Military Records: Henry Ford Killen, 1949, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 24, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise

Winn Native, Editor Of Air Force Paper, Commended For Service

The Commendation Ribbon, for meritorious service, last week was awarded by
Continental Air Command headquarters, Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, to S-
Sgt. Henry Ford Killen, editor of the Mitchel Beacon, base newspaper.

Killen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Killen of Winnfield.  He received his
first newspaper experience on the Winn Parish Enterprise.

Sgt. Killen received the award for "often carrying the workloads that would
require the attention of two men" in helping to prepare the large volume of
news releases for civilian media and making the Mitchel Beacon ready for
press, "greatly assisting the public information division in the furtherance
of its mission."

Veteran of the 390th Bombardment group in the 8th Air Force, Sgt. Killen,
former newspaperman for upstate New York dailies, has edited The Beacon nearly
three years.  During the war he served two years in England as a radar
operator-mechanic.