Evening star

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in 1907. He was commissioned a

second lieutenant two years later,

and in 1917 won his wings at Pen

sacola.

He won the Navy Cross for bomb

ing operations during the World

War and added a Gold Star to it at

Guadalcanal.

He has served in Cuba, Haiti,

Nicaragua, Panama, China and the

Philippines and in 1930 and 1931

piloted planes carrying disaster re

lief supplies to the Dominican Re

public and Nicaragua.

In 1941 for two months he was

assistant naval attache for air at

the United States Embassy in

London.

His wife lives at 1500 Forty-fourth

street N.W., Washington, D. C.

Mrs. Buckner, in Kentucky,

Told of General's Death

I>y the Associated Pres*.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 19.—

News of the death of Lt. Gen. Si

mon Boliver Buckner, jr., came from

!the War Department to Mrs. Buck

ner here late yesterday.

Mrs. Buckner, the former Adele

Blanc of Louisville, has been visit

ing friends here and planned to

leave immediately for her home in

San Francisco, but priority difficul

ties so far have made it impossible

for her to board a plane for the

West Coast.

The Buckners’ youngest son. Wil

liam Claiborne, had been in Louis

ville with his mother until yester

day. when he left for West Point,

N. Y„ where he is a cadet.

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1945). Washington, D.C., 1945-06-19. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1945-06-19/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1945-06-19.