Crisp County GaArchives News.....SGT. L.E. WILLIAMSAWARDED OAK LEAF CLUSTER MESAL 1944
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1944
 AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, ENGLAND
 STAFF SARGEANT LOREN E. WILLIAMS,21, OF CORDELE,GA.,TAIL GUNNER ON AN EIGHTH 
AIR FORCE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS, HAS BEEN AWARDED AN OAK LEAF CLUSTER TO HIS 
AIR MEDAL, EQUIVALENT TO ANOTHER AWARD OF THE MEDAL,AT THE 388TH BOMB 
GROUP ,COMMANDED BY LT.COLONEL CHESTER C. COBB, OF SUPERIOR WISCONSIN.
  THE AWARD FOR ''MERITIRIOUS ACHIEVEMENT'' DURING BOMBING ATTACKS ON NAZI WAR 
INDUSTRIES AND MILITARY TARGETS IN SUPPORT OF ALLIED GROUND FORCES.
 HE IS THE SON OF MR AND MRS L.E. WILLIAMS OF ROUTE A ,CORDELE,AND WAS ENGAGED 
IN FARMING BEFORE ENTERING THE AAFIN OCTOBER 1943.

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