- Date
- 1993-04-29
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- militarycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1993 Beaver Beacon reprinted a commander’s letter crediting Jim Gallagher with helping an Air Force weather detachment improve its readiness assessment and reporting that he received an Army Achievement Medal.
Evidence limits
This is a family-submitted newspaper reprint of a commander’s letter, not an award citation, personnel file, or independent inspection record.
Sources
- Reprints Captain William J. Delehunt’s letter saying Detachment 26 improved from marginal/unsatisfactory readiness to excellent/outstanding readiness and crediting Jim Gallagher with an Army Achievement Medal. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1993-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the military commendation notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Jim Gallagher receives an Army Achievement Medal for Air Force weather-station readiness, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jim-gallagher-army-achievement-medal-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1993, “In the Beaver Island Tradition . . .” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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