Grover C. Mullins, of Windsor, was awarded a certificate on Saturday from the Missouri State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for being October’s Patriot of the Month.
He was born July 31, 1920, in Houstonia. At the age of 17, he moved to Windsor, where he still resides today. To aid his country during World War II, he joined the Army Air Force when he was 22. From June 1942 to October 1945, Tech. Sgt. Mullins was assigned to the 303rd Bomb Group, 358th Bomb Squadron. He arrived at the Eighth Air Force base in England in August 1943.
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