News Letter 1940 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office

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IDWRYFI:icr.DSTtJDENT HONOREfJ FORHEROISMI }!hich consi st sd of'LiEiut. Colonel Clyde
.. , .' I ., " I ,v. Finter, Major E.A. DeWitt, Capt~ .
Colonel JacOb H. RudOlPh; COmmandirigKenneth G,. GoUld, 2nd. Lieuts .. F,arveycC,,,,
O~ficer'of LowryField, Dsnver , Colo., I lX.'rney, John P.' Heale1, Cyrus W.-'.'" "'131",,;)
mll reconnnendto the 1Iar Department I K~tchens, -Jr., and Ke~th !e Compton:-rad~"';
t~tthe Soldier's Medal be ~\1ardedto! The visiting students fromup.the:lFfud.:";::
Prdvat e George S. Farvrell,"Air Corps, son valley began the daylS chore'at:7:.¥;
for his act of heroism in rescuing an o'clock that morning with a visit.to".the.~
el.even-year old girl from drowning in Base Engineering Department, whex:etl.te'~l
City Park lilke, Denver, Colo., on June inwortance.of therpachine shop,a.er?>re;s
8, 1940. '. parr and woodworking sections was ••ue;;,.
Private Farwell, a membero~ the 95th scribed. Later the cad~ts weresllo~;;,;"
:BombardmentSqu?Jiron1 MarchF~eld, I the numerous.types of airnl.anes ass~gned.l
Calif. 1 is enrolled an the Aircraft Ar- I to .the 2nd Bombardment ana the .8th),ut~iI
morers course at LowryField. On the suit Groups. . .' --: ..
date of the incident, less than 24 At 9:20 a.m., a truck convo;ycarr'ie~JJ";.
hours after his arrival in Denver he the cadets from the apron in front. o:f"~:';
and a brother student Private Wiiliam the Base Engineering shop to Messick.,~'IT
D. Pollock: were stroi ling along the ~oint to observe he~vy demolition oP1J\b~~J
shore of C~ty Park Lake. Attracted to mg and aenal .machtne gun demonstr,.a-''fj';;:
the ~aterl s edJ!eb¥ the cries of Mr. tions by flyers of the 8th Pur~t:~l~
and Mrs. CaseYLsp~nosa, whohad over- 2nd BombardmentGroups. .....qsg
turned their rowboat, the boys learned The afternoon activity forthe.caae~s,8
that ll-year old Alice Gregory had also included rides in the modern :&-17 tr~'J;Y.Ii,"
fallen from the capsized boat and was ing Fortresses" of the 2nd and 25th .=01.
submergedat a point about 25 feet from Groups on routine training flights. ~,:.',1
c?mpanioI)."and other, wi~nes13es't~sti":. , n~wofficers from.Brooks.andKelly:U!~!;"~
hed that but for the tJ.mely actlon of F~elds, an mt.ensfve perf.od of tram~ngJ
I'rivate Farwell Alice Gregory ivould was started. Up to the present" p:r:ac~:~"':
have 'drowned'at the bottom of the lake. tically every hour of the day these new;~
Whenpolice arrived, Farwell identi- officers are in classrooms receivingJfn;
fied J;tirnself, ~hen hasti1¥ donned his stI",:,c~ionin. manyphases of .~(lun?c'r::..1>''\; .
clo~hing and disappeared m the crowd. trron~g o~ m th~ arr receavmg ~n,:,-~~~;
Radio commentators and newsmenremarked structl.on ~n bombl.n~,machine'gun opera&3
in their stories on Farwell.'s modesty tion, formation f1~~, and trensitio.n:9'I
and avoidance of publicity. . training on mul.t f.-engined aircraft ':"":1;"''1
, Private FaI:we~llater received a per- all those factors. that are neces~ari:>i.,rl
sonal conmendat Ion from Mayor stapleton, to become a well~nformed ~ of'f'Lcer ..}jc