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Va lleyForAirmenCi ted‘CannonballyWorkPan American World AirwaysAfrica-Orient Division, operatorof the world-famous “Cannonball**Express between tin United States and Karachi, India, has received ar, Honorable Discharge from the Army.The war-born agency, whichflew the equivalent around the worldsupplies and keyhard-pressed alliedC hina - B urma -Indiaofficially “retired” noon. June 25, intripsvitalOf 1.880to speed personnel toforces in t hetheater, wasTuesday after-elaborate rere-mcnio* marking completion c»f Itsnonbail” the War three of AtlanticWANTEDTO BUVLivestockAm in the market forcows.hogs,sheep,goats or other livestock of any kind.VERA48 W. JeffersonPhone 1497-J- /3jlAr9*juyrrur^Stommch string up- Help it lt;aimUilii aoothinp PF.PTO-BISMOL.For year*, many doctor# hav* rec-on.rr.r nlt;Jclt;t I’fPIO HISMOI, for relief ©f sour. ».*lt; kith, uptet ttomarh. It help* retard intettmal fermentation and * imple diarrhea. PPPTO MS MOL fas'ea good mnd docs gr*od whenyour ntorrutch i* upset.A NORWICH PRO DU Cl9,7B4t h. and last, trans-Atlanticflight.As a giant, four-engined Clipper taxied to a stop at New YorksLa Guardia Airport after a swan song ocean crossing, the Wai Department paid glowing tribute to the 88.000 Pan American personnel who, at the height of the war, were on duty with the company throughout the world.In addition to the Africa-OrientDivision, which operated the “Can-under contract to ATC, Department also honored its PA A predecessors:Airways, which shuttledplanes across the Atlantic from June to September, 1941; Pan American Airw’avs Africa, which built airports across Africa, and Pan American Air Ferries, which ferried hundreds of warplanes to the British, Dutch and Russians after September, 1941.Twenty-seven men were singled out lor special citations as typical of the thousands of Panamerican employees who played vital rolesin the far-flung war-time operations.In a letter to Juan T Trlppc, President of Pan American, Lt, Gen. H L. George, Commanding General of ATC, termed PAA swartime achievements ‘‘The moresignificant when their meaning istranslated in terms of air power and national defense.”“Pan American's pioneering of overseas routes, its building of overseas bases, its movement of whi material to batth fronts the world over all stand as a monument to the Air Transport industry's war effort,” the General said. Those singled out for specialcitations included:Col. John A. Steele, who served as operations manager for both Atlantic Airways and Pan American Air Ferries and as Division Manager of Africa-Orient.Santos Ceyancs, Brownsville, who served as Section Superintendent for Africa Ltd . and Inter as Operations Superintendent forAfrica-Orient.Col George Krtiigher. Brownsville, who was iargelv responsible for establishment of Africa. Ltd , serving later in collaboration with Marshal TiW. Kraigher played amajor role in rescue of many Armv Air Force pilots forced to bail outover enemy territory.Col Henry C Kristofferson,Brownsville, who served as Chief Pilot of Africa, Ltd,Col Hudson Smart of Abilene.I ex . who, although he had not 1 lown in six years, phoned in from Texas on Pearl Harbor rinv and offered his services He later chalked up a remarkable record as a pilot in PAA contract operations J. C Anderson, Mercedes, Tex . who served as airline Maintenance Superintendent for Africa-Orient.traveling from station to station along the entire 11,500-mile Miami-Karachl. India route James B Cowan. Brownsville, who achieved distinction as a mechanic at Karachi and later atSanta Maria in the Azores. Con-' tributions of his group to keeping transient Army aircraft flying wastermed of “incalculable value.’' !i
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Brownsville Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 28, 1946
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