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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Harris on their Woodland Drive property observed two mockingbirds attacking a three foot blacksnake in their yard. The birds repeatedly dive bombed the reptile until Mr Harris used a club to kill it, after which the birds continued their attacks for a time.
Staff Sergeant William McLendon of Dothan a 20 year old ball turret gunner is credited with destroying one of twenty German rocket planes in a fierce engagement near Augsburg Germany. The claim comes from the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe public relations office. McLendon son of Mr and Mrs J W McLendon of Dothan route five worked at Dothan silk hosiery mill prior to his service. He had previously been credited with damaging a Nazi fighter.
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