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Section D for Destruction: Forerunner of SOE
By Malcolm Atkin
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War
By Roderick Bailey
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29744" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Blair </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Melvin Russell</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ Detachment</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>First Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-33150</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Abilene, Kansas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.11.1915 Topeka, Kansas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of James Evans (1890-1973) and Lela Mae (nee Doty) Blair (1894-1974)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 30.11.1934</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>209 Cavalry Regiment (10 Cavalry Division)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Merrill's Marauders 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>124 Cavalry Regiment 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff of General McArthur</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pentagon 1948</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>24 Infantry Regiment (C.O. 3 Bn) (Major) (awarded D.S.C. oak leaf cluster 1950)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>New York Military Academy (instructor)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired as Lieutenant Colonel</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards D.S.C. with oak leaf cluster, Silver Star, Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart with 2 oak leaf clusters, Air Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Ruth Marie Sutton (1917-2011) (2 sons Dennis and Victor)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>last residence Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 19.4.2008 Cornwall, New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Section 59 Site 3069-1</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-r-blair.97/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/97-fc6ab48aabe877d01c6e5e9902612d91.jpg?1591382943" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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