Smyrna Times

Work at Super-Fort Base Commended by Gen. LeMay

Three Delaware men are among the hundreds of enlisted men at a huge Super-Fortress base in the Marianas Islands who have been commended for their diligent efforts in keeping in the air the giant B-29 bombers of Maj-Gen. Curtis E. LeMay's XXI Bomber Command. They are members of a service unit commanded by Brig. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell, Jr., who led the first B-29 striking force to bomb Japanese war industries from Saipan last Nov. 24. They are: Corpl. Thomas P. Postles, 25, husband of Mrs. Helen Hartnett Postles of Smyrna; Pfc. Benjamin F. Bensinger, 30, husband of Mrs. Rose Bensinger of Wilmington, and Sgt. Anthony J. Soligo 23, of Wilmington.

"The work of these men and their fellow soldiers is directly responsible for the success of the B-29s in bombing Japan's war industries," General O'Donnell said in congratulating them.

"These men realize their responsibilities in the pre-mission tasks of insuring the maximum chance for safe return of the air crews. Without the spirit of teamwork which has been exhibited by every man, our pioneering job, which is only beginning, could not have been a success. They have given their services fully and in complete disregard for personal comforts and pleasures in lieu of hard work and long hours."