Crisp County GaArchives News.....CORDELE BOY MISSING IN ACTION 1944
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1944
 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 JAN.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 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 1ST LT. FELIX D WILLIAMSON SERVING WITH A FIGHTER SQUADRON IN 
ENGLAND ,WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED THE OAK LEAF CLUSTER TO THE DISTINGUISHED 
FLYING CROSS FOR COPLETING THIRTY MISSIONS OVER EUROPE  AND HAVING SHOT DOWN 
TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT. 

Additional Comments:
THESE BROTHERS ARE BURIED IN PENIA BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETARY.

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