Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....HAWKINS, PFC PAUL R. 1945
WWII U.S ARMY AIR CORPS
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PFC PAUL HAWKINS HELPED KNOCK OUT GERMANY
1ST BASE AIR DEPOT WARRINGTON,ENGLAND
V-E DAY FOUND PFC PAUL R HAWKINS, OF CORDELE,GA. ON THE JOB HELPING TO READY MORE
COMBAT PLANESAND EQUIPMENT FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION WHEREEVERTHEY BE NEEDED.
 PFC HAWKINS SON OF MR AND MRS J.L. HAWKINS OF THIS CITY,IS ONE OF THE CRACK AIR
SERVICE COMMAND TEAM WHO PITCHEDIN TO BACK UP THE AIR ASSAULTS THAT HELPED KNOCK 
 GERMANY OUT OF THE WAR.
 COMMENDING THEIR BATTLEBACKING EFFORTS, BRIGIDIER GENERAL MORRIS BERMAN, COMMANDING
GENERAL OF THE BASE AIR DEPOT AREA AIR SERVICE COMMAND, DECLARED THESE SODIERS OF
THE BASE AIR COMMAND AIR DEPOT,HAVE, SINCE THEIR WORK BEGAN DISPATCHED 415,000 TONS
OF AIR CORPS SUPPLIES, ASSEMBLED AND MODIFIED 12,000 COMBAT PLANES,AND REPAIRED OR
OVERHAULED MORE THAN 30000 AIRCEAFT ENGINES.
 EVERY SOLDIER,WHATEVER HIS JOB,CONTRIBUTED MATERIALLY TO THE MAGNIFICENT,FINAL
RESULTS, I COMMEND THEM,AND I KNOW THAT WHATEVER THEIR NEXT TASK, THEY WILL FULFILL
IT WITH CREDIT TO THEMSELVES AND THEIR COUNTRY.
 PFC HAWKINS HAS BEEN OVERSEAS SINCE MARCH AND JOINED THE ARMY IN OCTOBER 1942. HE
WASEMPLYED BY THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD,PORTSMOUTH,VA. HE ATTENDED CORDELE HIGH SCHOOL.

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