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Show Husband Of Former Aroadian Named Adjutant Major Howard W. Jessee. husband hus-band of the former Beth Fouse of Arcadia, has been appointed Adjutant of the 1802nd Airways and Air Communications Set'-vlce Set'-vlce Group, headquarters at Mit-chel Mit-chel Air Force Base, New York. AACS is world wide, supplying communications facilities and personnel to aircraft. Major Jessee enlisted in the' United States Infantry. Feb 28 1934. as a private at Presidio of San Francisco. California. Rising through the ranks to the grade of sergeant in the infantry when transferred to the Seventh Bomb Group, and then to master sergeant, ser-geant, he was appointed first lieutenant AUS, October 1, 1942, a captain, April 10, 1943, and major, February 15, 1951. With five years and five months overseas duty. Major Jessee has served in the Southwest South-west Pacific, India, Middle East, North Africa, Italy and the Philippines. Phil-ippines. His battle decorations include the Distinguished Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters, clus-ters, Philippine Presidential Unit Un-it Citation, Good Conduct Medal. American Defense Service Medal, Med-al, European - African - Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic Asi-atic - Pacific Campaign Medal, Victory Medal and ten battle stars. Married October 26. 1941, his wife and five-year-old son, Richard Rich-ard F. Jessee, have accompanied him to Mitchel Air Force Base. |