Show ti Ft Green Boy Given Givan Special Silecia Citations a When more than twenty Japanese Japan ese fighter planes made repeated attacks at his bomber T Forrest Forrest For For- rest E E. E NIelson stuck to his machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns and poured more rounds of ammunition at the attackers 1 i 1 For Por this and for other aerial combat mission Nielson Sat Saturday lt- lt was awarded the DIstinguished Distinguished Dis DIs- Flying Cross at time tilt Army Air Base Greenville S. S S C. C He is the son of Ernest J. J NIel con on n Fountain Green NIelson was radio operator and gunner In a 25 B bombing raid over Dagua New on un unI December 22 1943 The plane nine-plane I formation came in at tree top lop height for tor an all attack on a Japanese airdrome Twenty to thirty fighters Intercepted intercepted inter Inter- the formation at the start of or the time bombing and strafing run run the citation reveals Time The fighters made repeated repealed passes and Nielson stationed at nt the tho waist guns fired rounds of ot 30 calibre ammunition causing the attacking rIght fighters rs to break off 01 i their attacks at four hundred I yards I The target run Iun was made maae through a heavy curtain of ack ack- ack of ot all calibres The courage and alertness displayed during this f I action was waT w s-w worthy of t C th the highest 1 i commendation I Between June 1943 and January January Janu Janu- ary cry 1944 S t. t Nielson flew new In InI u I Mitchell bomber combat comb t missions over oyer Lae Ra- Ra I baul and New Britian i Nielson was awarded tn to s Distinguished Flying Cross by Col eol A. A J. J Bird Jr Combat Crew Train TrainIng lug Ing Station Commander as thousands thousands thousands ands of student bomber crews ana and Instructors stood at attention during during durlIng dur dur- lIng ing a formal review j i His combat duties over S t. t Nielson Is now no a radio operator Instructor In Squadron U at the thc Army Air Base Thus ho he is passing passing pass ing on his combat knowledge to trainee B 25 crews who will carry carryon on his work when wilen they reach th their lr battle stations in flung far Air All Forces Nielson 30 was graduated Horn from the Moroni Moron High School In 1932 Ho also holds the Purple Heart medal for tor wounds sustained sustain sustain- ed In combat |