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f | purpose section.* * *Charles D, Hewes of Biloxi, son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Elder, Biloxi, was promoted to the r?nk Of first lieutenant on September 2. i Word has been received by his parents that he has again been promoted, this time to the rank of captain and has been made flight operations officer at a South Pacific bsse. This latter promotion came after two distinct and very j courageous exploits in combat in j the South Pacific theater of wai I and it makes him the youngest Air j Force captain in the South Pacific j area Captain Hewes is a pilot of a j Mitchell bomber and is only 22 iyears old. j* * * 1
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Biloxi Daily Herald
Biloxi, Mississippi, US
Wed, Dec 22, 1943
Page 3
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