Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WILLIAMSON, SGT RUDOLPH B 1943
WWII U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
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CORDELE BOY MISSING IN ACTION
SGT. RUDOLPH B WILLIAMSON, OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES, HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING IN
ACTION OVER THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ACCORDING TO A MESSAGE FROM
THE WAR DEPARTMENT, RECEIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS IDA 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 WENT 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 BROTHER FIRST LIEUT. 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:
BURIED AT PENIA BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETARY WITH HIS BROTHER FELIX.

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