AMERICAN CEREMONY
PARADE IN DOMAIN invitation to public The commanding officer of the United Slates Army Service Command in Now Zealand. Colonel James A. Borers, and three enlisted men of a New England division now training in the Dominion will to-day he decorated respectively for outstanding performance in line of duty and for heroism under fire. The ceremony will be held in the outer Domain at 3 n.m. The presentation of the awards will be made in the vicinity of Camp Hale and members of the public are invited to attend. Included in the ceremony will be a parade by selected personnel of the division's" artillery and two 155 > millimetre howitzers will be on display. Special guests who have been invited include the Mayor, Mr. J. A. C\ Allurn, the officer commanding the Northern Military District, Major-General P. H. Bell. C.8.. D.5.0., the United States Consul in Auckland. Mr. Hiram A. Boucher, and senior American service officers. The division's hand will play for tin- parade and presentation . ceremonies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24868, 14 April 1944, Page 2
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