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Before enlisting, he attended Florida Military Academy and St. Petersburg Jr. College.
He shot down 6 enemy aircraft in the Pacific Theater in WWII.
His Silver Star citation:
Awarded for actions during World War II
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Stanley O. Andrews (ASN: 0-659791), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as a Pilot with the 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, FIFTH Air Force, in action near Buna, New Guinea, on 27 December 1942. Lieutenant Andrews was a member of a flight of four P-38 airplanes which engaged a flight of three enemy aircraft near Buna, New Guinea, and destroyed all of them. Lieutenant Andrews personally destroyed one of the enemy airplanes.
General Orders: Headquarters, V Fighter Command, General Orders No. 2 (January 24, 1943)
Action Date: December 27, 1942
Service: Army Air Forces
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Company: 39th Fighter Squadron
Regiment: 35th Fighter Group
Division: 5th Air Force
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