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First Leut. Joe I. Popplewell Awarded Citation 1944 Casey County KyArchives News

THE CASEY COUNTY NEWS,1944
First Leut. Joe I. Popplewell, a fighter pilot of an Eighth Fighter Command P-
47 Thunderbolt group based in England, has been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for "exceptional aggressiveness, outstanding performance of duty and extraordinary heroism in action" says a dispatch to this paper.  The group is commanded  by  Co.Hubert Zemke of Missoula Mont.  Since beginning combat operations in April of 1943, this fighter group has destroyed approximately 550 German planes in the air plus 50 more on the ground.  It is the highest scoring P-47 Thunderbolt outfit in the European Theatre of Operations.  LT. 
Popplewell holds the distinguished Flying Cross, also the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters as well as the above citation.

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