Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WILLIAMSON, SGT RUDOLPH B. 1944
WWII U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
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CORDELE BOY IS MISSING IN ACTION
 SGT. RUDOLPH B. WILLIAMSON,OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES,HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING IN
ACTION OVER THE  A
ADMIRALITY ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ACCORDING TO A MESSAGE FROM THE WAR
DEPT.,RECEIVED BY HIS MOTHER,MRS IDA B WILLIAMSON OF CORDELE,
 SGT WILLIAMSON ENTERED SERVICE IN JANUARY 1942. HE WAS SENT TO AUSTRALIA IN MARCH
OF THAT YEAR AND ATTENDED A RADIO SCHOOL THERE. LATER HE WAS SENT TO NEW GUINEA AND
WAS SERVING AS A RADIO MAN ON A BOMBER WHEN LOST.
 PRIOR TO ENTERING THE AIR CORPS,SGT WILLIAMSON WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CORDELE DRUG
COMPANY. HE WAS REARED HERE AND HAS SCORES OF FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
 HIS BPOTHER FIRST LT FELIX D WILLIAMSON,SERVING WITH A FIGHTER SQUADRON IN ENGLAND,
WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED THE OAK LEAF CLUSTER TO THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR
COMPLETING THIRTY MISSIONS OVER EUROPE AND HAVING SHOT DOWN TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT

Additional Comments:
HE AND FELIX ARE BURIED AT PENIA BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETARY.

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