Crisp-Tift-Wilcox County GaArchives News.....T. SGT.J.B. POSEY HOME FROM SOUTH WEST PACIFIC 1944
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CORDELE DIS[ATCH 1944
CARRYING SUPPLIES AND TROOPS ALL OVER THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC WAS THE DUTY OF 
TECHNICAL SARGEANT JAMES B. POSEY 26,WHO HAS SERVED AS AN AERIAL ENGINEERON A 
C-47 TROOP CARRIER TRANSPORT PLANE IN THE SOLOMON AND ADMIRALTY ISLANDS FOR 14 
MONTHS. HE IS BACK HOME ON A 21-DAY LEAVE VISITING HIS WIFE RUTH,722 14TH AVE 
E., CORDELE,GA.AND HIS FATHER,J.B. POSEY OF ROCHELLE.
SGT. POSEY CAN ACCOUNT FOR A TOTAL 1,500 FLYING HOURS OVERSEES,OF WHICH 1,013 
WERE SPENT UNDER COMBAT CONDITIONS.
HE HAS BEEN DECORATED WITH THE AIR MEDAL WITH ONE SILVER CLUSTER, AND FOUR OAK 
LEAF CLUSTERS.
POSEY ATTENDED ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS INDUCTED AT ATLANTA,GA.IN APRIL 
1942.
HE HAS A BROTHER ,WILBURN,SERVING ON SAIPAN AT HIS TIME

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