Crisp County GaArchives News.....SGT. W.R. CALHOUN AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE August 7, 1943
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CORDELE DISPATCH August 7, 1943
 WITH THE AMERICAL INFANTRY DIVISION SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC 
AREA,AUGUST 7
 SGT. WALTER R. CALHOUN, OF CORDELE,GA. HAS BEEN AWARDED THE COMBAT 
INFANTRYMAN BADGE FOR EXEMPLARY CONDUCT IN ACTION AGAINEST THE JAPANESE.
WORN ABOVE THE LEFT BREAST POCKET ,THIS BADGE IS A SILVER RIFLE WITHIN A 
SILVER BORDERWITH AN ELLIPTICAL WREATH IN THE BACKGROUND.
 A MEMBER OF A VETERAN INFANTRY REGIMENT SGT. CALHOUN HAS BEEN OVERSEAS FOR 30 
MONTHS AND SEEN SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA,NEW CALDENIOA,GUALDACANAL,THE FIJI 
ISLANDS AND BOUGAINVILLE.
 HE IS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. WALTER W. CALHOUN OF THE SAME ADRESS.

Additional Comments:
THIS IS A VETERAN OF INTENSE COMBAT.

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