Show Bountiful Man Maii Given Highest Military Honors Lt Col Sessions Awarded Medal At Ceremonies Lt Col Alvin Sessions Bountiful ful ml Ninth service command transportation trans trans- officer was with the legion of merit medal by Major Gen William E E. Shedd Sh dd for exceptionally meritorious service as assistant transportation officer L J j t- t ti i i 5 I P U. U Col i Alvin ln Aid Sessions 1 Kc- Kc legion 1 llon of or merit medal for the command during ceremonies ies at Fort Douglas Col Sessions son soli of e Sessions founder foun er of Bountiful was Wa S cited specifically for his efforts in i n achieving a smooth flow ot of o troops hoops and vital supplies over western wester railroads to and from Pacific coast ports of a embarkation and anc other military installations H U was also praised for high operational opere v ol ot hew ho hopital pital trains facilities which carrie thousands of battle casual tie without accident or injury to single patient The metal highest noncombatant ant award authorized by the wa wal department was presented to Col L Sessions at a ceremony by his wife Mrs Alice II n. Sessions and military and civilian personnel L Lof of the transportation office I A veteran of World War I Lt Col Sessions has a service record I of 26 20 years spent in the army re reo reserve reserve I serve officers' officers corps National I Guard and Civilian Conservation L Corps Since entering upon active duty with the Civilian Conservation L Corps in 1934 1924 and then his assign assign- assignment assignment ment to transportation duties tor for the army in 1942 1 Col Sessions has maintained a Straight Superior rating from his higher command command- commanders ers and possesses a rare file of letters of commendation which in in- include inI I elude dude civilian recognition from the presidents of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company The Western Airlines and the Air Transport Association of America in addition to his present citation Among the commendations from his superior officers ers are those from three ma ma- jor-generals jor one general and the fh ti c of nf war Of local interest are are his activities in in fri Davis county where be he recruit recruit- recruited ed cd organized and for six years commanded its first National Guard unit Battery D OlD Field Artillery When the Utah State Guard was being organized in 1942 Col Sessions was selected by the State Adjutant General as the Davis county units unit's first com corn commander mander but his assignment to army duties precluded his appoint appoint- ment meat This o icer's present responsibilities extend over the eight western states embracing some two hundred hun bun bundred dred military installations included ed in which arc are those mentioned in the thc citation together with the assignment repair re and maintenance maintenance ance of approximately one hundred hundred hun bun bundred dred vessels and small craft of the Harbor Defenses of the West Coast Col Sessions has bas always made his home borne in Bountiful I |