Scouts Court Of Honor Held In Amarillo District
The Amarillo district court of honor of the Llano Estacado Boy Scouts of America held last night at Elizabeth Nixson Junior High. Howard Payne presented second class and first class cards to numerous scouts across Troops 1 2 4 5 7 9 10 12 14 18 19 20 21 24 25 28 and 57 with merit and life awards, eagle award to Ernest Archambeau Jr, tenderfoot candidates named, and silver jubilee swords awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Raymond Prien
Glendale Gibson
Royce Barnes
Clifford Fulton
Lloyd Earl Lane
Donald Ray Boyd
Kenneth Bailey
Ralph Fessendem
Gerald Adams
Jarrell Lee Hodges
Andaree Gillentine
Claude Jones
Ned Carpenter
Doyle Moore
James Norman
Travis Wallace
Sam Inman
J. E. Spann
John Ott
Billy Dunn
Thomas Chick
Conrad Schreiner
Tommy Bartram
Palmer Shelburne
Scott Mills
Robert Leggett
Ameil Drwila
Ralph Miller
Warren Davis
Harry Green
Donald McMahon
Tommy Hissong
Herbert A. Willborn
Don DeCoster
Max
Ernest R. Archambeau, Jr
Bob J. Johnson
Tenderfoot Air Scout
Jerry Cogswell
Jack Davis
Bob Naylor
Bill Brooks
Forrest R Mitchell
Neal Lowe
Bob Johnson
Five Bronze Stars For Cpl Milton McCrady in World War II Campaigns
Cpl Milton McCrady son of Zack McCrady of Amarillo received five Bronze Stars for his roles in Normandy Southern France Rome Arno Northern France and Germany as a glider mechanic co pilot and crew chief with the 7th Troop Carrier Squadron 435th Troop Carrier Group 53rd Wing. He trained at Sheppard Field Wichita Falls Bowman Field Ky Baer Field Ft Wayne and served from Feb 10 1943 sailing to England in October 1943. The family notes he never described his battle experiences in letters or notes.
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Normandy
France
Rome - Arno
Germany
Cpl
Milton Co
Corporal McCrady
435Th Troop Carrier Group
53Rd Troop Carrier Wing
M. M. Beach
Lubbock
Amarillo
Horace Mann
Army
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Bowman Field
Baer
Three Tons to One Bomb Run Fuel Ratio
A wartime note explains that bomber engines burn about three tons of high octane gasoline to deliver one ton of bombs in an ordinary mission. The figure highlights the fuel cost of air bombardment during the conflict.
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