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Show Receives Citation First Military Railway Service. Headquarters, 718th Railway Operating Oper-ating Battalion Office of Commanding Officer Certilieate This is to certify that Tech 5 El-don El-don F. I.ovell was a member of the 71Sth Railway Operating Battalion, APO 350, U. S. Army, which unit was awarded the Meritorious Service Ser-vice Unit Plaque for superior performance per-formance of duty in the performance perform-ance of exceptionally difficult tasks, and for the maintenance of a high standard of discipline, in the European Theater of Operations, purusant to authority contained in paragraph 12, General Orders 117, Hq. Communcations Zone, European Europe-an Theater of Operations, USA, dated da-ted 28 June 19-15. Meritorious Service Unit MERITORIOUS SERVICE UNIT PLAQUE CITATION The 718th Railway Operating Battalion Bat-talion "Demonstrated noteworthy devotion devo-tion to duty in the operation of . military railways in a combat zone under dangerous conditions, and overcame numerous obstacles to assure the delivery of needed supplies. sup-plies. The perserveranoe, unremit-s unremit-s ting efforts and ingenuity of the ' members of the 718th Railway Op-T Op-T erating Battalion were in keeping with the highest traditions of the armed forces of the United tSates." Signed Robert A. Wright Lt. Colonel, TC Commanding Mrs. Eldon Lovell, in Delta, received re-ceived this citation August 14, coming by airmail in 7 days. It was mailed in a wooden cylinder. |