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scnoois ior lurtner duty. V -*WILLARD, KY., SOLDIER *AWARDED OAK LEAF CLUSTER 1An Eighth Air Force Bomber Stain, Englandi—Sergeant Charles N.Gee, Jr., 20, of Willard, Ely., ball turret gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal at thisbFTTclt;elt;Eighth Air Force base in England.,The presentation was made by his l group commander, Colonel Hunter Harris, Jr., of Athens, Ga.'ianaimSgt. Gee is the son of Mrs. Kyon I p] V. Gee of Willard, Ky. | pPrior to entering the Army AirForces in February, 1943. Sgt Gee I Ci was a student at the Culver Mili-1 ktary Academy in Culver, Ind. He received his gunner’s wings in Febru- J ary, 1944, at Las Vegas, Nev.The official ci'ation read, “For meritorious achievement while par-1 th ticipating in heavy bombardment | bo missions in the air offensive againstthe enemy over Continental Europe. | v,*The eourave. coolness and skill dia-mipa.pl;played by Sgt Gee upon those occa-1 mt and the Armed Forces of the United | chStates.”ofV -I thi
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Olive Hill Carter County Herald
Olive Hill, Kentucky, US
Thu, Oct 12, 1944
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