Evening star., 1945-10-28
Decorations


l NV, has been awarded the Legion
5 of Merit Medal for outstanding
, work as logistics officer on the staff
of the Commander of Fleet Air,
! West Coast, the 18th Naval District
announced recently.
In a presentation made at the
Naval Air Station. San Diego, Calf.
Capt. Nicholson was cited for MAIN
tanning the essential wartime flow
: of aircraft and supplies to the air
arm of the Pacific Fleet.
A graduate of the Naval Academy
Capt. Nicholson is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter w. Nicholson,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Wolfe, Head
quarters 9Th Army Group, was pre-
Sented an Oak Leaf Cluster to the
: Legion of Merit for exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the perform
ance of outstanding services from
September l, 1914 to May %, 1s45,
in France and Germany.
Gen. Wolfe, whose wife lives at
2745 Twenty-ninth street NV, was
responsible for the planning and
the execution of the engineer phases
/ in crossing the Rhine over section
which was doubly hazardous because
: the Germans had developed sys-
tenn of reservoirs on its head waters
and the sector was buttresSed by
successive zones of the Siegfried
Line, the citation said.
"Basing his plans on results OBJ
tanned from a gigantic hydraulic
laboratory which he established
himself, Gen. Wolfe presented an
accurate analysis of a problem
which could not have been solved
otherwise" the citation added.
Lit. Gen. Jacob L. Devers pre-
sented the award to Gen. Wolfe last
Monday in ceremonies at the PEN
tagon Building.
S/Sergt. John E. Williamson, 81
Farragut place NV, has been
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross, according to a dispatch from
10th Air Force headquarters in
China.
Sergt. Williamson, a member OF a
combat cargo group of the 10th, was
cited for extraordinary achievement
during operational flights totaling
more than 300 hours in unarmed,
heavily loaded transports, during
which enemy fire was probable and
expected.
Col. Charles A. McKenney, r.,
whose wife lives at 2102 Connecticut
avenue NV, has received the Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star for
meritorious service as assistant chief
of staff, plans, of the 18th Infantry
Division in Germany, the War De-
partment disclosed recently.
Col. McKenney was cited for serv-
ices from February l to April Is,
1945, during which period the 78th
was engaged in military operations
from the Roer to the Rhine Rivers
and in the Ruhr Pocket.
Other area men who have been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal re-
Gently include:
lst 1t. William A. Randolph, Mai.
Max Lapides. Robert P. Rucker,
chief radioman, U. S. N. R.; 1st 1t.
John D. Gilmore, Col Charles @.
Blakeney, Comdr. Charles r. Cum
diff, Col. Hubert A. Schneider.
Discharged
The following District men .haye.
been honorabfy discharged at Fort,
Meade, Md: :
sergt, Ernest I. Oakley, 5o2s Hanna
Isl Irving street NV: GiserEt, Wilbur s'a 7
H Huas1 eai4o 25s of Isss cSsmp.n H .Ts.t Is
hesndeh ssdehens sfoe.or sss .drvns sss
s;ssss sw Is 5'sf &yss S
n,.r. rs James "; Jackson: 1909 Kinsman
ps1s sas cfnTs s Rps Rase ssf.st kW W 0ha ayd
eeaFie Jsnss WassOn AZ NiI ssssss sss
ad Hddfston NM l2S !Sef ss5sst E. pfs Saa RishsSd
IA William I. Ritter. 1914 Nichols ave. AVE-
nue. Sc: Tl5 Francis p. Kelly, 5O40 New
Hampshire saDst ws,fa sHenne u NV s,o n.d,.o,
sSsh sssst 45S aSiD6.fS .t1esS PsnaS
sn's OTIS So sfs Isfd ss!sss sEss
EE Elfson TI5 ,ress ears p PTse, 45a 6a
yer. 1924 Forty-hfth street NV; serrt
ss!s' ssHssF Sa1aF lsH asSs'f sS i'''si
e9fp Luther P. 2; Hol1aps d. !es &C Columbia sH,
street NV; TO Domenie A. Guozzo: 900
South Carolina avenue Sc; TIA joseph
I n Ward Dn16 Third street N w |
Pfc R.. A. ,Geritton, washington tno adj
dress given); corpl. Joseph NJ. Mills. 1o1s
kneh 1sa5 ss5ees street E% Pfc
ST. s:E; "a 4 1 Andrew L, shelton s0sa Gales
Pvt. James R. Lambert. 1896 Half street
sW.' serst Sshn Alden s.r. 5r; 100 Mich
ia2s Duncan street NE; Pfc Anthony E.
ia William g. Wyles, 124s g street NE:
eonsin avenue wv; Pyt; Louis N: sulliyan,
s ssHnd s4 Tss sw psss ss NE s
JACK Flowers. 712 Q street NV.
TL5 Robert Eldridgss., 1917 Eleventh
street NV: TIA William |. TAYLOR, 125
s6 ress aM TS rosd wam NW ssrxt
TIA syrlyrvian Jeffries, 47o7 DIX street
seventh street N E.; T a Leroy spriggs. s3s
Ridgeley. 1852 Third street NV.
Pfc. Roland L. Clemons, 1881 Corcoran
street NV; Pfc. Rufus Drayton, 6391a
Orleans place NE; Pvt George I. Thigh
man, 1411 Morris road Sc; Pvt. Thomas
Ward, 100 First street Sc; Pvt. jolly |
Wright, 23 Myrtle street NE; Pvt. Fran
els J. Laignel 2235 Fourteenth street
Sc: Sergt.. John c. Hodgson, 1878
Kearny street NE; SLSergt. Joe Wires, |
matt 1914 g street NV: s7sergt stan
ley H. Sutherland, 203 sixth street NE.
Tk5 Rudolf Langner, 1888 Newton street |
NV; Ti3 Robert 3. Solan, 918 New York |
avenue NV: Corpl. Frank H. Collins,
1458 Columbia road NV; Pfc. Michael
c. Palumbo. 917 Eleventh street NV;
Ti5 Frederick " Loud. 1417 N street
NV; Tf5 Howard Speake, 236 Twelfth
street S, E.. Pvt. Samuel r. Nelson, S31 /
Twentieth. street NE: Pfc, Louis stea,
5419 Fifth street NV: Pfc. Eugene g.
Pfc. James H. cornett 613 Newton place
Pfc. Herbert Coleman. 2a4s Eighth |
street NV; Corpl.- George c. Baker. 90 |
Fourth street NE; Pfc. William W. /
Middleton. 1887 street N E.; Pfc. Maurice 1
S. Rosenfield, 4424 First place NE; /
StSergt. Walter F. Cox, S17 Taylor street 1
NE; Pvt. Lawrence L, Broutie, 106 eli
street street NE; seEgs Tcneg Davis. jr:. III
Lynch, 144 Thirteenth street Sc; serst.
street NV: T15 John T. jackson. 500 |
Sixty-fourth avenue NE.
Pfc. Jerry T.. Jefferson, .1412 v street /
NV. Pvt. Brodis THOMPSON, 645 r street L