Crisp-Wilcox County GaArchives Military Records.....POSEY, J. B. SGT May 16, 1944 WWII U.S. 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 June 29, 2011, 2:43 pm SGT POSEY AWARDED OAK LEAF CLUSTER HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES IN SOUTH PACIFIC,MAY,16 BY THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT,THE OAK LEAF CLUSTERIN LIEU OF AN ADDITIONAL AIR MEDAL WAS AWARDED BY LT. GEN. MILLARD F.HARMON,COMMANDING U.S. ARMY FORCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA ON APRIL 25,1944,TO TECHNICAL SGT. JAMES B. POSEY ,CORDELE,GA.,FOR HIS WORK AS AN AERIAL ENGINEER FROM DEC.6,1943 TO FEB. 10,1944. A BRONZE OAK-LEAF CLUSTER IS AWARDED FOR MERITOUROUS ACHIEVMENT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN SUBSTANTIAL COMBAT OPERATIONAL MISSIONS OF A HAZARDOUS NATURE DURING WHICH AN AREA IS TRAVERSED WHERE ENEMY ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE IS EFFECTIVE OR WHERE ENEMY FIGHTER PATROLS ATR HABITUALLY ENCOUNTERED. THE MISSIONS FOR WHICH THE AWARD WAS GIVEN WERE WITH THE 13TH AAF. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/posey1397mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb