Show Utahn Wins Medal For Heroism Flier Decorated For Action in New Britain Raid SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRA AUSTRA- AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA LIA Dec Dee 30 Delayed Up For P For extraordinary heroism In action Second Lieutenant B Bernard rn rd E. E Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson Fayette Utah h has haa 8 been awarded the distinguished service cro cross s by General Douglas Mac MacArthur MacArthur MacAr- MacAr r- r thur commander chief of the southwest st Pacific area Lieutenant Anderson won the theaward theaward theaward award for his part in a bombing raid October 5 against a Jap Japanese nese airfield near Rabal New Britain on which he wa was was- sever severely wounded Earlier In D December he was awarded awarded award award- ed the ord order r of the purple heart A A. bombardier on one of Americas America's Americas America's Ameri Amen cas ca's big bombers he was wounded in the left arm and Wa was unable to load his machine gun because of the wounds However he called upon the navigator for h help lp and then manned the gun damaging at least two enemy planes Lieutenant Anderson is a son of M Mrs s. s Elmer Bartholomew Fayette Fayette Fayette Fay Fay- ette Sanpete county to whom he hewrot wrote in December telling her he was all right now and instructing instruct instruct- ing ng her to take 1000 of his money from the he bank and purchase war bonds A graduate of the Gunnison Vat Vat- Valley Val Vai ley high school and Snow college Ephraim he rec received iv d. d his baccalaureate baccalaureate a reate degree in business from Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham barn Young university in l 1939 1939 En Enlisting as an n aviation cadet In August 1941 he received his basic training at Montgomery Ala and received his wings and cOl commission at Albuquerque N. N M. M in April 1942 After service at Gowen Cowen Field Idaho and Hamilton Field Cal he was sent overseas in May 1942 1912 arriving in Hawaii just In time timeto to participate in the battle of Mid Mid- way He then was transferred Mid Mid-I. to Australia landing there June 2 25 1942 I d f i t ff LIEUTENANT ANDERSON DERSON Rece Receives ves second award |