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Evening star., 1944-01-15

Hard to Believe-$12,
esssssf BLOCK COME ssdgssmi ss: near
attached garage. coal OF oil heat, maid niIdi; I
cash required WI. 2635. MI. 1912.
FOR C0LORED-1Ol6 9th st. n.e-Brick
excellent condition Price. S4,350' Easy
terms, H. II. Carter. 613 18th st. NV.
ma: 4l7s. Evenings, Adams 1859
6-rm. and bath. ami. in
ne; ne opr price and terms attractive. Phone
CoLoRED. 1897 O st. n.e.-e rooms and
good condition: $1,000. terms Hail 4
Bro 120t H st. ne, Ii 1891.
COLORED-1363 Maryland ave. n.e.-s-
room brick house, 4 bath, $500 Call
Re; 4IS1. Russell F. Barrett.
COLORED - Brookland - Completely de-
tached home on lot 97x151: rooms; on
Girard St: inclosed sleeping porches In,
Sulated. storm doors and window sashes;
f%cellent condition; gas automatic heat:
priced for quick sale: possession Cali Mr.
Dsmouy at DE. 1886 or TR. 2749. i6s
COLOhED-Brick. & rooms, h-wh full
basement and garage: bet. North Cap. and
Ist NV: $1,000: terms, $1,000 down. 800
monthly DU. 1915.
COL0RED-Nr. New Hampshire ave. and
Newton st.-Beautiful Colonial-type home
r. h.-w.h., hardwood floors, double brick
garage, fun cellar: terms. Ask for A. w
stephens. DE. 1882.
COLORED-LAMONT ST W-SS OO0
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RIIMCAI.OW

Takoma Park. Md.---Lsrge living rm., fire.
place, large bedrms. full, dry, light
BASEMENT with space for ant. attached
garage, porch. overlooking Sligo Park; lot
80x1 80: near bus; price reasonable terms
Evening star., 1944-01-15
$3.50 DOWN
Close to CLARENDON.

Balance like rent. Modern 6-rm. bunga
low. en- half-acre lot, near Rockville, Md
Kensington 553.
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HILLCREST Sc,
2705 Branch ave.-Detached brick 7 rooms
and baths. 2 freplaces. oil heat. 8 bed
rooms. large living room, dining room,
beautiful kitchen, recreation rm in base
ment, laundry room; brick garage;
HENRY v. WILLOUGHBY,
800 Mass, Ave. NE. AT s763
BROKERS, ATvrENTION
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So 600


Ineraham st. 500 block Colonial
brick. six rooms and tile bath. bniIt.in
garage. Offered for an out-oftown
owner: Attractive terms can Re arranged
JOHN F. DONOHOE & SONS
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NEAR 18th AND COL. RID
semidetached brick o rooms. baths,
"6 bedrooms" INV b., oil burner. rIec
refsr.,, 2-car brick garage; perfect condi-
tion; lot 23x142. Priced low at S14 $50.
can MI. Tammaro. ia. 1915. with
SHANNON e. LUCHS CO..
1908 H St. NV. National e345
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Owner transferred. must sell. Built b,
reputable builder: 8 yrs. old: "a blk to bus
IaaTee rms, corner lot: den on 1st floor:
floor rm., heated; elec. kitchen, rec rm
and bar: gas heat: 2-ear built-in garage
TsEc5. Sl6n; equity cash. C.. McCUNE, excl
agt., AT. 7190 or RA 1881
Evening star., 1944-01-15

ROCKVILLE. MD.
q rooms . baths freplace. full base
ment, garage. Call MRS DE BECK, Rock
VILE IN
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CENTER-HALL COLONIAL,
RodrOnoac q RaHhn A1c or a
CHEVY CHASE. D. {

Just two blocks from bus and shopping
center; semidetached, 4 bedrooms, Q baths,
lear garage, oil burner. Vacant. In
mediate possession. Out-of-town owner
Until 900 pm. EDw. n. JONES b CO.,
Evening star., 1944-01-15

g large room and bath brick. hot-water
on good street, 1 block from bus trans
portation: z years old. This house will
not last long at $9,l50: vacant For
further informal ton, call Mr.. Williams
evenings. Kensington $500.
VIM. M. THROCKMORToN.
Investment Bldg. Realtor. DI. 60o2.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
AUTO REPAIRS AND SERVICE.
RECAPPING.
MOTORCYCLES FOR SALE.
AUTO TRUCKS FOR SALE.

