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Receives Commission(ResiJent of Mallard, Iowa, herald P. Mulroney received hisi!jommission as Second Lieutenantn the Coast Artillery Corps uponcandidate course at the1â– aircraft Artillery School, Camp Davis, N. C., on June 3.The newlv commissioned localofficer will take up his new duties in the Antiaircraft Artillery after a short furlough. The course at the Antiaircraft Artillery School is one of the most difficult of theofficer candidate tests in the army. Not only do candidates have to meet the high standards of leadership necessary to all officers, but they must be able to master andput into practice the complicated technical art of Antiaircraft Artillery. Their studies and practical work involve ma lly the means and actions by which swift flying enemy aircraft can be shot down or kept from successfully per* forming bombing missions. In addition, A. A. officers must be able to put their fguns to use in other art lery purposes, such as anti-tank.
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Mallard Leader
Mallard, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 10, 1943
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