Erick, Beckham, Ok -- AAF Hero's Medal Presented to Mother - 1944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by David W. Morgan - dmorgan@efn.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AAF Hero's Medals Presented to Mother Mother of an AAF turret gunner killed in combat of Rumania, Mrs. French Morgan, route 3, Erick, is presented the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Silver Star in a special retreat ceremony at the Altus, Okla., Army Air Field. Col. Henry R. Baxter, commanding officer, makes the presentation of the decorations which were posthumously awarded to Staff Sgt. Billy W. Morgan, who heroically died at his guns in a B-24 Liberator. [ Beckham County Democrat, December 14, 1944 ]