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483-5111 June 24, 1970
MSC 7O-72
HOUSTON, TEXAS--Members of U. S. military services assigned to the
Manned Spacecraft Center will be honored in an awards ceremony at MSC
Friday_ JuNe 26.
Eighty awards will be presented including the Silver Star, the
Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal_ the Air Medal_ the Air
Force Commendation Medal_ the Republic of Viet Nam Service Medal, and
the Purple Heart.
Award presentations will be made by Astronauts Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr._
and Thomas P. Stafford. Speakers at the ceremony will be MSC Director
Robert R. Gilruth, Donald K. Slayton_ Director of Flight Crew Operations_
Flight Director Milton L. Windler, and Colonel William C. Moore, Headquarters
Command, USAF.
The awards ceremony will be held in the MSC auditorium_ Building 1
at 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 26.
Major William W. Fink, Jr., will receive the Silver Star for gallantry
in military action in Southeast Asia. Major Fink was cited for disregarding
his own personal safety while conducting a highly successful night bomber
attack against heavily fortified enemy gun positions on November 29, 1967.
MSC.
Major Fink is presently assigt_ed to the Flight Control Division at
Major Fink's father_ William W. Fink, Sr._ will be awarded the Purple
Heart at the same ceremony. Mr. Fink, who lives in Houston, earned the
Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart as a private during World
War I in action at Remonville, France. He received the Distinguished Service
Cross, but was never presented the Purple Heart.
Major Lloyd Reeder_ Mr. Quentin A. Holmes (formerly Captain), Major
George M. Colton and Dr. Malcolm_ A. Smith (formerly Major) will be awarded
the Legion of Merit for "significant contributions to the effectiveness
and successful accomplishment of the national goal of placing a man on the
Moon and returning him safely."
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