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Show Korean Presidential Unit Citation Given Cedar Men Two Cedar City men serving with the IX Corps in Korea were recipients of the Republic of Korea Ko-rea Presidential Unit Citation, it was revealed this past week. Receiving the awards were Pfc. Cleon J. Matheson, of Cedar City, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Matheson, Mathe-son, and Cpl. Kenneth Judd, Cedar Ce-dar City, whose wife, the former Retta Mortensen, is living in Par-owan. Par-owan. Cpl Judd is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Judd. In awarding the citation to the corps for the period Feb. 15, 1952, to July 27, 1953, President Syng-man Syng-man Rhee voiced pride in IX corps for its "bold and valiant defense" along the key central section of the peninsula. Pfc. Matheson is serving as a mechanic with 212th Military Police Po-lice Co., and Cpl. Judd Is a pole I lineman in Company C of the 101st Signal Battalion, both with IX Corps. |