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MAJ ALTON L. BELL
LEGION OF MERIT AWARD

Major Bell of Colora Gets Legion of Merit

   ELKTON, Md., Oct 2 --- (Special) --- Maj. Alton L. Bell of Colora, attached to the 508th Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, has been awarded the Legion of Merit.  He is now serving with the occupation forces in Germany.  Major Bell holds five battle stars, besides the Legion of Merit.  He entered the service during October, 1941, as a second lieutenant, having received his commission upon graduation from the University of Maine.  He has been overseas since December 1943. and saw action in Normandy, Southern France, Holland and the Ardennes Sector.
   He had the honor of commanding the honor guard battalion for President Truman when the latter visited General Eisenhower in Frankford, [sic] Germany.

(The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Tuesday, October 2, 1945, Main Edition, Page 10]
 

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