Crisp County GaArchives News.....THIRD OAK LEAF CLOVER AWARDED LT. M.F. CARTER 1945
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1945
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE STATION,ENGLAND
FIRST LT. MILLARD F. CARTER,25,OF CORDELE,GA.,BOMBARDIER OF A B-17 FLYING 
FORTRESS OF THE 95TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 3RD OAK LEAF 
CLUSTER TO THE AIR MEDAL FOR 'MERITORIOUS ACHIEVMENT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN 
EIGHTH FORCE BOMBING ATTACKS ON VITAL INDUSTRIAL TARGETS IN GERMANY, AND ON 
NAXI AIRFIELDS,SUPPLY DUMPS AND GUN EMPLACEMENTS IN CONJUCTION WITH ADVANCES 
BY ALLIED GROUND FORCES ON THE CONTINRNT . THE PRESENTATUON WAS MADE BY LT. 
COL. ROBERT H. STUART OF SAN JOSE,CALIFORNIA,GROUP COMMANDER. LT. CARTER IS A 
MEMBER OF THE FORTRESS GROUP WHICH HAS RECEIVED TWO DISTINGUISHED UNIT 
CITATIONS. ONE WAS FOR LEADING THE FIRST AMERICAN BOMBING ATTACKS ON BERLIN IN 
MARCH 1944; THE OTHER , FOR OUTSTANDING BOMBING OF A RAILROAD MARSHALLING YARD 
AT MUNSTER,GERMANY,IN OCTOBER,1943. AS A COMPONENT OF THE THIRD AIR 
, THE 95TH ALSO SHARED IN ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION GIVEN THE ENTIRE 
DIVISION FOR ITS HISTORIC ENGLAND-AFRICA SHUTTLE BOMBING OF AN IMPORTANT 
MESSERSCHMIDTT FIGHTER PLANE PLANT AT REGENSBURG,GERMANY,IN AUGOST 1943. WHILE 
FLYING MORE THAN 300 COMBAT MISSIONS ,THE 95TH HAS DROPPEDOVER 17,000 TONS OF 
BOMBS ON GERMANY ANDGERMAN HELD TARGETS.
THE AAF BOMBARDIER IS THE SON OF MR AND MRS M.F.CARTER OF 210 16TH AVE E. 
CORDELE,GA.

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