Crisp County GaArchives News.....SGT W.R. CALHOUN AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRY AWARD August 7, 1943
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CORDELE DISPATCH August 7, 1943
WITH THE AMERICAN INFANTRY DIVISION  S

SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
 SERGEANT WALTER R. CALHOUN ,OF CORDELE,GA., HAS BEEN AWARDED THE COMBAT 
INFANTRYMAN BADGE FOE WXEMPLARY CONDUCT IN ACTION AGAINEST THE JAPANESE.
 WORN ABOVE THE LEFT BREAST POCKET,THIS BADGE IS A SILVER RIFLE WITHIN A 
SILVER BOARDER WITH AN ELLIPTICAL WREATH IN THE BACKGROUND.
 A MEMBER OF A VETERAN INFANTRY REGIMENT. SGT. CALHOUN HAS BEEN OVRTSEAS FOR 
30 MONTHS AND HAS SEEN SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA, NEW CALEDONIA ,GUADALCANAL,THE 
FIJI ISLANDS,AND BOUGAINVILLE.
 THIS SOLDIER IS THE SON OF MR.AND MRS. WALTER W. CALHOUN OF THE SAME ADDRESS.

Additional Comments:
THIS IS SOME OF THE WORST CAMPAIGNS OF THE PACIFIC WAR

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