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flow‘3aSTATIONED IN INDIA, Private Hermit L. Thompson. 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. II. D. Thompson, of Beaver, ^ writes that he is well, likes his work with the army overseas even better than that in the states, and sees “many strange events and people.”Word of his arrival in India was received last week by his . . parents. Private Thompson en- --y/ tered the service on August. 22,'Py /1942, and was first stationed in ?Jm Atlantic Citj', New Jersey. Hesince been sationed in West .Hermit Thompson palm Beach Florida; Miami, Flo- MhCn Thom»,so»rida; and Fort Hamilton, New York, before being sent overseas. He has never been home on furlough since entering the army and news of. his arrival overseas was the first word his family had heard of him in over three months.Two of his brothers are also in the armed forces and another expects to enter soon. Sergeant Alben Thompson, 24, has been stationed in the Panama Canal Zone since December, 1941. Inthe service since April 5, 1941, he also has never been home on furlough. Sergeant Thompson was promoted to his present rank in February.In the marine corps, Private Nathan H. Thompson, 2?, went into the service on March 12, 1943, and is stationed in platoon 218, 3rd battalion, marine barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina. Ned Thompson, 19, who is employed as a welder in the Fairfie'ld Shipyards in Baltimore, Maryland, expects to enter the service soon.All of the Thompsnn_youths are graduates of xatiian Thompson ghady Spring high school. Kermit and Albenwere employed in Charleston prior to becoming members of Uncle Sam’s army and Nathan was working in Jeffersonville, Indiana, before enlisting in the marines.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Apr 11, 1943
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