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n :lumunueu on raj't* 6)- ———-———_ 11 nAIR MEDAL ISOfaigPRESENTED ATadi;►enYUMA AIR FIELD!»lt; glofsi■i|| AYuma Army Air Field, Jan 12 : o| s. . Robert K. Rollins of thee, 306th SKFTG was awarded the P | Air Medal before the assembled P1 s- troops of Yuma Army Air Field j n at retreat ceremonies, Monday,1- id ; January 10. ,isis5* I Cpl, Rollins was presented to it Colonel Anderson who then read r- the citation which prescribed the y Air Medal for over 100 hours of ic j operational flight during which contact with the enemy was prob-t- able and expected. Colonel An-(derson then pinned the medal or i Cpl. Rollins and congratulated him.Cpi. Rollins was a member o# the famous 19th BombardmentGroup, during much of its action in the Southwest Pacific. He took part in the Battle of the t Coral Sea and was on many 11 photography missions over Guad* . r alcana! before its occupation. ie Cpl Rollins, who has two “prob- j e. j ablt s” to his credit, is an aerial y gunnery instructor here. His home 1- 1 is in Asheville, North Carolina.i7 _ }elt;ao:o:
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Wed, Jan 12, 1944
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