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Ames Office(Continued rroru Page One) squadron officer, instructed inthe National Guard for four years, and was a squadron commanding officer for three and one half years. In July, 19US, he went to Clark Air Force base in the Philippines as command officer where he remained until May, 1940, when he became commanding officer of a borub group there.I In December, 1941, he was transferred as a commanding officer of a group at Augusta, Ga. In* October Colonel McNeil became the base commander at Columbia, S. C., and remained there untilhis transfer to the Far East, Colonel McNeil, his wife, Emma Campbell McNeil, and daughter, Suezanne, are living in a Japanese style home in Tokyo.Colonel McNeil was awarded the Legion of Merit for the efficient manner in which he commanded Columbia Air Force base,South Carolina, and the Chinesedecoration, Special Breast Order Yun Hur, for the training of Chinese combat crews at the same base.I
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Ames Daily Tribune
Ames, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 01, 1948
Page 7
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