| Summary: | Morgan Promoted: Arctic Hero Now Master Sergeant. MORGAN PROMOTED Arctic Hero Now Master Sergeant WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—(I.N.S.)—Sergeant Stanley R. Morgan, army signal corps officer stationed at Point Barrow, Alaska, who organized the party to recover the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post following their airplane crash, has been promoted to the grade of master sergeant, Secretary of War Dern announced today. This Is the highest noncommissioned rank in the army. Dern said Morgan was promoted "in recognition of his Initiative, thoughtfulness and fine judgment" in organizing and directing the recovery of the noted crash victims. Morgan has had an excellent military record over the past fifteen years, and only six months ago distinguished himself during the influenza epidemic among natives on the Arctic coast. He Is a native of Payson, Utah. SERGT. STANLEY R. MORGAN. Lauded by Dern.
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