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BILL RACER’S OUTFIT PRAISED
In a sincere letter to “My Thunderbirds,” General P. D. Ginder, I?. S. Army, praised the outfit to which •“Bill” Racer pledges his allegiance. Bill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Racer Sr., and a nephew of Mrs. Willie Payne and Mrs. Ollie Fincham all of Rappahannock County. • General Ginder begins his tribute “f extend by heartiest congratulations to each and every' Thunderbird for the magnificaht job you have done. The combat record established by the •45th Infantry Division is one in which you, our Army and our Country can well be proud. From that bitter winter day in December 1951 when advance units -of the Division first entered combat until the .cease fire at 2200 hours, 27th of July 1953, the Thunderbirds have blazed their wayacross the Korean front with brilliant actions in seizing such now famous terrain feature as Old Baldy and Eerie and in the gallant defense of Sandbag Cattle, Heartbreak Ridge and Christmas Hill.”
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