Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....TISON JR, CPL GENE 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 July 26, 2011, 1:24 pm WITH AAF IN ITALY 15TH AAF IN ITALY CPL EUGENE TISON JR,19,OF 14TH AVE EAST CORDELE,GA. A TAIL GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER,HAS ARRIVED IN THE 15TH AAF AND HE GAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO A VETERAN COMBAT GROUP COMMANDED BY COLENEL BROOKS A LAWHON, TACOMA,WASHINGTON. WITH MORE THAN 175 COMBAT MISSIONS TO HIS CREDIT, HIS GROUP HAS TWICE RECEIVED DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN COMBAT. TISON ENTERED THE AAF,TRAINING IN AERIAL GUNNERY AT BUCKINGHAM,AIRFIELD.PRIOR TO JOINING THE ARMY HE WAS ATTENDING ALABAMA POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE,WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF SIGMA MU FRATERNITY. HIS PARENTS MR AND MRS E.F. TISON,LIVE AT THE CORDELE AEERESS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/tisonjr1467mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb