4 Bronze Stars to Sioux Cityan, Citation for Unit
A United States Troop Carrier Base, France.—Cpl Darwin K. Parker, 317 W. Sixth street, Sioux City, has won four bronze battle stars and his troop carrier squadron has been awarded the presidential unit citation at an airstrip in liberated France.
Cpl. Parker, a parachute rigger with his squadron, was awarded the bronze stars for participating in the assaults on Hitler’s fortress in Europe in Normandy, southern France, northern France and Germany itself. His unit was awarded the presidential citation for “outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy on June 5, 6, and 7, 1944…notwithstanding the fact there was no possibility of employing evasive action, the missions were accomplished by flying over water, through enemy antiaircraft fire and inclement weather, at dangerously low altitudes and air speeds to reach minute objectives.”
Cpl. Parker was inducted in the Army in December, 1942, and after receiving preliminary training at St. Petersburg, Fla., and Chanute field, Ill., was assigned to the troop carrier forces at Fort Benning, Ga. He left for overseas duty early in 1944. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Parker, reside at the W. Sixth street address.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 27, 1945 (photo included)
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Cpl. Darwin K. Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Parker of Los Angeles, Cal., has won four bronze battle stars and his troop carrier squadron has been awarded the presidential unit citation at an airstrip in liberated France. His wife lives with her parents at 317 W. Sixth street.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 29, 1945
