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UNC Alumni Awarded for Service in War Effort
The University of North Carolina reports 41 alumni cited for service above and beyond in World War II. Many served in the Army Air Forces and Navy across theaters from India to the Pacific. Notable honorees include bomber pilots, carrier officers, and flight crews with Silver Stars, Air Medals, and Navy Crosses. Twenty towns in North Carolina, plus Asheville and Wilmington, are represented among the awardees.
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Apel Hill
University of North
Ffty
Chapel Hill Charlotte
Asheville
Wilmington
Univeralumni
Bse
J. M. Saunders
USNR
Lexington
Santa Cruz
Walter J. Broadwell
Angier
Middle East
Walter Clark
Lincolnton
Mediterranean
Randolph Cooner
David C. Cox
Greensboro
England
Llewellyn H. Couch, Jr
Monroe
Purple Hirt
China
Ernest J. Davis
USN
Beaufort
Yorktown
Battle of
Midway
Henry H. Fitts
Macon
South Pacific
George H. Gammans
Newport
R. I
Cross
Battle of Mid
Graham Gammon, Jr
Charlotte
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Jasper L. Godwin
Clayton
N. C
10Th Air Force
India
Osborne B. Hardison Usn
Wadesboro
C. J
Joe) Helsabeck, Jr
AAF
Walnut Cove
North Africa
Thomas Dupree Higgins, Jr
RAF
Jamestown
J. G
Lloyd D. Hollingsworth, Jr
N. Africa
Wilson W. Hopkins, Jr
Durham
Richard B. Johnston
North Wilkesboro
Guadalcanal
William P. Kephart Usnr
Eugene M. Lockhart
Hillsboro
France
John A. McGlinn Usnr
Philadelphia
Pacific
Ensign Hunter Marshall
George E. Paris
Lumberton
Wilhelmshaven-Emden
Carl D. Peiffer Usnr
Battle of Midway
Ray L. Pittman
Chadbourn
Atlantic
Chapel Hill
Coral Sea
Richard C. Worley
J. C. Dempsey