Evening star., 1945-05-25

CroiX de Guerre with Palm, was for
! exceptional services of war rem
dered during operations leading to
the liberation of France
/ Gen. Huebner's daughter. Miss
Juliette Heubner, is student at
Trinity College here.
Maj. Gen. Robert w. Grow, whose
family lives at 2602 Connecticut
avenue NV has been made men,
Der of the Legion of Honor, with
grade of officer The award includes
the Croix de Guerre with Palm.
Gen. Grow commands the 9th
Armored Division of the Sd Army
and holds number of decorations.
He and his wife have two boys. Rob-
ert Marshall Grow. just graduated
from Sewanee Military Academy,
and Thomas, a student at Alice Deal
School here
Col. G. A. Miller, 1928 Window
place NV, received the Legion of
Honor with grade of chevalier. He
and his wife. Mrs. Florence L. Miller,
have two children, Capt. George l..
Miller. with the Air Transport Com
mand in California. and Mary Jane.
10. a student at Woodrow Wilson
High School.
Cal. James Boyd of 5705 North
Ninth street. Arlington, Va, was
awarded the Legion of Merit yester-
day for serving as staff assistant to
the director of materiel at headquar-
ters of the Army Service Forces from
March, 1912, to April, 1945 He was
Irresponsible in large part for the op-
Grafton of the entire system of allo-
cation by the War Production Board
of critical raw materials.
Col. John d. Witten of 11l0 North
Inglewood street, Arlington, Va, was
awarded the Legion of Merit for
services as chief statistician of the
Army Service Forces from July, 1912
to April, 1945. He developed the
monthly progress report system and
contributed to the analysis of per-
Torrance. He also assisted in inaug-
urating the supply control system.
1t. Col. David M. Mcconnell, 230
George Mason drive, Arlington, Va
was awarded the Legion of Merit for
services while judge advocate and
provost marshall of the Remgarh
Training Center for Chinese per-
sonnel at Bihar. India, from July
1912, to June. 1874 He also acted
as legal advisor to the Chinese Army
in India and as chairman of the
conference of Chinese, British, In
dian and United States armies on
military jurisdiction.
1t. COmdr. p. c. Holt. 9616 Flower
avenue. Silver Spring, Md, recently
was awarded the Navy Cross for "ex-
traordinary heroism' in combat in
the Biak Island operation, the Navy
Department has disclosed.
He was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1888. His wife, Mrs.
Josephine Holt, and their two
daughters and son live at the Silver
Spring address.
Col. william E. Elder. assistant
chief of staff, 18th Air Force, whose
wife. Mrs. Lois Hodges Elder, lives
at 1909 Argyle terrace NV, has
been awarded the Legion of Merit
The award was conferred at Col.
Elders base in the Aleutians.
Col. James E. b. McInerney, whose
wife and children live at 4453 Volta
place NV, recently was decorated
with the Legion of Merit for de
veloping the application of welding
to mass production methods ir
manufacture of tanks and Other
vehicles" according to a dispatch
from the European theater of op.
erations.
Through his practical and tech.
nical knowledge, Col. McInerney
was able to reduce the cost Of pro.
duction and man hours of labor re-
quired for tank and vehicle weld
ing" the citation said. "As a re-
suit the Ordnance Department and
its contractors were able to deliver