Staff Sergeant Richard M. Cullison, a former resident of Adams County and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Cullison, Harrisburg has been killed in action in the south Pacific area.
Sergeant Cullison was killed in action December 2, 1942 in the Pacafic theater, and was buried near Port Morseby, New Guinea. In notifying his parents, the War Department said the Harrisburg youth, who was a hero in the Battle of Midway, is being returned for burial with the first shipment of 3,500 American soldier's bodies to this country from the Pacific theater.
Richard attended Gettysburg High School as a freshman in 1932-33. He later graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York. He enlisted in the Air Corps in 1937 and spent most of the next four years at Hickman Field, Hawaii.
During the Jap attack on December 7, 1941, he lost all of his possessions. He was credited as the first to spot the enemy on the second day of the major sea encounter in the Battle of Midway Islands and as a bombardier of a Flying Fortress he released bombs which sank a Jap airplane carrier.
In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers: Donald N. Cullison of Baltimore and Arthur J. Cullison at home, and his paternal grandmother: Mrs. Caroline Cullison of Harrisburg.
Sergeant Cullison was killed in action December 2, 1942 in the Pacafic theater, and was buried near Port Morseby, New Guinea. In notifying his parents, the War Department said the Harrisburg youth, who was a hero in the Battle of Midway, is being returned for burial with the first shipment of 3,500 American soldier's bodies to this country from the Pacific theater.
Richard attended Gettysburg High School as a freshman in 1932-33. He later graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York. He enlisted in the Air Corps in 1937 and spent most of the next four years at Hickman Field, Hawaii.
During the Jap attack on December 7, 1941, he lost all of his possessions. He was credited as the first to spot the enemy on the second day of the major sea encounter in the Battle of Midway Islands and as a bombardier of a Flying Fortress he released bombs which sank a Jap airplane carrier.
In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers: Donald N. Cullison of Baltimore and Arthur J. Cullison at home, and his paternal grandmother: Mrs. Caroline Cullison of Harrisburg.
Staff Sergeant Richard M. Cullison, a former resident of Adams County and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Cullison, Harrisburg has been killed in action in the south Pacific area.
Sergeant Cullison was killed in action December 2, 1942 in the Pacafic theater, and was buried near Port Morseby, New Guinea. In notifying his parents, the War Department said the Harrisburg youth, who was a hero in the Battle of Midway, is being returned for burial with the first shipment of 3,500 American soldier's bodies to this country from the Pacific theater.
Richard attended Gettysburg High School as a freshman in 1932-33. He later graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York. He enlisted in the Air Corps in 1937 and spent most of the next four years at Hickman Field, Hawaii.
During the Jap attack on December 7, 1941, he lost all of his possessions. He was credited as the first to spot the enemy on the second day of the major sea encounter in the Battle of Midway Islands and as a bombardier of a Flying Fortress he released bombs which sank a Jap airplane carrier.
In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers: Donald N. Cullison of Baltimore and Arthur J. Cullison at home, and his paternal grandmother: Mrs. Caroline Cullison of Harrisburg.
Sergeant Cullison was killed in action December 2, 1942 in the Pacafic theater, and was buried near Port Morseby, New Guinea. In notifying his parents, the War Department said the Harrisburg youth, who was a hero in the Battle of Midway, is being returned for burial with the first shipment of 3,500 American soldier's bodies to this country from the Pacific theater.
Richard attended Gettysburg High School as a freshman in 1932-33. He later graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York. He enlisted in the Air Corps in 1937 and spent most of the next four years at Hickman Field, Hawaii.
During the Jap attack on December 7, 1941, he lost all of his possessions. He was credited as the first to spot the enemy on the second day of the major sea encounter in the Battle of Midway Islands and as a bombardier of a Flying Fortress he released bombs which sank a Jap airplane carrier.
In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers: Donald N. Cullison of Baltimore and Arthur J. Cullison at home, and his paternal grandmother: Mrs. Caroline Cullison of Harrisburg.
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