General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

Brigadier Kenneth a. Melean, C B, British Army. April 1943 to Bebruaq
1944.
Coloncl Cipriuno Olivera, Uruguayan Army. May 1943 td November 1946.
3. By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress
approved U) July 1942 (sec. 111, WD Bul. 40, 1942) and Executive Order 9280,
29 Octobcr 1942 (see. I, WD Bul. 54, 1942), the Legion of Nerit, in the Degree
Of Legionnaire, for exceptioually meritorious conduct in the performance of out-
standing services during the periods indicated was awarded by the War Depart-
ment to the followiw-named officers:
Majur Henr4 Jacques Julien Joseph Desomy, Belgian Irmy. May 1944 to
June 1945.
Major Raymond Hmri Eugene MwieQhislain de Vlnclc, Belgian Army.
February to June 1945.
Lieutenant Colonel Hemann RoDert De Winter, French Army. Angost
to December 1944.
Lieutenant Colonel W. F. Jackson, British Amy. July 1942 to September
1944.
YIII..LEGION OF MERIT (OAK-LEAF CLUSTER).-1. By direction of the
President, in addition to the Legion of Merit awarded by the War Department to
ColoneJ Thomas L. Jfoszey, as published in WD General Orders 77, 1M4, a bronze
Oak-Leaf Cluster for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of
outstanding services during the Deriod indicated was awarded to him br the War
WD Bul. 54,1942). The citation is as follows:
Colonel Thomas L. Mosley, 017477, Air Corps, United States Amy. March
1944 to Se~temhr 1945.
2. By direction of the President, in addition to the Legion of Merit awarded
by the War Department to Major General Arthur R. Wilson, as published in WD
General Orders 29, 1943, a bronee Oak Leaf Cluster for exceptionally meritorious
conduct in the performance of outstanding services during the period indicated
was awarded to him by the War Department under the pravisions of the act of
Congress approved 20 July 1942 (sec. 111, WD Bul. 40, 1912) and Executive Order
92f30, 29 October 1842 (sec. I, WD Bul. 54. 1912). The citation is as follows:
Major General Arthur R. Wilson. 08346, United States Army. August 1945
to January 1940.
IX..DISTINGUISHED-FLYING CROSS.-By direction of the President,
under the provisions of the act of Congress approve< 2 July 1926 (WD Bul. 8,
1926). a Distirruished-IWinr: - - Cross for extraordinars achievement whlle mrticipating
in aerial flight during the period indicated was aa-arded by the War
De~arMent to the iollowing-named o5cer:
~ajor Douglas N. MacOdrum, 0355022, Air Corps, Army of the Uuited States.
February 1943 to September 1945.
X..BRONZE STAR MEDAL.-By direction of the President, under the pm-
visions of Executive Order 9419, 4 February 1944 (sec. 11, WD Bul. 3, 1944). a
Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement in connection wiih military operations
against an enemy of the United States was awarded posthumously by the War
Department to the followiug-named enlisted man:
8taff Sergeant George B. Walker (Army serial No. 34147240), Air Dam.
Army of the United States, a prisoner of the Germans, *as tnstrumental in
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