Show JOINS Miss daughter of and Al Anderson of enlisted In the She is tho niece of the late Leona Anderson Joins Inspired by uncle Miss Leona whose parents are Alvin and Fern enlisted in the 24 a decision which was influenced by the career of her late thought to he Utah's most highly decorated Miss Anderson's maternal grandparents arc and John Anderson of From the Salt Lake recruiting office of the Women's Army Corps comes a list of the accomplishments of The war hero was awarded the Silver Bronze Star and the Purple He was awarded the Distinguished Service the second highest combat award of the for action in Germany in early March 1945 when he single handedly knocked out three enemy tanks and one German Anderson was killed in action April a little more than a month before the war ended in In May 1953 his parents were flown to Germany by the United States Army to dedicate a large air base and army barracks at named in honor of While in the John his were received by the commanding general of the U. S. Army in In addition to dedicated to the memory of Anderson in there are also two installations in the United States where he has been the athletic field at Fort and the Club at Fort |