IN UNIFORM
T. Sgt. Frank Mandicino Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mandicino, 333 Morgan Street, a radio operator-gunner on the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress stationed in England, has been awarded an oak leaf cluster to the air medal for “courage, coolness and skill” and his outstanding performance of duty during a number of Eighth air force attacks on German war targets.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 27, 1945