INDIAN 1889 motorcycle with sidecar
package trunk, windshield and tow-bar:
s400 cash. Can be seen at 1908 14th st.
! ". between 9 am, and 8 pm.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
SUD PROP. FOR SALE Gent. !.

z AC1ES-4 BEURIJCMS.
$g,6oo;, Fronting on Coleseville pike.
| rage. Victory Garden Terms. S2, 600
down. JOHN BURDCFT, Cofesvilie, Nd.
Evening star., 1944-07-18

further secret weapons In the Nazi
arsenal and boasted that the city Of
London was being reduced to dust.
A Transocean dispatch declared the
robot would be used to hamper the
restoration Of Cherbourg's port IA
cilities by the Allies.
Censors permitted the disclosure
that Dulwich College in Southeast
London and the Tyburn Convent
near Marlia Arch In West London
were damaged recently by flying
bombs.
One nun was among the several
casualties in and around the con-
vent.
American soldiers helped to clean
up the debris. but policemen kept
them away from the twisted re-
mainder Of a robot which they
wanted to break up for souvenirs.
Trees in Hyde Park, directly oppo-
site, were stripped of leaves for a
distance of rs yards.
The college was hit at night, and
there were no casualties. One wing
of the main building was destroyed.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
British War Cabinet
Bans Secret Session
On Robot Attacks
~ the As.ociated Press.

~ the As.ociated Press.
LONDON, July lS.-Flying bombs
fell sporadically on Southern Eng
lana today and Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden announced in Com
mons that the war cabinet had ruled
out a secret session on the robot
attacks.
House members were assured that
monthly totals of bombing casualties
would be published, but the Ministry
of Home Security said figures for
robot and regular bombs would not
be separated because this would tell
the enemy too much"
Mr.. Eden said the various minis
tries would continue secret discus
sions at meetings with members of
Parliament from territories affected
to discuss security questions.
He promised there would be fur
ther open discussion of the robots
at a later date.
Flying bombs dropped in the Lon
don area again today. Three per-
sons were killed and nine badly in
tured In one shelter.
The German radio still talked of
Evening star., 1944-07-18

formed Pope Plus XII that Japan
was ready to talk peace under Ger.
tain conditions.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press. quoted a Japanese
foreign cf1ce spokesman as saying
the Rome report was 80 absurd it
Is not worth the trouble to deny"
The advices from Rome yester-
day quoted usually well-informed
persons with close Vatican contacts
as saying Harada had presented
Japan's views on peace at an audi
ence with the Pope last Saturday,
Evening star., 1944-07-18
week end by Federal Judge Guy L.

week end by Federal Judge Guy l..
Fake.
Judge Fake ruled the assessment
had been made without due notice
and that the resolution Of the town.
ship ofnciak and the assessment
made under it were null and void"
Shelton Pitney. counsel for Mrs.
Cromwell, called the assessment
discriminatory in motions argued
last March, and asserted no other
resident of Hillsborough Township
had been assessed on intangible
property.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Doris Duke Wins Tax Suit
Against New Jersey Town,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., July 18.-Motion
for a summary judgment favoring
Mrs. Doris Duke Cromwell in her
suit to set aside Hillsborough
Township assessment of 1921 $40 ,438
on her intangible property was
granted in an order signed over the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
PAS DE CALAIS
AGAIN ROCKED

