Evening star., 1945-05-27

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Win Special Awards
On Battle Fronts
Twenty-Five Washington area
men were among those given award!
recently for valor on far-fung bat.
tile fronts. Their names follow:
Distinguished Flying Cross
1t. Col. Ladder Bowie Mackall
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ladder Mack.
all, 340l Woodley road NV. wa:
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross for "outstanding and meri.
torious achievement in operationa
and combat flights from Goth Bomb.
er Command bases in India anc
West China"
He just received his promotion tt
lieutenant colonel, his mother said
for training and operating one o1
the original B-29 lead crews. He
is based in India.
His wife and his 18-month- ole
daughter live in Roanoke, Va.
1st 1t. William G. Keyworth, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Keyworth
4012 Longfellow street, Hyattsville
was awarded the DFC for his
achievement in a fighter-plane at.
tack on japanese East Indies ship.
ping.
1t. KeyWorth is a pilot in the
Lightning Lancers unit of Brig Gen
Earl w. Barnes 18th AAF Fighter
Command. His citation stated:
For extraordinary achievement
while participating in a long range
aerial flight over the Macassal
Strait on November 90" The eight
planes in the formation sank five
merchant ships and damaged a
number of other vessels. Two of the
P-38s were damaged, but all re-
turned to their base with fuel tanks
practically empty and ammunition
depleted.
The 9th AAF Bomber Station
in England announced award OF
the DFC to three more local men
lst 1t. Samuel Intrater, 1911 Wyom
ing avenue; 1st 1t. Roy l.. Raibourn
Clinton, Md, and Capt. John b
Smith, 1874 Neal street, and Fred.
ericksburg, Va. 1t. Intrater wa.
specifically praised for adverse.
weather strikes at Berlin, Castrop-
Reuxel and Dresden, Germany. His
father is the Rev. Charles Intrater
Bronze Stor
Eight men were given Bronze
Stars:
T/5 Frank ". Shoemaker, whose
wife lives at PIT Granville drive
Silver Spring, following campaigns
of Normandy, Northern France ano
Germany.
Pfc. Paul Walker, whose wife, Eu-
lalia, lives at GAG c street NE, fol-
service in combat on the 5th Army
front in Italy. He was a wiremar
and telephone operator in felc
artillery battalion of the 10th
Mountain Division.
He was compelled to work his
way cautiously through minefelds
in order to repair and relay lines.
T/Sergt. John E. Weick, Company
B, l34th Infantry Regiment. for par
ticipating in an attack across ar
anti-personnel minefield and into
the town of Hildarth. against fierce
enemy resistance.
Pfc. Mark F. Passagno. 1925 Ala
bama avenue Sc, 4th Medical Bat
talon, for meritorious service in
France from June 8, 1914, to June
81, 1914.
Capt. Hans Habe-De Bekessy, au-
thor, whose wife Eleanor lives at 81
Kalorama Circle NV, awarded fo1
services in connection with military
operations. He was chief of editoria
section. psychological warfare. Gen
Omar N. Bradley's 18th Army Group
He served with the 21st Regiment
of Foreign Volunteers in the French
Army and was decorated severa
times. He entered active military
service in the United States Army
In January, 1943, and went oversee.
in May, l943.
Col. James E. DAILY. whose wife
Frances. lives at 1927 Sixteenth
street, Silver Spring, chief of tn,
personnel branch, adjutant general!
section of Gen Bradleys 18th Arm,
Group, for organizing and directing
staff activities.
S/Sergt. Francis A. Mcdonald
1927 North Capitol street, on Luzon
When his platoon leader wa.
wounded he assumed command ane
led the engineers in disarming more
than 1000 Jap mines, constructing
bridges and removing obstacles tt
the 37th Infantry Division advance
Comdr. William V. Pratt, I'd
U. S. NJ, veteran of two years O.
destroyer duty in the Pacific, 1925
Twentieth street NV, for service
during the Bougainville action il
November, l943. He also holds the
Silver Star for service during the
Formosa strike of October, 1914.