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Show a f4 f4Ff 9 9SGT Ff ! SOT SGT ALBERT N RUCKED RUCKER RVCICER RVCICERDFC , DFC AwardedTo A warded Awarded AwardedTo wardedTo I To Husband HusbandOf HusbandOf HusbandOf Of Vernal Girl GirlLast Last week Bette Anderson Rucker Ruck Ruck- Rucker Rucker - er received a letter from Lt General Gen- Gen General Oen-leral Oen leral - eral George 0 C Kenney of theFifth the theFifth theFifth Fifth Air Force Informing intormJng her thather thather that | her husband Staff Stag Sergeant Albert AlbertN AlbertN AlbeitN N Rucker , . a radio operator with withthe withthe withthe the air transport command whohas who whobas whoHas bas has been overseas since July , . 19 1943 1943had . , , . had recently been decorated withthe with withthe withthe the distinguished dlattnguJshed dying fiying flying crossLt cross crossLt Lt General Kenney In his h1a let- let letter letter let letter - - ter to Mrs Mr8 Mra . . Rucker says ' ' This 'This Ia Is Iaan Isan laan an award made in recognition recognitionof of the courageous service your hus hUs- hUsband husband husband - band has rendered to his h1a combatorganization combat combatorganization combatorganization organization his fellow Amei1can American Amei1cana1nnen Americanairmen Americanairmen a1nnen airmen his h1a country and you . . He Hetook Hetook Hetook took part In its sustained operational operationalactivity operationalactivity operationalactivity activity against agatnst the enemy dur- dur durInJ during dur during - ing InJ which hostile hOt1le $ contact was waspro wasprobable wasprobable probable pro able and expected These Thesetlights Theseflights Theseflights tlights flights Included dropping supplies suppliesand suppliesand suppliesand and transporting troops over territory ter- ter territory ter territory - ritory that was continually pat- pat patrolled patrolled pat patrolled - I patI rolled by enemy fighter aircraft aircraftI aircraftOften aircraftOften aircraftOften I Often landings were made on fields fieldsI fieldswhich fieldswhich fieldswhich which were only a few miles roUes from fromJapanese fromJapanese fromJapanese I Japanese basesAlmost bases basesAlmost Almost every hour of every ctay day dayyour dayyour I your husband and the husbands of oflother ofother ofother lother other American women are doing doingI doingJust doingjust doingJust Just such things as that here In Inthe inthe inthe I the Southwest Pacific Theirs "I11e1rs I11e1rs Thelrs " Is a avery avery ! very real and very vety tangible con- con contrlbutlon contribution con contribution - tribution trlbutlon to victory and peace peaceI I would like to tell you tow towgenuinely howgenuinely genuinely proud I am to have mensuch men mensuch mensuch such as your husband in my command com com- command command - mand and d how gratified I am to toknow toknow know that young Americans with withsuch withsuch withsuch such courage and resourcefulness resourcefulnessare are fighting for our country a battle battleagainst battleagainst against our aggressor nations nattona You You . , . Mrs Rucker have every reason to toshare toshare share that pride and gratifica graWlca- graWlca gratifica- graWlcaUon gratification gratification - tion Uon tionSgt UonSgt Sgt Rucker , . before enteringservice entering enteringservice enteringservice service was employed by the Lyman LymanQUCo LymanOil LymanOH QUCo Oil Co Mrs Rucker aM a M 8 S T &T T &TCo do & T TCo TCo Co operator and son Charles Den Den- DennIB Dennis Dennis - nis nIB reside here with Mrs Rucker's Rucker's Ruck- Ruck Ruckeis - ei-s ei s er's ers ' - ' parents Mr and Mrs Mra 0 C D DAnderson DAnderson DAnderson Anderson |