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Receives CommissionResiJent of Mallard, Iowa, Gerald P. Mulroney received his• i •commission as Second Lieutenantin the Coast Artillery Corps upon1 * • • i . r. . . ■ t *candidate course at - the■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 mainly the means and actions by which swift flying enemy aircraft can be shot down or kept from successfully performing' bombing missions. In addition, A. A. officers must be able to put their fguns to use in other artillery purposes, such as anti-tank.
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Mallard Leader
Mallard, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 10, 1943
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