LONDON, June 19.-tREU. S.
heavy bombers struck twice today
at the robot roost around Pas de
Calais as the air ministry disclosed
that six months of ceaseless air
attack knocked out so many launch
ing platforms that the pilotless
bombs finally were loosed on less
than one-fourth the scale planned.
The United States strategic air
force for the first time called these
emplacements = now bombarded
nine times in four days and nights
-'pilotless plane launching plat
FORMS
The Germans continued to launch
the noisy jet-propelled winged
bombs across the Channel for the
fifth successive day in an appar-
ent attempt to divert Allied air
might from the Normandy battle
field and Germany itself.
But this strategy was only fairly
successful, for some of a morning
force of at least 500 heavy bombers
ranged far south, striking at least
four German air fields in France
while lighter bombers and fighters
rained bombs and bullets on Ger
man troops and communications
along the front. as
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20

There was hardly a pause
from the time the Americans
smashed their way across the
neck of peninsula and beat back
a frantic German effort to; es-
cape from the trap of steel, un-
til they wheeled and swept to-
ward Cherbourg. -
Last night alone they cap
tured 700 prisoners whose units
had been disorganized by the
breakthrough.
The Americans we're not CIV
ing the enemy a chance to re-
cover from the blows they suf.
fered when the d0ughb0ys
knitted their way across the
peninsula. A stream of prison
ers slogged along the roads,
doughboys covering them with
tommy guns. The prisoners
faces showed their bewilder-
ment. The roads were Uttered
with the wreckage of German
vehicles and equipment.
Some sectors resembled the.
scene in Tunisia when German
resistance broke suddenly and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
REFUND
ON 0YERCHARCES

RALEIGH, June 19-Seve-1 Will
mington retail food and beer deal
ers have made voluntary contrj-
buttons to the United States
treasury representing overcharges
on food items and beer totaling
$297.64, the Raleigh district OPA
vice announced today.
Theodore S. Johnson, district
OPA director, revealed that the
price division has received con-
tributions amounting to $4,000 on
meals and food items and $1O9. 81
on beer overcharges.
Those making food contributions
were Brooklyn Cafe and Grill $12..
90, Toms Drug Store $1,000
Plan.~>ion club $500 and Ameri-
can Cafe $1,000.
Beer retailers making contri-
buttons were the Atlanta Cafe
$54.24, Roosevelt Gardens $3.50
and Wilmington Candy Store
$780,.
These payments were made,
johnson said, representing over.
charges made to unknown per-
sons who could not be refunded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
French Take
Elba Island
Stronghold
1900 NAILS CAPTURED
Colonials End Conquest
OF Historic Isle;
9Th Army Gains

ROME, June 10. - up =
French Colonial troops COM
pleted the conquest of his
toric Elba island today and
captured 1900 prisoners
while on the Italian main
land Eighth army forces
pushed forward to positions
less than three miles from
Perugia, the major commui-
cations center between Rome
and Florence.
Capture of the island was dis
closed in an Allied African head
quarters communicate released at
Algiers which said that the French
despite stubborn enemy resistance,
drove the Germans from position
after position during the past "a
hours and wiped out all resistance
with capture of Porto Longone.
1.-THE vigorous and rapid advance
Of the French troops prevented the
evacuation of all but small por-
ton of the enemy garrison" the
bulletin said.
The majority Of the 1900 troops
taken were Germans, it was an
tnouneed. Also taken was a large
quantity Of materiel.
It was disclosed that Gen.
George c. Marshall, U. S. Chief OF
Staff, and Gen. Henry H. Arnold,
Chic fof the American Air Forces,
had visited Rome and the Italian
front and had conferred with AL
lied commanders in this theater.
American Fifth army troops driv-
ing up the Italian west coast ran
into some of the stiffest opposition
since the capture of Rome as they
thrust onto high ground north OF
Grosseto. The Germans threw re-
serves of artillery into an effort to
check the Yank advance and fought
tenaciously for each natural defense
position.
1t. Gen. Mark w. Clark's troops
continued to make progress, how
ever, headquarters communique
said, driving the enemy from sew
eral strong points, capturing Cam
pagnatico and sending advance
units 10 miles north of Grosseto.
French forces in the same general
area seized Roccalbegna and ap-
preached Radicofani.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
Polio Epidemic Brings
Calls. For Local Nurses

