Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....MADDOX, SGT LEMUEL July 3, 1945
WWII ARMY AIR FORCE
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RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS DUTY
MIAMI BEACH,FLA.
 S,SGT. LEMUEL MADDOX, OF CORDELE,GA.,RETURNED FROM SERVICE OUTSIDE THE CONTINTAL
UNITED STATES, NOW IS BEING PROCESSED THROUGH THE ARMY AIR FORCES REDISTRIBUTION
STATION NO.2 IN MIAMI BEACH, WHERE HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT WILL BE DETERMINED.
 THISIS ONE OF THE REDISTRIBUTION STATIONS WITHIN THE AAL PERSONNEL DISTRIBUTION
COMMAND. AT AN AAL REDISTRIBUTION STATION, AAF RETURNEES FROM THEATRES OF
OPEARATIONS ARE EXAMINED BY SPECIALLY SELECTED MEDICAL AND CLASSIFICATION OFFICERS
WHOSE JOINT FINDINGS ARE USED IN RECOMMENDING NEW ASSIGNMENTS. THEME OF THE AAF
REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAM IS DESIGNITATION OF EACH MAN TO DUTY FOR WHICH HE IS BEST
FITTED. RETURNEES LIVE AT A REDISTRIBUTION STATION UNDER CONDITIONS THAT ENCOURAGE
NATURAL RESPONSE TO PROCESING, THE GREATER PART OF THEIR TWO-WEK STAY BEING DEVOTED
TO REST AND RECREATION.
 AAF PERSONENEL, ENLISTED MEN AND OFFICERS ALIKE, ARE ASSIGNED TO A REDISTRIBUTION
STATION UPON THEIR RETURN TO THE U.S. , BUT DO NOT REPORT TO THE STATION UNTIL
COMPLETING A FURLOUGH OR LEAVE OF THREE WEEKS.
 SGT MADDOX, B-25 AERIAL ENGINER GUNNER AND CANNON LOADER, FLEW 27 MISSIONS DURING
ONE YEAR IN NORTH AFRICA. IN AN ATTACK ON A GERMAN TRANSPORT SHIP OFF THR WEST END
OF CRETE SGT MADDOX LOADED 75 MM CANNON 11 TIMES AND BELIEVES THREE FIRES WERE
STARTED. HE WAS AWARDEDTHE AIR MEDAL/

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