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MINTER FIELD HEADPRESENTS AWARDS TO RESIDENTS OF CITYThree Army Air Fore© decorations, ! awarded by order of the President of the I nited States to Kern county servicemen, have been presenetd to nearest of kin at their homes by rep* resentatives of Colonel Newton H, Crumley, Min ter Field commanding officer.Decora lions were presented at the homes because of inability of the nearest of kin to attend formal pre-sentation ceremonies held recently at the air base. Major Georg© K.Budke, base adjutant, and Lieuten*ant Alfred B. McCreary, public relations . officer, represented Min ter 1 lt;Id.Mrs. D. Simos, 2224 O street, Bakersfield, mother of Technical Ser-| geant John D. Slmos, who is missing in action, received a Distinguished I I'lying Cross which was awarded to Sergea n t Simon for ext rn ordf na rv achievement while partieipatmg as aerial radio operator in combat missions totaling more than 200 hours in the China-Burma India theater ofoperations.Mrs. Beverly Barnes, 900 Bunting Drive, Bakersfield, wife of Staff Sergeant Richard Barnes, now a prisoner of war, was presented with theAir Medal awarded to Sergeant Barnes for exceptional achievement.Mrs. Rebecca Juanita Price, 1021 Stevens street, Taft, wife of First Lieutenant James T. Price, missing in action, received the Air Medal and one Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious achievement in aerial operations over enemy occupied continental Europe.
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Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Feb 22, 1945
Page 10
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