Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives News.....CRISP SOLDIER COMMENDED ,WALTER H. CALHOUN 1943
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1943
 PFC WALTER H. CALHOUN,SON OF MR AND MRS W.W. CALHOUN OF ROUTE 2 CORDELE,GA. 
RECENTLY RECEIVED A COMMENDATION FROM MAJOR GENERAL JOHN R. HODGE ,COMMANDING 
GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN DIVISION SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA.
 THOUGH ASSIGNED AS A COOK IN THE REAR CAMP .PFC CALHOUN ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED 
THE TRUCK CARRYING HOT MEALS TO THE FRONT ,ACTING AS A GUARD WHILE ENROUTE AND 
DISTRIBUTING THE FOOD UPON ARRIVAL .AT THE TIME WHEN NOOADS EXISTED , CALHOUN 
HELPED OTHERS IN HAND-CARRYING FOOD AND WATER OVER STEEP RIDGES TO THE COMPANY 
LINES. THROUGH THIS ,HE CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE HEALTH ,COMFORT,AND MORALE OF 
THE MEN IN COMBAT.
 PRYOR TO ENTERONG THE ARMRD FORCES ON OCT.16,1941,PFC CALHOUN WORKED WITH HIS 
FATHER ON THEIR FARM AND ATTENDED SCHOOL IN DOOLY COUNTY,GA.

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