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A," EIGHTH Alit rllltUL LIB- Bombardment Group. The citation
of ERATOR STATION, England- read.
ry- Staff Sergeant David L. Vivero"of "For exceptionally meritorious
•ite Bryan, redio operator on a B-24 achievement, while participating in
ent Liberator, has received the Airi
rds Medal for meritorious achievement bolliber combat missions over ene-
tail in combat over Europe, Maj.-Gen. n1•y occupied Continental Europe.
ent William E. Kepner, commanding The courage, coolness and skill dis-
igh general, Second Air Division, an- played by this man on these occa-
nounced. j sions reflect great credit upon
ad- The medal was presented by Col. himself and the Armed Forces of
the Lorin L. Johnson of Payson, Utah, the United States."
commanding the 392nd Heavy On the 392nd logs are missions
to Berlin, Friedrichshaven, Gotha,
Bremen, Politz, and other .targets
in Germany, Poland, Belgium, Hol-
One-Day Program I land, Norway and France. Its 100th
illlssion was made on D-Day in coll-
v O n Soil Building i function with the initial landings 1
In France, its 200th on Armistice
i Sergeant Vivero attended Ste- 1
it Is Tex CC PlanDay.
+I phen F. Austin high school. He en-
_ tered the service in July, 1943,1 ]
st- LONGVIEW, Mar. 16-More graduating from radio school at
ver than fifty East Texas counties are Sioux Falls, S. D., and received his
ith I gunnery training a,.Yun1a, Ariz.
holding one-day programs on soil He was employed by the McCart-
building and conservation, accord- ney's Pharmacy in Bryan. His par-
ed ing to a survey made by the agri- ent5, Mr. and Mrs. Rafael M. Vi-
OP- cultural department of the East vero,. live at Route 5, Box 215,
to- Texas Chamber of Commerce, I Bryan. -