Infantile paralysis cases in Char.
lotte have reached epidemic pro-
portions, according to Mrc. Id a
Speiden, executive secretary of the
local Red Cross chapter, who
yesterday announced receipt of an
urgent appeal from the Charlotte
chapter for nurses to help fight the
epidemic.
Any nurse willing and able to
help in this emergency is asked
to contact Mrs. H. E. Bollinger.
secretary of. the nurse recruitment
committee for this district, by
phoning 1890, or by calling the
local Red Cross Headquarters at
22683.
I'VE would rather fight this cpl
demic now in Charlotte than fight
it later in Wilmington Mrs.
Speiden said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
Air Gunner To Speak
AT Ethyl-Dow Plant

Tech. Sgt. Carl A. Alferdson,
waist gunner on a B-24 of the
Eighth Air Force, will visit Will
mington today and will speak to
employees of the Ethyl-Dow Chem
ical company this afternoon at the
Kure Beach plant.
Sergeant Alferdson is an out
standing hero of the recent bomb.
ing of German war industries. He
has completed 30 combat missions
over Germany and holds the
DFC with two Oak Leaf clusters
and the Air Medal. with two clus-
tiers.
H e is now making appearances
at war plants in this area under
the sponsorship of the Army Air
Forces Materiel command.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20

confusion swept the ranks Of
Won Arnim's and Rommel's
armies.
Hitting no ward from
Barneville. one of the main
west coast roads cut by the Am
erican troops Saturday night,
the doughboys swept through
Bricquebec. The Germans were
pulling away so fast, trying to
get away from the Allied adj
vance, that they did not even
put up a fight for the town.
Cutting of the E@~auebec-
Valognes highway denied the
Germans another major COM
munications route and made
the American supply problem
much simpler for advance units
which had been fighting almost
without pause for more than
four days.
Detection and confusion were
apparent among some of the
enemy troops. They simply
were not prepared for the drive
which trapped them, and they
were unable to react to the stu
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
Task Force
Victorious
Over ips
TROOPS GET 'DR0ME
Victory Termed Greatest
Since Midway Battle
Two Years Ago

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, June 10. -@ -
United States Marines and
Army troops have captured
Aslito airdrome and driven
eastward all the way across
Saipan island to the shore of
Macgicienne bay, while an es-
timated 300 japanese planes
attacking the offshore Amer
lean carrier task force were
destroyed in the greatest Pa
cific air battle since Midway,
Adm. G.. w. Mint announc-
ed today.
Seabees already are at work put
ting the Aslito airstrip on the is
lands major airbase in operation
for United States planes.
The communique said it was be.
lieved a portion of the Jap planes
making the attack extending over
several hours on aircraft carriers
Sunday were flying from Japanese
carriers and using nearby shore
bases for shuttle landings.
The Jap attack was successful
ly repulsed in large scale aerial
battle by our carrier fighter planes
and Ships anti-aircraft fire.
Information presently available
indicates that only one of our sur
face units was damaged and this
damage was minor Nimitz said.
U. S. Losses Undisclosed
No estimate is yet. available on
American aircraft losses in the
first indicated engagement with
planes flying from. the Jap fleets
aircraft carriers since the battle
of Santa Cruz in October, 1912.
The communique said our sys-.
tematic bombing and strafing Of
airfields on Guam and nearby
Rota sharply limited" the effec-
tiveness of the Jap's use Of shut
tie shore fields to launch their
carrier planes against our task
force.
This designation Of Rota and
Guam, 116 miles south of Saipan,
as probably shuttle points indi-
Gates enemy carriers were a con.
siderable distance from the Mari
anas but were reluctant to close
within range Of U. S. carrier
bombers.
Overshadowed Land Fight
The carrier task forces great
battle overshadowed the decisively
important successes in the Saipa1
ground fighting.
Assault troops drove on a fairly
wide front completely across the
island to the shore of Magicienne
bay, 8 IL miles from the western
landing beach.
This sweeping advance of about
mile and a half since Friday
cut off some of the enemy de-
tenders in a tight arrow-shape
sector on Saipan's southeastern
corner On Nafutan point.
The commuaique said the Japa-
nese continued counter-attacking
American ground forces but all
enemy attacks have been success
fully thrown back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
MAY NAME ship
new HANOVER

