Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....CALHOUN, STAFF SARGEANT MACK D 
WWII U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
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GETS AIR MEDAL
 S-SGT NACK D. CALHUN, SON OF M.D. CALHOUN RTE 3,CORDELE,GA., RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL
JANUARY 19TH AT THE 20TH FERRYING GROUP,FERRYING DIVISION, AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND IN
NASHVILLE,TENN. WHERE HE IS AN AERIAL ENGINEER. THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY THE
GROUP'S COMMANDING OFFICER,LT COL JAMES H SMART.
 THE AWARD WAS MADE FO '' MORE THAN 150 HOURS OF OPERATIONAL FLIGHT OVER THE
DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT ASSAM- CHINA AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND'S CHINA-BURMA-INDIA ROUTE
AIRROUTES WHERE ENEMY INTERCEPTION WAS PROBABLE AND EXPECTED.
 THE 20TH FERRYING GROUP HOUSES THE MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT WHICH CARRIES ALL
MILITARY DOMESTIC AIR FREIGHT ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

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