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Show I Truk and Iwo Jima. Although the group was under staffed with inline engine mechanics, Captain Rasmussen quickly organized a ground maintenance school, and j by disseminating his vast techni- j cal knowledge was ableto main- j tain a superior performance re-1 cord for these planes, which were ' participating in the longest over-water over-water missions yet attempted for ! this type aircraft. On March 11, i 1944 Capt Rasmussen with one! officer and ten enlisted men returned re-turned to Oahu to accept and prepare forty P-47's for this group. Working night and day ( apt. Rasmussen guided his men I in completing their difficult mission mis-sion in record time. At the end j j of the month, all the planes took, ; on what was the longest over-water over-water ferrying flight for single engine planes. The flight pro- j ceeded without incident, except for one plane being grounded at Majino, with an engine failure and damaged wheels. When Capt 1 Rasmussen arrived, he was able, Sin one day, to affect a difficult engine change, and by flawless professional skill was able to adapt a pair of navy-type wheels with altogether different specifi- : cations to fit his disabled plane. Hack on Saipan, Capt. Rasmussen, Rasmus-sen, displaying exceptional qual- i ities of leadership, prepared and supervised the movement of all planes to the Ryukyus area. Every Ev-ery plane arrived safely, except one which was lost due to weather. wea-ther. On Ie Shima, through Capt. Kasmussen's untiring efforts, his planes were immediately operational opera-tional in their fight against the enemy. Laboring under the most extreme conditions of weather and enemy interference, Capt Rasmussen successfully solved a difficult water injection system problem which subsequently led higher headquarters to publish I technical data, and quickly alleviate alle-viate similar trouble in other groups. Capt. Keith O. Rasmussen was I on full duty status as group engineering en-gineering officer at the time of his performance of the acts upon which this recommendation is baaed. The entire service of the above ' named individual has been honorable hon-orable since his rendition of the! acts for which this award is recommended. re-commended. This recommendation is not j supported by an official record. i have personal knowledge of the acts for which this award is recommended. A recommended citation is attached- The individual individ-ual has not been previously a-; a-; warded a decoration for the service ser-vice described herein. Lt Col. Harry E. McAsee v Your Binghamites Report PM 2;C Donald E. Isbell left December 12 to report at Shoemaker, Shoe-maker, Calif., following a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Lsbell T-5 Grant R. Carrigan is in the 1 6th division with the Oth army I in Korea- He was recently pro-moled pro-moled to the T-5 rating. Cpl. Weldon J. Caldwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. E W. Caldwell, was discharged from the marines Dee 10 at Mare Island, Calif. Cpl I Caldwell has been in service 39 : months, of which 27 months was ; spent overseas He was first sent : to Johnston Island and from there went to the Marshalls, where he helped in the seizure ! and occupation of Kwajaloin and i Mantro atolls. After 20 months I overseas he was sent back to the ! states for guard duty at El Centra, Cen-tra, Calif., and later assigned to j the cruiser Biloxi. His ship, the Biloxi, participated in the bombardment bom-bardment of Wake island August 7, 1945, and later proceeded to Leyte in the Philippines. When V-J day was declared, he was ordered to proceed to Nagasaki, Japan. The marines from the cruisers Biloxi and Witchi, were the first ones ashore. After three weeks they were relieved by the 2nd marine division He participated partici-pated in the occupations of Wak-ayama, Wak-ayama, Kure, Hior, Hiro-Shima, j and Nagoya. lie was awarded the good conduct medal for faithful and satisfactory services rendered render-ed and the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon rib-bon with one battle star. Recommendation for award of the Bronze star was made Sept. 1, 1945 to Capt. Keith O. Rasmussen Rasmus-sen for meritorious service in connection with operations against again-st the enemy. On October 8, 1944, Capt Rasmussen Ras-mussen joined Headquarters 318 Fighter Group on Saipan, and assumed the duties of group engineering en-gineering officer. At this time the group was extremely active flying CAP missions and Captain Rasmussen quickly organized a successful maintenance schedule Without notice, in November, the group received thirty-seven P-38-L's, which were urgently needed in the offensive against |