A resolution to request the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company
to christen one of its forthcoming
ships 'New Hanover" was passed
unanimously yesterday at the
weekly meeting Of the Board OF
County Commissioners.
Officials of the shipbuilding
company stated last night that the
remainder of the ships christen-
ed at the Wilmington yard would
be named for countries through
out the United States, and that a
petition to the effect that ship
bear the name of this county had
been made to the Navy.
Decision was reached at the
commission meeting to ask for
bids from construction companies
for raising the skylights and IL
stalling suction fans, automatic
shutters and electrical wiring IN
the county jail.
Three suction fans and auto
matte shutters have been pu1-
chased from the A. B. Blake
electric company for the construc-
ton work.
The iail, on the top floor of the
new wing of the courthouse, is IN
"great need of air conditioning,
- VOC repn-ted
It was suggested that provision
be made to have an embarkmen!
or walkway built for the children
of east Wilmington who attend
Forest Hill school and use Mercer
Avenue and the railroad tracts
as a short cut to save numerous
blocks. The proposal will be dis
cussed at a latter date.
Beer licenses were awarded to
R. w. Fountain to be used at an
establishedment On U. S. High
way 1T, one and a quarter miles
rom wilmington, and Mrs. Mary
o. Andrews, Lingo Service Sta
ton. RID No. 8. e =" ..s..t'.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
Cool Breezes Halt
Current Heat Wave

Cool breezes gave Wilmington
lans temporary relief last night
from the current heat wave, ana
raul Hess, local weatherman, fore
East additional relief today in the
.orm Of a partly cloudy day. pos
slole thundershowers and not
qalte so warm"
M Inc mercury yesterday went 70
y q degrees, eight degrees less tnan
sundays record-breaking 100, put
ee.lseWhere in the state the heat con-
unued undated. Salisbury broke
al al records with 105. Charlotte nao
ooz and Raleigh 101. Ashevlle was
A critical shortage Of ice was
reported in Wilmington YESTERDAY
Wnen ice plants were swampeo,
WIN demands for ice they couiu
not meet because of labor shortage
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20

alton. One division made a des-
perate escape attempt, but 1t
was so badly mauled that 1t
fell back to the Cherbourg line.
This last-ditch defense line
before Cherbourg will be the
battle-ground deciding the fate
of the city. Its old positions
possibly have been improved
by the Germans, but already
Americans are bombing and
shelling enemy detectives in the
city itself.
Cherbourg, however. was not
being .shelled Unfortunately.
Definite targets, such as fuel
dumps, ammunition stores and
strong points had been select
ed.
The German-prepared posi-
tions before Cherbourg are on
high ground about six miles
from the great port city.
'They may try to make Cher
bourg another Sevastopol," an
officer said. "There is little
doubt but that they have been
ordered to fight to the Iasf''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
By DON. WHITEHEAD

WEGd AMEn4CAlN -1ROOIS
AID VANC.IN G ON CHER
BOURG, June 49, up With
the Smelling of the city itself,
the battle for Cherbo1rg be-
gan tonight
! Two weeks after landing on
the Normandy coast, dough-
boys almost were within sight
of the port city as a result of
one Of. the most sensational adj
vances the American Army has
made in this war.
1t is a thrilling sight to see
the army moving up fast to
take advantages Of the break
through to the coast - troops
marching along roads which a
few hours ago were in enemy
hands while guns, armor ana
trucks roll forward with them.
There is no estimate as yet
of the enemy dead. The fields
hedgerows and bitches hold the
secret-bodies are lying where
they fell because no one has
had time yet to collect them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
Freight Rate Parity +.
Sought By Westerners

