Eugene B. Fletcher, Marauder Man, Commander of the 320th Bomb Group.

AT A 12TH AAF BASE IN CORSICA. --- COLONEL EUGENE B, FLETCHER, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF. COMMANDER OF THE 320TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (M), HAPPILY RECEIVES THE CONGRATULATIONS OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN K. CANNON, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE TWELFTH AIR FORCE, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS GROUP RECEIVING A WAR DEPARTMENT CITATION FOR A CLOSE SUPPORT MISSION AGAINST FONDI, ITALY, MAY 12TH WHICH HELPED PAVE THE RAY FOR THE FIFTH ARMY DRIVE ON ROME. THE 29-YEAR-OLD GROUP COMMANDER LED THE FONDI MISSION AND IS STILL ACTIVELY LEADING HIS GROUP IN COMBAT. THE 320th HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER SINCE APRIL 22, 1943.

PHOTO BY T/SGT. ANDERSON, 9TH C.C.U.