MACARTHUR'S STAFF
DECORATIONS AWARDED
(Rec. noon.)
RUGBY, Feb. 23
On the recommendation of General Mac Arthur, President Quezon has awarded the Distinguished Service Star, the highest military decoration in the Philippines Commonwealth, to Major-General R. K. Sutherland, Chief of Staff, and Brigadier R. J. Marshall, Deputy Chief of Staff.
These two rrcn. who are occupying key posts in the epic defence of Batan, served as members of the American military mission which devised the original plans and methods for the defence of the Philippines. According to the citations "this success has earned for the Philippines Commonwealth the priceless right to be recognised on its own merits as equal in the brotherhood of arms by the nations of the world." General Mac Arthur, presenting the medals, said: "These are two of the finest officers who ever served under my command — cool, resourceful, courageous, determined, resolute. They are deserving of the immediate award of these well-earned decorations." — 8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1942, Page 5
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