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REBURIAL SERVICEFOR EDGAR 0. LINKEIMPRESSIVE RITE1*Bellville Navy ManHonored Posthumouslywlt;For Unusual Bravery**1t1r1.nnsIVsagairexce]copywillgall)Thcatio to le in beweelwealthevoua febe aly ofthewiththenshinlt;shoveitcan ; In oi clott our then out 1 only bing as dmoberalonewavhunivens!hanj on tsomitheiiEDGAR O. LINKEA most comforting and con soling experience, was the manner in which Mrs. E. J. Linke described reburial services for her son. Seaman 2-c Edgar O. Linke. The rites were held in San Antonio, at Fort Sam Hous ton. on April 20 Linke's body was one of 3.257 returned from Saipan and Honolulu aboard the US army transport, Walter W Schwenk. which landed in San s eeAWI IfFrancisco recently., , u a assoSeaman Linke, serving aboard h the USS Highlands, took part in assault landing operations at Iwo Jima in April of 1945. He was killed in this action on April 19, while engaged, day and ^ night, in landing supplies, comlsimj munications, and in the evacua-|tK *tion of casualties.Included in the commenda-,won but Eng' on t“With coolness and courage, under conditions of gravest per sonal danger from constant ene-■ mv fire, and with complete dis regard of his own safety. Linke contributed in an outstanding t manner to the successful fulfill . ment of their mission as a team, j Although dangerously exposed, and handicapped with great dif-? ficulties, his conduct was instrumental in assuring the suecess of the operation and the saving of many lives through prompt and courageous evacua tion of casualties.”theof htion issued by hi^ officer, Commander L. C. Squire, is the fol lowing paragraph:HeRetAsHizednou:reelholeNo.to tLinke wras awarded the Amer- pr^rican Area Campaign medal, the c APA campaign medal with one star, the World War II Victory medal, and the Purple Heart.Mrs. Linke said that she believed that he is entitled to the Con-recc com that !of cgressional medal, and hopes for ^ ^ favorable word from the wardepartment in this connection.Attending the rites from here were Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Linke, the young man’s parents of Nel sonville, his brother, Monroe, his sister and brother-in-law,Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Koehn. and another sister, Lucille Linke. A naval guard of honor escorted the body from San Francisco, six army men served as pallbearers, and a Lutheran t navy chaplain officiated. Completing the participants in the rites were the six man military salute term, the bugler, and thesuperintendent of the Fort Sam Houston national cemetery.graipletAusoptiof iourroaipei'Buc as j in r cou : hav pos i hav forlt;moA
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Bellville Times
Bellville, Texas, US
Thu, Apr 29, 1948
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