Evening star., 1945-07-01
Distinguished Flying Cross.

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With both engines OF his bomber
knocked out by enemy fire over
Dinslaken, Germany, 1t. Ford
successfully crash : landed his
plane with 1000 pounds of bombs
in the bomb bay.
DE CHERNISS, It. Billy p, Bit
navigator, Goth Bomb Group, 8thl
AAF; Falls Church, Va. For ex-l
traordinary achievement while
serving as special navigator onI
heavy bombing missions over Ger
many. 1t. De Cherniss also holds
the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters.
ABNER, 1t. Edward L., USMC, now
home on furlough at n Daring
ton street NV. For shooting
down three enemy planes, with q
possible fourth, early in the Oki-
nawa campaign.
ARMSTRONG, 1t. Victor A., USMC,
now home on furlough in Takoma
Park, Md. 1t. Armstrong ac-
counted for two enemy aircraft
during his tour on Okinawa.
Soldiers Medal.
CASEY, Pfc. Joiln r., Goth Tank
Battalion, Sd Army, Austria; Ar
lington, Va. For saving the hfel
of a comrade who was wounded
in burning tank near Munich in
late April.
Commendation.
BROOKS, End Lit, Joseph F., Engi-
neers, 92d Infantry Division: 1882
Providence street NE. On Febru-
ary 8, in Germany, 1t. Brooks
was commanding platoon OF en-
gineers attached to an attacking
infantry group. Under fire and
without regard for his own safety,
he directed destruction of obsta-
cles in front of the German posi-
tionS.
MOTHERSHEAD, Pfc. Russell H.,
Air Service Command, AAF, Eu-l
rope: King George, Va. Pvt.
Mothershead and his fellow sup
ply technicians have handled
100000 tons of high priority air.
plane parts and accessories since
January ! at an ASC depot in
England.
DAVIDSON, 1t. q. g. Sidney W.,
ir., USNR, now at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station; 1919 Thirty
fourth street NV. For service as
a ground officer with a carrier
based air group in the Navy's 5th
Fleet.
LEAPLEY, Corpl. william T. 81st
Infantry Division, Pacific; 1920
Fuller street NV. For "cour-
ageous performance of duty" DUR
ing military operation against the
Japs on Angaur Island. Corpl.
Leapley, serving as company aid
man, applied first aid to wounded
under fire, moved them to safety,
and remained with casualties who
was not able to withdraw to safe
position.
KILLERLAIN, Corpl. Walter L., Air
Service Command, AAF, Europe;
Takoma Park, Md. Corpl Killer
lain and fellow supply technicians
have handled a record-breaking
100000 tons of airplane parts and
accessories at an ASC depot in
England since January l.
NEWTON, Pfc. Willoughby, Air
Service Command, AAF, Europe;
Alexandria, va. Pfc. Newtons work
at an ASC depot in England con-
tributed toward sustaining aerial
knockout blows at Germany.
HOLBROOK, SISergt. Howard, Air
Transport Command. Cairo. Egypt;
473 irving street NV. For part
played in recent elimination of a
500-ton backlog of vital air cargo
which was to be moved by air
transport to the China-Burma-
India theater.
HULL, Comdr. Harry, USN, sta
toned at submarine base in the
Pacific; 313 Rosemary street. For
distinguishing himself by meritori-
Gus conduct in action as COM
manding officers of submarine |
during war patrol.
Silver Star.
MILLER, Pfc. Wilbert T., jr, now
in hospital at Richmond, Va; |
Arlington, Va. On September 8,
1914, in France, Pvt. Miller adj
vanced under fire to assist in the
capture of several enemy soldiers
and one enemy tank.
JACKSON, Sergt. Schuyler W., 502d
Parachute Infantry Regiment,
l01st Airborne Division, Berchtes-
gaden, Germany; 2840 McGill ter
race NV. For gallantry in action
during the 101st Divisions defense
of Bastogne, Belgium, last Decem-
Der. Single-handed, he destroyed
German tank and helped his
platoon kill or capture so Germans
who were following the tank.
Presidential Unit Citation.
GREGG, TISergt. Donald ~, 67th
Tactical Reconnaissance Group
9th Air Force, Germany; 2315 For
tieth place NV.
RAMISCH, S/Sergt. Julius G., 9th
Tactical Reconnaissance Group,
9th Air Force, Germany; 444l Fes-
sender street NV.
CASSEL, Corpl. Charles R., 67th
Tactical Reconnaissance Group,
9th Air Force, Germany; IL Long
fellow street NV.
Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star.
BARRETT, Col. Robert H., inspector
general, 18th Corps, Austria; 2737
Cathedral avenue NV. For serv-
ices in connection with American
operations against the Germans.
KUMPE. Col. George, commanding
officer, Sd Engineer Aviation
Brigade, 9th Engineer Command
Headquarters, Germany; 1726 MI
street NV. For outstanding abii-
ity in co-ordinating maintenance
of So airfields in France and 81
airfields west of the Rhine in
Germany.
Bronze Star.
STURGIS, Brig. Gen. Samuel D.,
9th Army, Philippines; the High
lands. For outstanding perform
ance during the Leyte campaign
WOOD, Corpl. Francis c., Chemical