PACIFIC STRIKING F O R C E—A Coast Guard gunner in his turret aboard an invasion
ship of* k’aipan looks out at part of the American sea force.
Civilian war
WORKERS ARE
GIVEN AWARDS
HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — The fast-grow
ing corps of civilian women
working with the Army in Alas
ka received recognition for their
contribution to the war effort on
August 11th, in a ceremony at
&uch 270 were awarded emblems
for faithful service.
The commanding general of the
Alaskan Department was present
at the ceremony and personally
made the award to Mrs. Mercedes
Brown of Anchorage, the senior
civilian employe of the Alaskan
Department in point of service.
Mrs. Biown has been with the
Eng neer Construction and Main
tenance division of the depart
ment since July 27, 1940. Miss
Halycon Whitford, of Falls City,
Neb., second in length of service
with the department and employ
ed in the same division, also was
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among the 270 honored.
“As a recognition of faithful
civilian service the War Depart
ment has authorized the issuance
of civilian emblems to those em
ployes who meet required stan
dards of performance,” the com
manding general said.
“A special emblem has been
designed to identify those em
ployes who have rendered ser
vice in the Asiatic-Pacific Thea
ter and it is wifh pleasure that
I present one such emblem to a
most deserving employe of this
headquarters, Mrs. Mercedes
Brown * * *.
j “This presentation should be
regarded as a token of my appre
ciation for all employes who by
i their efforts have earned and are
to receive like awards.”
! Describing the ceremony as “an
i official acknowledgement by the
, War Department and the Alaskan
; Department of the contribution”
, the women employes are making
toward winning the war, Lt. Col.
i Arthur H. Black said:
“As civilian personnel officer it
it wPh special pride that I see
your loyalty and efforts thus re
warded. This ceremony empha
sizes the fact that in this modern
war civilians, serving with the
army in Alaska and everywhere
in the world are important units
and are permitting the diversion
of military personnel to our far
flung battle lines."
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AWARDED FOR
HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — Col. Robert F.
Gleim. former Detroit business
man. has been awarded the Le
gion of Merit Tor performance of
outstanding service as anti-air
craft commander at an advanced
Aleutian base, it was announced
recently at Alaskan Department
headquarters.
Colonel Gleim was cited for* the
period from September, 1942. to
last July during which time he
supervised the landing and em
placement of several anti-aircraft
units on an island occupied, by U.
S. froops.
“After the landings he directed
the installation of initial air de
fenses and exhibited exceptional
ability in extending, moving, and
perfecting the automatic weapons,
and gun defense of the island un
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der handicap of extremely bad
weather and terrain.” his citation
said.
“Colonel Gleim’s wholehearted
cooperation was responsible for
the fine relations of air, ground,
and naval forces operating in this
area. His devotion to duty, abil
ity. initiative, and foresight have
contributed largely to the com
pletion of this base.”
A field artillery lieutenant in
World War 1,' Colonel Gleim com
manded a coast artillery National
Guard regiment when it was call
ed into federal service in Febru
ary, 1941. Prior to that time he
was vice-president-treasurer of
Donnelly, Glenn and Company
and general manager of the Frank
S. Salter Company of Detroit
and served as vice chairman of
the Detroit City Airport Commis
sion and as a member of the
Michigan State Military Board.
His family lives in Detroit.
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