General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

First LieutenantPeterR. Davis, 0678187, Air Oorpa, Arlny of the United States.
.April 1943 to August 1946.
IX-.AIR MEDAL (OAK-LEAF CLUSTER).-By direction of the President,
in addition to the Air Medal awarded by the War Departmcnt to First Lieutenant
Reddi.ng W. Buq~ting, as published in WD General Orders 10, 1945, n bronze Oak-
Leaf Cluster far meritorious achierement while ynrticipating in aerial Bight
during the period indicated was awarded to him by the War Department under the
Brorisions of Executive Order 9158, 11 Mag 1942 I WD Bul. 25, 1M2), as amended
1,s Executive Order S242-& 11 Se1,ternber 1942 (\YD Rtrl. 49, 1912). The citation
is as follows:
First Lieutenant Redding IF. IIf~tiny, 0694326, Air Corps, IlmC of the United
states. 12 to 14 Septcmbcr 1945.
X..MEDAL OF FREEDOM.-By direction of the Presidenl, under the provisions
of Executive Order 9580, 6 July ]!I45 (sec. 11, WD Bul. 12, 1945), the
liedill of Freedom for meritorious serrice which ha8 aided the United States in
:he prosecution of a war against ;In eriemy during the periods indicated was
;itv;lrded by the Wnr Department to the Idlowing-named individuals:
Victor R. P~aenckel, American ciriiian, perfoimml rwriloriaus sel.vices in
I.:IIPOII~ as exmrt consultant, Otlieer of the Secretary of War, from March 1944 to
.IanunrY 1945 and Nnrch to &lay 1945. As special adviser on radio aud radar
~.~~~ntermeasures to Lhe Commanrii~~g Ocnerai, United States SLrategie hir Farces
iO Europe, Mr. Fraenckc2 srrrcd nrilb distinrtinn, fornlulnting many of the operational
policies and iechniques, vhieb contribated greatly to the effeetiueness of
Ihe radio countermeasures program in our stralcgic air effort.
UreIeZ Woodroz~ Oihson, American civilinn; pi?rfomed excepti~~rmliy lllerilorl~
"us services as assistant chief and chief, Civil Intelligence Section, The Pannma
Canal, fmm December 1941 to 12:ty 1940. 11% ~nntirillg efforts and complete roogcrntion
with the intclligenee agencies of Tilt! I'armnu Clitlnl Department were
of inestimilble value in the success of the war eWarl to the United Nations.
'L'hlmuzhout the entire war, nir. Oinsolt's devotion to dn?s, nbiliis ns nu interureter,
diplomacy, and intciiigence contributed to the harnlonious accurd which has bcen
reaehed between the Go~ernmcnb of the Repnblic of P;lnnma and the United
Stntrs and to their success in coying with joint intelligence problems.
Roderick Stephens, Jr., Ameri~m~ cil-ilian, rmdcred meritorious services in
Encland. .~ Guadalcanal. and Pacific Ocrnn arwu. from .June I944 to Angust 1945.
HnrinE assisted in the &sign &the amphibiobs jeep artd DUKW, and related
amphibious devices, he instructed higher commands in the tactical and techuieai
use of this equipment. Mr. Stepken's characteristic enthuvirlsrn and drive cantributed
materially to fultheving the snrcess of amphibious warinre.
XI..LEGION OF MERIT,Sa much of section V1, WD General Orders 57,
1946, as pertains to Lieutenant Colonel Ifeber B. Cor~ehntnn. Adjutant General?
Uepartmeut, as reads "Adjutant General's Dei~artruent" is amerlded to read
"Judge Advocate General's Department."
XII..LEGION OF MERIT (OAK-LEAF CLUSTER).-So mudl of section IIJ,
WD Geriernl Orders 86, 1946, as wrtnins to Colonel OSCW I?. Cn~lson. Air CoI'pH,
as reads "Legion of Merit was swarded" is amcndrd to read '.hron.e Oak-Leaf
Clustel. was awarded"
BY ORDER OF TEE SECRETARY OP WAU :
OFrrcral.: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
EDVARU F. WITSELL Chief of Staff
Major Gomral
The Adjutani General
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