Medal winner Lt Michelson leads Long Beach air corps heroics
First Lt Robert A Michelson of 3457 N Carfax Ave received his first Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star for heroic air evacuation of wounded during the Changjin Reservoir fighting. He also holds the Air Medal with 15 Oak Leaf Clusters and has served in four WWII Italian campaigns. The article notes his family and links to Fort Slocum and other servicemen from Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Michelson
N. Carfax Ave
X Corps
Korea
Edward M. Almond
Lf. Michelson
Long Beach
U.S. Army
Michelson
U. N
U.N
Changjin Reservoir
Edith Michelson
Roberta
Edward R. Murrow
Armed Forces Information School
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Thomas H. Binford
Kappa Sigma
Marine Corps
Edward A. Wilcox
Edward W. Wilcox
Wilcox
Wilson
Plane Talk Highlights Agricultural Plane Demonstration
The Civil Aeronautics Administration demonstrated the first airplane built exclusively for agricultural use at Texas A&M College. CAA officials described its low speed controllability at 45 mph, easy field turns, and a 1200 pound crop-dusting lift. The craft features high lift wings, full span flaps, and slotlip ailerons for obstacle clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
T the
Personal Aircraft Research] Center
Texas Agm College
C. W. Rosenberg
Fort Worth
Bill seeks peacetime hospital access for Coast Guard dependents
Senate draft by Sen Pat McCarran would extend peacetime treatment to Coast Guard dependents in Naval hospitals when Public Health Service beds are unavailable. The bill ties benefits to the same terms as Navy and Marine Corps dependents. Also notes transfers and staff moves at Fort MacArthur and related personnel events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval
Coast Guard
Senate
Pat McCarran
Navy
Sen. McCarren
McCarran
Marine Corps
Richard J. Sowell
USN
Naval Supply Depot
Serters
Uss Hopewell
Construction Smashes Record in First Half of 1951
Washington reports record construction during the first half of 1951 with total expenditures near 24 billion dollars, 16 percent above 1950. Industrial construction rose by 740 million, architects note 270 million in military facilities and about 240 million in commercial projects, while residential construction shows gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor and Commerce Departments
Credit controls keep first half costs near year-ago levels
A joint report states that the dollar cost for the first six months of this year is about the same as the prior year, but physical volume declined due to higher costs.
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By Bill Nelson
Beverly M. Brines
Albert Wasson
Plymouth St
1733Rd Air Transport Aerial Evacuation Squadron
Military Air Trasport Service
Travis AF Base
Oakland
Byrnes
Manuel N. Mayua
Gale Ave
JS. Ans
Washington, D. C
Air Force
Mayuga
Directorate of Intelligence
USAF
Municipal
Deave
Petroleum Div
Long Beach Harbor Dept
Joan M. Johnson
C. P. Dunsmoor
E. Market St
WAC
Germany
Rhine
Kaiserslautern
Pic. Johnson
Europe
Saar Border
Rheinland-Pfalz
Miss Johnson
Excelsior High School
Bellétower
David W. Burroughs
George W. Burroughs
Keever Ave
Vate
First Cavalry Band
Co. K. Fifth Cavalry
Burroughs
Jordan High School
Jordan
le Arnold J. Hansen
Marie Mansen
Broadway
24Th
Inf. Div
Hansen
Co. C
3Rd Eng. Bn
U. S
Nektong River
Gerald
Galvan
Malcolm E. Uptegraff
Nieto Ave
Ralph
Wilmington
Army
Fort Benning
11Th Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
University of California, Berkeley
Wicox
EV. Hosking
Art Kelly
Western Air Lines
Western
Air Reserve Assocation
Officers Club
Municipal Alport
Don Brackenbury
Long Beach Press-Telegram
452Nd
United States
Hamilton Air Force Base
San Francisco
Chicago
Minway Airport
Sky Harbor
North Shore
Meigs Field
Lake Front
Richard N. Waldo
News OF the Armed Services
Bill
USCG
Virginia Newton
Fort MacArthur
SFC
James N. Freeman
Leroy H. Watson
Fort Lewis, Wash
Perry Carle
USA
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Janet Louise Carle
WAF
Sss
Bateson's School OF Horticulture
Hathaway
Mighter
Herbert
Siple
Edgerton
Meads Lawn
Pine Ave
Barker Bros
Japan
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