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and Junior Colley, hr v as attending Arizona State Teachers College at Ternpe when he enlistedIn * e army, His parents, Mr* andMrs. J. A. Sisson, reside at 1119 West Moreland street. PARATROOPERCorp. Jack \Y. Harrison, uhorhM in a German prison camp June 25 as a result of wounds ^uftered in the invasion of France, has be^n mentioned by a war correspondent in a British newspaper, his wife, Mrs. Jack \V\ Harrison, box 1054, Phoenix, has learned.Ward Smith, the correspondent with the American forces, was flying in the lead ship of the American Ninth Troop-Carrier Command with some 20 paratroopers, among them Corporal Harrison.“Coro. Jack Harrison ol Phoenix, Ariz., leaned over and thrust a racket of cigarettes in my hand.”fcmith related in h;s stoiv. “Youmi£ht need them on th* way hack/* he said“I said. ‘What about you?* Hp just shrugged. Then he lin^d up with tho others.“Th^ jump door opened lettingin a dull rod glare from th* fir^s below. Thr time had come. We were over the drop zone/’Corporal Harrison, wounded on D Day, was attached to the 506th Parachute Infantry.Acini. 26 eSIN.—MON.\nn Sothern—Jame* C rale In“Swing Shift Maisie”!MI MAJOR ATTRACTION fi*n* Autry—SmlU*y RiirnMt* in
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Phoenix Arizona Republic
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Sun, