Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....PRIEST, JESSE W. SGT December 29, 1944
WWII U.S.ARMY AIR CORPS.
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SGT J.W. PRIEST WINS SILVER STAR
MIAMI BEACH,FLA. DEC.29
 HUDDLED SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN HIS DAMAGED TAIL GUN POSITION, S.SGT. JESSE W. PRIEST,
CORDELE,GA.,FOUGHT OFF WAVE AFTER WAVE OF GERMAN FIGHTERS,SENT TWO FLAMING DOWN TO
EARTH, AND ENABLED HIS B-24 LIBERATOR TO RETURN SAFELY TO BASE.
 HE WON THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS TENACIOUS GALLANTRY,AFTER 50 MISSIONS,WAS RETURNED
TO THE UNITED STATES. HE HAS REPORTED TO ARMY AIR FORCES REDISTRIBUTION STATION NO.2
IN MIAMI,FLA.,TO AEAIT EASSIGNMENT.
 SGT. PRIEST'S PLANE WAS HIT BY LARGE NUMBERS OF NAZI FIGHTERS JULY 14 AS IT CAME
OFF A HUNGARIAN TARGET. HE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED AND HIS TURRET DAMAGED, BUT HE
CONTINUED TO MAN HIS GUNS AND, IN THE WORDS OF THE CITATION''SUCCESSFULLY REPULSED
WAVE AFTER WAVE OF ENEMY FIGHTERS,'' HE DESTROYED TWO ME-109'S AND ENABLED THE B-24
'' TWINKLETOES'',TO RETURN SAFELY.
 HE WORKRD AS A SHIPPING CLERK IN ATLANTA,GA.,BRFORE JOINING AAF JUNE 25,1941. HIS
WIFE WILLADENE,LIVES ON ROUTE B, CORDELE,WHILE HIS MOTHER, MRS. SHIRLY CHARPING,
LIVES AT 11 SOUTH BUMBY ST.,ORLANDO,FLA.

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