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% VIylt;MILITARY SERVICEa*i/A i Continued from First Page)•S6 V*%%K54Hir«n*n%l/lt;j!4i'A%:*Va%%HLf-t\€aci is lr-in,tienthe«ii' wenMigX-o-KelaPhiladelphia. SjSfct. Edward VV. Duch accompanied the body as an escort.At Huntingdon's Pennsylvania Station today Sgt. Baker’s body will be tticl by an honor escort composed of Commander A, Lynn Corcelius of the Veterans of For* eign Wars and hL aide, Senior Vice Commander Richard Linton; and Commander Edward Oser of the American Legion and his aide* Senior Vice Commander Hubert F. Hall. Four members of the Ser-| vice Unit, under Robert KoontzJ will serve as an honor guard, tFrom the train the body will b« taken to Brown's funeral home where it will lie in state tonight and tomorrow evening from 7 until 9 o’clock. There will be no view* mgThe Military Slrvice Unit, a 35-man unit sponsored jointly by tha Legion and VFW, will provide tha entire military service. The unit will also provide the honor guard kt the. funeral parlorA ritual to be used at the service ha* been prepare^ especially for the Military Service Unit. It contains parts from the burial service of the Legion, VFW and Spanish America,-) War veterans.The Military Service Unit will be making its first^public appearance in its new uniforms. Members wilt be dressed in chief petty officer .uniforms tailored especially for. the Huntingdon unit.'Sgt. Baker was fatally Injured In a jeep accident while serving is China. He died at Kunming Sept.23, 1945.Commander Corceltus of th* VFW and Commander Oser olj tha Legion today asked in a joint statement that all business places in Huntingdon close for one hour, 2:30 to 3:30, on Wednesday afternoon in tribute to Sgt. Baker, tha first of the World War n dead to be returned to Huntingdon fromoverseas-
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The Daily News
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Oct 27, 1947
Page 7
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PA, USA 21 Jun 2020
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