Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....GOODRUM, TECH SGT OSCAR J 1945 WWII US ARMY AIR FORCE ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 August 10, 2011, 1:02 pm AWARDED BRONZE STAR A NINETH AIR FORCE RECONNAISANCE BASE, FRANCE; ''FOR MAINTAINING HIS PLANE WITHOUT MECHANICAL FAILURE FOR 75 CONSECUTITIVE COMBAT MISSIONS.''TECHNICAL SGT OSCAR J GOODRUM OF CORELE,GA. HAS RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL. SGT GOODRUM IS CREW CHIEF OF A P-38 LIGHTENING PHOTO RECONNAISANCE PLANE OF THE 19TH TACTICAL AIR COMMAND.'' AS CREW CHIEF'',SAYS THE OFFICIAL NINETH AIR FORCE CITATION,'' HE WAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY TIRELESS ENERGY AND HIGH TECHNICAL SKILL. HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEVOTION TO DUTY HAVE NATURALLY AIDEDTHE OPERATIONS OF THE SQUADRON.'' SON OF MRS J.L. BLACK OF 410-11TH AVE, CORDELE,GA.SGT GOODRUM HAS BEN IN SERVICE SINCE OCTOBER 1942 AND OVERSEAS SINCE MARCH 1944. Additional Comments: PHOTO IN WW 11 SCRAP BOOK CORDELE LIBRARY File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/goodrum1521mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb