Evening star., 1945-12-13

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Brig. Gen. Paul b. Kelly, anti
aircraft liaison officer at Army
Ground Forces headquarters here
was decorated with an Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Legion of Merit in
ceremony at the Pentagon build
ing Tuesday. the War Department
announced
Gen. Kelly, who won the Legion
of Merit last August for his service
with the 7th Army in Europe, was
awarded the cluster for outstanding
services in supervising the distribu-
ton of supplies and equipment at
ports in Italy, North Africa and
Corsica for the Southern France
landings. He lives at the Army War
College.
Brig. Gen. Charles T. Lanham,
son of Clifford Lanham, District
superintendent of trees and parking,
was awarded the Legion of Merit at
a Pentagon ceremony Tuesday for
exceptional service as commander of
the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th
Division, from July 81, 1914, to
March 2, l945, in Europe.
Recently appointed director of in
formation and education, Office of
the Chief of Staff, Gen. Lanham
was cited for demonstrating wise
leadership and sound judgment
based on thorough familiarity with
all phases of military tactics" in
directing his unit through a series
of highly significant operations in
France and Belgium.
Gen and Mrs. Lanham live at lO4
North Columbus street, Arlington.
Six Legion of Merit awards we're
presented Tuesday by Maj. Gen.
Norman T. Kirk, Surgeon General
OF the Army, to outstanding officers
who made valuable contributions in
the Medical Department in World
War II, the War Department an
nounced. Decorated were:
Col. Robert J. Carpenter, 1872
South Thirty sixth street, Arlington,
executive officer of the Surgeon
Generals Office, who has been "a
key figure in the administrative op-
erations OF the Medical Depart
ment';
Col. Howard w. Doane, 1887 East
West highway, Silver Spring, ex-
ecutive officer to the Chief Surgeon
OF European Theater of Operations,
who performed unusually superior
service in supervising the admin
istrative operations in the medical
work of ETO;
Col. John F. Lieberman, West
chester Apartments, director of the
Physical Standards Division, who
did outstanding work in formulat-
ing workable standards for physical
examinations"
1t. Col. Edna b. Groppe, 1920 Six
teenth street NV, chief, Nursing
Branch, Military Personnel Division.
for the administrative program she
supervised in connection with pro-
curement of nurses;
1t. Col Margaret d. CraixhiI,
POPS P street NV, head of Women's
Health Unit, for her work in con-
nection with medical examinations
OF women prior to acceptance in the
service, and
Capt. Granville w. Larimore,
3577 South Stafford street, Arlington.
chief, Education Branch, Venereal
Control Division, for his outstanding
educational work.
Returnees
Names of additional Washington
area veterans returning from over
seas service at various East and
West Coast parts are reported in dis
patches received by The Star.
Arrivals at Camp Patrick Henry.
Va, OH Monday included these
washington men whose street ad-
dresses were not given:
ore.nspsn rls Samfs H so..nda Faust Pfs George
SSP a'!51G Gisna sef5t g. Lpp.la tsSnaTa
4. NICHOLSON. T/5 joseph W we connor' rnis
ppn5 ,i;s Eugene Barnes, T/5 Earl P. Davis.
Ens wl5sm cap rreds1Isf aqshei Pit so0sF wi
Melvin H. Smith and End 1t. Leo c. Koch.
The following District men arrived
at Camp Patrick Henry Tuesday:
SISergt. Orlando H. Simmons. S/serst.
IA CHRISTOPHER Ford. TI5 Calvin c. East,
TO Raymond z. Mercer. Pvt. Charles A.
BUSH, Pfc. George A. Brown, T/Sergt
hhoveiis A: Silver, T/5 Horace v. Purvis,
Pic. Henry H. Trent, PVT Bernard P. Bas-
ST. S/Sergt Henry J. Bens, T/5 John o.
.ss 6es "?S' ias s1s
A; lehman and Pfc. Edward J. Martin. ali
Of Silver Spring.
Aboard the transport General An
derson, which arrived at Boston yes
terday. we're:
Pfc, Charles E. Otis. jr.. 25O1 Twenty
T5 Albert Melvin. Pfc. Henry M. Hit
T/sergt. Edmund D. Mclean, Ti5 James
e; i,I Rosssr, PFC; Arthur !. Frederick, PFC.
McMullsn' Corpl; Maury z. Hampton. TIA
John NJ Black. Corpl Ferdinand q
Mehlinge, TL5 Oscar L. Barnes, T/5 John
y; Mattox, TI5 Frederick w. Thomas, Pfc
clarence Anderson, Pfc. Joseph Mauney.
PFC. Lemuel Stephens, Pfc. Inmans Tilna,
Pvt. James Keith, Serst. Addison A. Smith,
Ga q