Evening star., 1944-11-05

LII naheS' w II 8 Tor
now living in West Hartford, Conn.
9Th Air Force bombardier.
1t. Haines, former Georgia Tech
football player, dived through wal
of enemy fire in his divebomber tc
drop blood plasma to an American
armored division in Rennes, accord
ing to a 9th Air Force base release
from France. He was previously
awarded the Air Medal with seven
Oak Leaf Clusters.
Capt. Magruder piloted his ship
despite trouble in three engines
and behind the rest of the forma-
ton, to the target, dropped bombs
accurately, although the aircraft
suffered many flax hits, and re-
turned to his base.
Two District men have received
concentrations: 1t. Comdr. Fred
erick A. Ballard, U. S. N. R., Belle
Harem, Alexandria, was cited by
Admiral R. E. Ingersoll. commander
in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, for
his performance in rescuing surviv-
ors of the U. S. S. Block Island on
May 20.
Comdr. Ballard remained on the
sinking ship after the order to
abandon had been given in order
to assist in the rescue of a man
pinned in the wreckage on the
forward port side, the citation said.
1t was impossible to free the man
without amputating his leg, so
Comdr. Ballard assisted in the
operation, despite the danger that
the ship might sink before it was
completed.
First 1t. Cornelius E. Reidy, $3.50
First street NV, postal officer,
serving as a member of the Adiu-
tant Generals Office with the Air
Defense Command in France, was
cited for his superior judgment in
handling cases which were difficult
and complicated"
First 1t. Eric A. Savage, 1905 Gist
court, Silver Spring, Md, was
awarded the Soldiers Medal for pre-
venting the spread of fire from a
load of ignited incendiary bombs in
a steel car at Raritan Arsenal, Me-
tuchen, N. j., on November 2, 1943,
according to War Department re-
lease.
His action averted possible loss
OF life and resulted in saving 95 per
cent of the burning carload of am
munition, adjacent carloads of
bombs, an explosive filled magazine
ar, nearby dock facilities.
Seven Awarded Bronze Star.
Seven men from Washington and
vicinity have been awarded the
Bronze Star: Second 1t. Detlef j..
Witt, 4o19 Silver Hill road Sc, now
in France; Capt. Stewart G. Meyer,
son of Brig. Gen. Vincent Meyer,
adjutant Generals Office here, now
in France; Capt. Merritt A. Birch,
81, of 56l8 North Capitol street,
Medical Administration Corps, now
In Italy; Tech. Sergt Edward
Carney, 1929 Seventh street NE,
infantry, now in Germany; Col.
James L. Snyder, 1888 Kennedy
street NV, now in Germany with
the medical section of the 1st Army
headquarters; Second 1t. John j.
Klish, 1913 Twenty-first place Sc,
infantry; Staff Sergt. Charles w.
Bury, 604 Daniels street, Colmar
Manor. Md, and Corpl. Ralph D.
Dell'Erba, 1874 Peabody street NE,
tank destroyer, now in Belgium.
Tech. Sergt. Robert T. Judy, 1881
Childress street NE, armorer gun
ner, In the Mediterranean thea
ter, was awarded the Air Medal with
II Oak Leaf Clusters.
Its. q. g. Glenn Guy Parker and
Randall B. Adams, U. S. N. r., were
awarded the Air Medal posthu-
mously.
Son OF Mrs. Grace Imogen Parker,
2706 Forty-fourth street NV, 1t.
Parker was attached to a bombing
squadron In action against the
Japanese in the Solomon Islands
from October % to December 13,
1943. He was cited for courage
ously flying through intense enemy
antiaircraft fire in numerous at
tacks against hostile airdromes and
supply and bivouac areas on Bou-
gainville Island" and destroying an
active antiaircraft gun position pro-
tecting the airstrip.
1t. Adams, son of Henry D.
Adams, 1881 Legation street NV,
was Photographic officer aboard an
aircraft carrier during the assault
seizure of Tarawa and Kwajelein
Atoll, He obtained technically per-
feet photographs of vital enemy po-
sitions, which proved invaluable in
the early reduction of these strong
holds. the citation said.
Other recipients of the Air Medal
include: First 1t. Ralph H. Tate, IT.,