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AT MKD4I/ ( KRKMON V—Shown In the foreground of the above picture are, left to right. Col W. r. Tipton, commanding officer of Galveston army airfield; Mr*. Adelaide C. Franks, of Galveston, and Capt, Everett H Anglin, reviewing troops at the field Tuesday afternoon. Col. Tipton presented Mrs. Franks, a teacher in the Galveston public schools, four honor badges awarded posthumously to her son, Lt. Worthington A. Franks, navigator who was lost in an American air force raid on Rumania's Ploesti oil field last Julv. They were the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross with one bronze oak leaf cluster, which indicated a second awaid of the same decoration, and the silver oak leaf cluster, which represents five additional awards of the air medal. Capt. Anglin, a fighter pilot, received the air medal with three oak leaf clusters for meri-tourious achievement in the Solomons Island area.
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 30, 1943
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