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BATTLE FLAGS ARE¥TO BE PRESENTEDMEXICAN FIGHTERSI.vI1GREENVILLE, Feb. 32.—lt;*-It's Washington'* Birthday ir. Greenville, too, but the major attraction hlt;u,e today- will be thepresentation of battle flag* toSquad-the famous 201st lighter ron from. Mexico.Twice-postponed because of rain the ceremonies will begin, at XX o'clock at Major's. Field, and last probably two hour*.Lt. uen. Barton K. Yount,commanding general, AAF Training Command, Fort Worth, willrepre*ent General of the Army H. H. Arnold and preeent Arnold'* flag to the Mexican squadron.General Francisco Urqutso, unlaidersecretary of national defenceIand personal representative of lidePresident Manuel Avila Camacho,,, ;wlU present Avila Camacho's flag \ to the .fUors.A 17-gun. salute will be fired byartillerymen from Camp Maxey, and- two bands, one from Colorado. Springs and the other from Mexico' City, will provide martial music; ’An air show will follow. Mem-A bers of the • 201st Squadron will •: perform maneuvers “and acrobatics. • v.. The ceremony will be broadcastfit© Mexico, and Latin American countries bpth direct and by transcription later In the day/ Movies will be made also, for newsreel and for a full-iengtn feature to. be produced in Mexico.GreCnviile hotels were overflowing yesterday with both U, S, and Mexican officials present for the occasion.The 201st Squadron I* Mexico'*First Expeditionary Force, and is scheduled to go- oversea* togo- oversea* to the Pacific war theater soon—first Mexican force to see actual combat against the Axis and second of any Latin-American nation. Brazil was first with troops in Italy, .The Mexican* were trained in the United States under lend-lease arrangements., Following . today’s battle-flag presentation the 2Ulst will return' to Brownsville Army Air Field, probably tomorrow, to complete gunnery instruction. They will*3hip overseas this opring. *!MsihiMWlClt;TSCCisiGataihiinEfrnirrnrnn n a trnhiMfeMm
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana, Texas, US
Thu, Feb 22, 1945
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