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War Bride{Continued From Page One) visit to the American Embassy to ; obtain materials to learn about the American way of life.“I want to have a big house with a fireplace so that my friends can sit around and visit with me,” the girl wrote. “And I want to have several lovely children in our home,”■Sgt. Roach was one of the last Americans to. be repatriated in the Korean exchange. He wired his parents here and then called them to tell them that he would Stop off in Tokyo on his way home. He needed brief hospitalization. This week his mother received a Red Cross picture of him. Then Thursday she received a long distance call from California from M. Sgt James Hart of Pampa who shared Roach's prison life and was repatriated i along with him. :Hart told me that Rayburn is j well and whole,” Mrs. Roach said last night. “He told roe that the prospects of the wedding have made him all smiles. I don't know just when or where the ceremony will take place; it may have al- j ready occurred. iHart explained, she said, that j red tape will delay her son’s re- ! ! turn stateside with his bride for 1 ! about four weeks. ,! Yes, one fine day Roach, the • Lt, Pinkerton of this story, did ; return to his Linda, and there was no Kate Pinkerton with him — no wife, but a desire to marry one.
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Evening Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Fri, Sep 18, 1953
Page 21
Full Page
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Wilmette P.
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