Evening star., 1945-07-24

Tor Gen. Fred 6en. Frederick
erick's leadership of the 45th through
the liberation of France.
Formerly commander of the 1st
Special Service Force in Italy and
of the 1st Air-borne Task Force
Gen. Frederick has been on over
seas assignment more than two
years. Believed to be the wars most
wounded general, he wears eight
stars on his Purple Heart ribbon.
Gen. Frederick also wears the Dis
tinguished Service Medal, Distin-
guished Service Gross, Silver Star
with Oak Leaf Cluster, the British
Distinguished Service Order and the
Italian Silver Star.
A native of San Francisco, Gen.
Frederick was graduated from West
Point in 1929. He served on the
War Department general staff here
and in the Aleutians prior to mis-
European assignments.
His wife, Mrs. Ruth Frederick, and
two daughters, Jane and Ann, live
at the Thirty-third street address.
Gen George C. Kenney, COM
manding general of the Far East Air
Forces, has been awarded a second
Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distin-
guished Service Medal, the War De-
partment announced yesterday. The
award was for services rendered
when he was commander of Allied
air forces in the Southwest Pacific
area from September, 1943, to June,
1945.
HE struck repeatedly at the en-
en1y air, ground and naval forces
and installations far in advance of
our amphibious operations, inflict-
ing crushing losses in men, planes
and shipping" the citation said. He
also extended the radius of air
domination. it added, to a point
where hostile shipping is denied
access from the japanese home
land to its conquered territories.
Gen. Kenney, whose home is in
Osborn, Ohio, also holds the rank
of Knight Commander of the Or
der of the British Empire.
Brig. Gen. William r. Heavey,
commander of the I'd Engineer Spe-
cial Brigade in the Philippines, who
lives at GIT Eighteenth street NV
recently was awarded the Legion of
Merit.
Gen. Heavey assumed command
of the brigade in August, 1912, and
since then has completely organ
ized, equipped and trained the unit
Overseas 80 months prior to his re-
turn here for a brief rest this week,
Gen. Heavey led his unit through
action in Australia, New Guinea,
New Britain and the Philippines.
A graduate of West Point in
April, 1917, Gen Heavey served over
seas in the last war. He and Mrs.
Heavey, who recently was appointed
Eastern area representative of the
Army and Navy women's activities
in the Red Cross, have two sons
in the services: John, who is with
the A. A. F. in England, and william,
jr., naval lieutenant, who left this
week for Pacific duty.
Sergt. william p. Linkins, jr, yes
terday was awarded posthumously
the Silver and Bronze Star Medals
for actions in which the 21-year-old
Washington Marine killed 26 Japs.
The sergeant's widow, Mrs. Mil
dred Stewart Linkins, 610 Green
brier drive, Silver Spring, accepted
the two decorations in behalf of her
husband during ceremonies at the
Marine Barracks parade grounds.
Conspicuous gallantry of the for
mer Montgomery Blair baseball
pitcher was outlined in the citation
accompanying the Silver Star award.
This disclosed how Sergt. Linkins
rushed under hostile enemy fire to
man a machine gun on Tinian after
the guns entire crew was put out
of action by a severe Japanese coun-
terattack last July "a. Although
mortally wounded, Sergt. Linkins
personally accounted for 20 of the
enemy. In an action on Saipan,
Sergt. Linkins was credited with
killing six of the enemy.
Sergt. Linkins' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William P. Linkins, 603 Dart
mouth avenue, Silver Spring, Md,
also were present at yesterdays
ceremonies. His brother, Pfc Rob-
ert Linkins, is in Germany with
the Army.
Maj. Gen. Morrison C. Slayer of
Carlisle, Pa, has been awarded the
| Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distin-
guished Service Medal, in recogni-
ton of his achievements as chief
United States Army surgeon in the
| Mediterranean theater of opera
tions, the War Department an
nounced.
The citation accompanying the
award, presented by Gen. Joseph
T. McNarney, deputy supreme AL
lied commander, lauded Gen. Slayer
for the outstanding record of the
theater medical service, through
whose hospitals passed nearly l.
000, 900 members of the United
States armed forces with death
rate of less than per cent.
Capt. Frederick d. Kline, U. S. N,
1880 Forty-fourth street NV, now
commanding the Amphibious Train
ing Base at Oceanside, Calf, has
been awarded the French Croix de
Guerre with Star. Capt. Kline was
aboard the U. S. S. Augusta, flagship
of the Normandy Beach invasion
! operation, serving as chief of naval
communications. He previously had
been presented with the Legion of
Merit for his service. Among other
assignments fulfilled by Capt. Kline
was tour Of duty in Iceland, last
ing is months, and the invasion
Of Sicily.
1t. Taliaferro Anderson, artillery
officer in the AID Division on Luzon
whose brother, 1t. Comdr. G. H.
Anderson, U. S. N, formerly lived
at 1918 Thirty-fifth street NV.
recently was awarded the Silver
Star Medal for gallantry displayed
in action on Luzon. While serving
aS an artillery nhserver TT Andar