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Col Putnam Receives Navy Cross at Air War College
Col. Paul A. Putnam USMC, formerly of Washington Iowa, completed the first nine months at the Air War College Maxwell Field Alabama. He received the Navy Cross for heroism at Wake Island on December 21 1941 after coordinating a dangerous mission despite strafing. He is shown with wife Virginia Miley and daughters Peggy Carol Joycie.
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Col
Paul Putnam
Air War College
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Paul A. Putnam
U S.M.C
Washington
Iowa
Air Uniersity
Ala
Army Air Forces
Putnam
Marine Corps
States
Nicaragua
Virgin Islands
Hawaii
USMC
Muir S. Fairchild
Air University
Washington, Iowa
Bent
The
Marine Fighting Squadron 211
Wake Island
James Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy
Col. Putnam
Virginia H. Miley
Portsmouth
Peggy
Carol
Joycie