WASHINGTON, June 49, R -
Freight rate parity with the east
vas advocated before the Inter
s+ate Commerce Commission to.
49, AZ a means of helping the
u ,,rest build up postwar industry
hased on conversion Of surplus
80 IN commodities to plastics ana
e o4h e. chemical products.
u Emerson Kokjer of Lincoln
Nah deputy state attorney gene
M TONED in arguments for ex-
tension Of the eastern rate basis
~ 49, manufactured goods to the west
OF Iuoiie
and South.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20

~ To-Day.
The London News Chronicles
correspondent with the Soviet
troops said Marshal Leonid A.
Govorov's speazheads lr e d y
were fighting in Viipuri's sub
urbs, and added that the Russians
shortly will be in a position to
dictate terms to the Films.
Amid reports that Finland was
about to quit the war, the Stock
holm newspaper Svenska Dagbla-
Diet predicted the Finnish cabinet
would be -evamped today. It said
Premier Edwin Linkomies and
Finance Minister Vaiao Tacner,
the two men largely responsible
for Finland's rejection of Soviet
armistice terms three months
ago, would retire.
A midnight Russian commune
que said Soviet airmen had sunk
16 ships in Viipuri harbor, nclud-
ing six transports, and that one
Russian infantry unit alone wiped
out 1000 Firms yesterday.
Soviet planes on Saturday night
again heavily raided Kirkeaes
near the Finnish border in north
ern Norway, supply port for
German divisions stationed in Fin
land, the bulletin said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
1t. Heard Appointed
Assistant Engineer

Appointment of 1st 1t. W. J.
Heard as assistant to the district
engineer of the U. S. District En-
gineer office, Wilmington division,
was announced yesterday by It.
Col. N. W. Haner, acting district
engineer.
Lieutenant Heard, a native OF
Bedford, Ind, was employed by the
state highway commission in In
diana before entering the Corps Of
Engineers in September, 1912.
He has seen service at Bluethen-
thai field, Fl. Bragg, Winston
Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh and
Durham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
Allied Forces Sweep
japanese From Assam

SOUTHEAST ASIS COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy, Ceylon.
June 10 In Allied forces have
swept the Janapnese completely
from Assam province in northeast.
ern India and hurled all the enemy
from a 20-mile stretch of the road
from Kohima to Imphal in Mahi.
2ur, farther southeast, it was an.
nounced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
..pMIsTICE WANTED

WASHINGTON. June 1s.-tR-|
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) ex.
nressed hope today the United
e+stes still might bring about an
11th hour armistice between Fin
land and Russia, while Rep. Coffee
ID-Wash) proposed that this coun-
trv break its ties with Spain and
help overthrow the Franco regime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20
CONFEREEs DEADLOCKED

WASHINGTON. June 19.-LP-
Senate and House conferees, fail
ing to agree on terms of the price
control extension bill. at a day
long session, worked tonight amid
growing prospects of a deadlock
on one or more controversial
amendments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-20

nOunced yesterday.
Their appearance will mark the
second bond rally to be staged
in the yard since the campaign
was opened June II. The opening
gathering was featured by the per-
torrance of the Marine Corps Wo-
mems Reserve band from Camp
Lejeune and a talk by Maj. j. c.
Bell, USMC, of Camp Lejeune.
Both the fliers are now stationed
at Bluethenthal field. They will
be introduced by w. S. Mcmahon,
assistant to the vice president and
general manager of the yard.
Captain Powers, 28-year-old ma
tive of Long Island, N. Y, where
he was commercial photographer
before the war, began his military
service as a flying sergeant in the
Royal Air Force. He served in
England from October, 1941, to
April, 1912, and in Africa from
April, 1912, to October, 1913.
His decorations include the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, the Silver
Star, Air Medal, with five Oak
Leaf clusters, Purple Heart and
the International Order of the Fly
ing Boot, the latter awarded to
airmen who have made their way
back to their own lines after being
shot down over enemy territory.
He is credited with downing sew
en- enemy planes, with two prob
ables and two damaged.
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