Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives Military Records.....WILLIAMS, LT JOHN SHORT July 14, 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 August 15, 2011, 11:54 am WW 11 VETERANS CRISP COUNTY AAC HEADQUARTERS, PUERTO RICO PROMOTION OF JOHN S. WILLIAMS, OF CORDELE, GA. TO THE GRADE OF FIRST LIEUTANANT IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES, WAS ANNOUNCED HERE TODAY AT ANTILLES AIR COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. ENTERING THE ARMY SEPTEMBER 9,1940 AT CORDELE, HE RECEIVED HIS PILOT'S WINGS MARCH 20,1943 T BROOKS FIELD ,TEXAS, AND WAS RATED A PILOT OBSERVER APRIL 29,1943. HE WAS ASIGNED TO OVERSEAS DUTY SEPTEMBER 11,1943 AND AT PRESENT IS STATIONED AT AN ARMY BASE IN PUERTO RICO. LT. WILLIAMS WAS BORN IN CORDELE, FEBRUARY 20,1918, AND ATTENDED CORDELE HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE. HIS WIFE SYBIL JONES WILLIAMS AND HIS MOTHER, MRS CARL F. WILLIAMS, RESIDE AT 209 14TH AVE EAST, CORDELE,GA. Additional Comments: NO DATE File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/williams1550mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb