HEADQUARTERS 450^TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)

                                                Army Air Base

SPECIAL ORDERS )                                                                                   Alamogordo, New Mexico

NO                     53  )                                                                          15 September 1943

            1. The fol named Officers this Hq have qualified in the weapons indicated.

                        Cal.  .45 Automatic Pistol

                        720^TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H), AAF

                        2^nd Lt Robert L Brown  0798738                             Marksman

                        2^nd Lt Rolland R Carr  0734425                              Marksman

                        2^nd Lt Ernest D Connors  0752283                         Marksman

                        2^nd Lt Edward J Pomerville  0676522                    Sharpshooter

                        2^nd Lt George T Ready Jr  0864397                       Marksman

                        2^nd Lt Harley W Rhodehamel Jr  0856621             Sharpshooter

                        2^nd Lt Jack W Ryne  0861711                                 Marksman

                        2^nd Lt Monroe M Sachs  0796441                          Marksman

                        2^nd Lt William R Taylor  0809765                            Marksman

                        1^st Lt William H Wear  0664096                              Marksman

                        1^st Lt Verne A Weber  0802772                              Marksman

                        2^nd Lt John H Wells Jr  0579625                             Marksman

                        Cpt Clark J Wicks  0406434                                   Marksman

                        2^nd Lt James G Wright  0442499                            Marksman

                        2^nd Lt Max L Williams Jr  0511689                         Marksman     

                        Thompson Sub-Machine Gun

                        720^th BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H), AAF

                        2^ND Lt William P Correia  01553975                      First Class Gunner

                        2^nd Lt Harold F Gladstone  0682571                      First Class Gunner

                        2^nd Lt Ernest F John  0681426                                Expert Gunner

                        2^nd Lt George T Ready Jr  0864397                       Expert Gunner

                        2^nd Lt Harley W Rhodehamel  0856621                 Expert Gunner

                        1^st Lt William H Wear  06640906                            Expert Gunner

                        Cal.  .30 Rifle

                        2^nd Lt Norman E White  0579645                           Marksman      Hq 450^th BG (H)

                        2^nd Lt William P Correia  01553975                       Marksman      720^th Bomb Sq (H)

                        2^nd Lt Ernest F John  0681426                                Marksman      720^th Bomb Sq (H)

                        2^nd Lt Harley W Rhodehamel Jr  0856621             Marksman      720^th Bomb Sq (H)

                                    By order of Colonel Mills:

OFFICIAL:                                                                                                      C. J. DONOVAN

                                                                                                                        Capt., Air Corps,

                                                                                                                        Adjutant.

SO #52 this Hq dd 14 September 1943 contained 5 paragraphs.