Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....CULLER, SGT JAKE 1945
WWII US ARMY AIR FORCE
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SGT JAKE COLLER GETS CITATION
 A NINETH AIR FORCE RECONNAISANCE BASE,GERMANY
 TECH SGT JAKE P. CULLER, SON OF MR AND MRS JAKE P CULLER,409 E 5TH AVE,CORDELE,GA.
IS SERVING WITH A NINETH AIR FORCE UNIT THE 67TH TACTIAL RECONNAISANCE GROUP
RECENTLY AWARDED A PRESINDENTAL UNIT CITATION, HIGHEST ORGANIZANTIONAL AWARDED IN U
S ARMED SERVICES.
 SGT CULLER IS WITH A SQUADRON OF 67TH GROUP, COMMANDED AT THE TIME OF PRESIDENTAL
RECOGNITATION BY COLONEL GEORGE W PECK, DETROIT MICH.
 PRESENTLY COMMANDED BY LT COLONEL RICHARD S LEGHORN, OF WINCHESTER,MASS..SGT CULLER
HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE FOR EUROPE SINCE EARLY IN THE NORMANDYCAMPAIGN,. 
 P38 LIGHTNINGS AND P31 MUSTANG RECONNAISAANCE PLANES FROM HIS GROUP FLEW FROM A
NORMANDY AIR STRIP ON D DAY PLUS 6; WERE THE FIRST AMERICAN AIR FORCE PLANES TO
OPERATE EAST OF THE RHINE RIVER; HAVE PROVIDED ALLIED ARMIES AND THE NINETH AIR
FORCE WITH 2,200,000 PHOTOGRAPHS, BY FLYING MORE THAN 5,000 COMBAT MISSIONS.
 CLUSTER TO BADGE
 USING P-38 LIGHTNING PLANES, COMPLETELY UN ARMED. SGT CULLER'S SQUADRON EARNED THE
ORGANIZATIONAL VITATION WITH OTHER UNITS OF THEGROUP.HIS SQUADRON WAS LATER REWARDED
A CLUSTER TO THE PRESIDENTAL BADGE 'FOR MISSIONS FLOWN AT MINIMUM ALTITUDES ALONG
NORMANDY INVASION BEACHES IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING ALLIED LANDINGS.
 IN ADDITION TO THE UNIT BADGE, HE WEARS THEEUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN
RIBBON WITH FOUR BATTLE STARS.
 SGT CULLER ENTERED THE ARM IN OCTOBER ,1942. HE IS A CREW CHIEF ON ONE OF THE
LIGHTNINGSAND FOR THE COMPLETION OF A HUNDRED SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS WITHOUT A
MECHANICAL FAILURE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL . BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY
HE WAS EMPLYED BY FRANK MILJARD CO. 

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