Mrs. Dora King, wife of 1t King,
clings to the hope that he still may
be alive. she said today at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Barry Gates, 8116
Hartford avenue, Silver Spring. She
was notified April % that her hus-
band had been KILLED in battle de-
Tending his country" but no details
were given.
1t King lived in Alexandria, Va,
when he was called into active serv-
ice last June. He was graduated
from the George Washington Uni
versity school of law in 1910 and
later was employed in the War De-
partment. He had served at Fort
Meade.
Son Born in August.
His son, Wayne Owen King, was
born August 8, nearly month after
his father sailed for the Philippines.
1t. King is survived also by his
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Jonathan Olin
King of Salt Lake City, Utah, and
two sisters, Miss Edith King of
Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. June Taylor
of Salt Lake City.
Gen. Casey, 43, native of Brook
lyn, N. Y. was graduated from West
Point in the class of 1919. For sew
eral years he was stationed in. the
Philippines under assignment to the
commonwealth government and di-
rected during this period the con-
struction of a large dam go miles
from Manila He returned to Wash
ington in November, 1910, for du-
ties in the Construction Division Of
the Quartermaster Corps and re-
manned here until he was ordered
back to the Philippines last Sep
tember.
Accompanied Gen. Macarthur.
He, as well as Gen. Akin, accom-
panied Gen. Macarthur when he
left Bataan for Australia.
Gen. Casey's wife and three chill
dren live at 4401 Dexter road NV.
He has two sons, Hugh, 16, pupil
at Woodrow Wilson High School,
and Keith, 13, who attends Alice
Deal Junior High School. A daugh-
ter. Patricia, 18, is student at the
College of William and Mary, Will
liamsburg, Va.
Gen. Akin, SO, served in Washing
ton several times before and after
the World War. A native cf Mis-
sissippi, he was graduated from the
Virginia Military Institute in 1910
and was commissioned in the Regu-
lar Army
He attend the War College in
Washington from 1856 and was
sent TO the Panama Canal Zone as
q signal officer. In 1899 he returned
to take charge of the Signal In
telligence Service, serving in this
capacity for about year, and then
became signal officer of the Sd Army,
stationed at San Antonio, Tex.
Others Decorated.
Other Americans who received the
award were:
Generals-Maj Gen. George F.
Moore and Brig. Gen. Albert M
Jones.
Colonels-Harry A. skerry and
Adlai c. Young
Lieutenant Colonels-Irvin Alex
snder and Ross B. Smith
Majors-James J. ODonovan,
Robert D. Scholes and Dudley G.
Strickler (posthumous).
Captains-Robert Besson, Ralph
w. D. Brown tchaplain), william N
Donovan, William E. Dyess, Charles
w. Haas, Richard G. Ivey, Grant
Mahony, Chris D. Moeller and John
z. Wheeler
First Lieutenants-Robert F.
Anger Marshall J. Anderson post
humouS), John j. Brennan, Russell
M. Church, jr. (posthumous) John
l.. Curran (chaplain), Charles S.
Dronberger. Benjamin B. Kysor
Cposthumous), Samuel H. Marett
tposthumous) Henry D. Mark post
humous), Clayton H. Mickelsen
Joseph H. Moore. Carl J. Savoie and
George l.. Williams (posthumous).
Second Lieutenants-Jack D
Dale, jr., Ira B. Cheaney. jr., post
humous), Carl P. Gies, Jack w
Hall Randall D Keatnr David W