Crisp County GaArchives News.....FRED W ROWLAND, CORDELE PRIVATE WINS COMBAT BADGE 1945 ************************************************ 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 May 18, 2011, 3:33 pm CORDELE DISPATCH 1945 WITH THE FOURTH ARMORES DIVISION IN EUROPE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRED W. ROWLAND,30, SON OF MR AND MRS ANDERSON HILL ROWLAND RTE.2,CORDELE,GA.,HAS BEEN AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN'S BADGE FOR ''SATISFACTRY PERFORMANCE OF DUTY IN GROUND COMBAT AGAINEST THE ENEMY.'' A RIFLEMAN IN CO.A 4TH ARMORED DIV. 53RD ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, PFC. ROWLAND IS AMEMBER OF THE ONLY ARMORED DIVISION TO RECEIVE A PRESIDENTAL CITATION. HE JOINED THE 4TH ARMORED IN GERMANY ON APRIL 1,1945,AND PARTICIPATED IN THE TANK DIVISIONS THRYST INTO CZECHOSLOPAKOA. Additional Comments: ANOTHER CRISP HERO. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/fredwrow3054nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb