Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Wartime Secret of Officer Who Escaped Japs Revealed

Lt. Danial Burns spent 15 months in the United States under orders not to disclose his identity. His mother Edith Burns of Alpaugh Calif expresses joy upon learning he is returning from China where he served on Gen George C Marshall’s Nanking staff. The escape from a Japanese prison camp and the secret double life were kept from his family until the war department allowed details years later. A Norwegian cod liver oil figure is noted in a closing line.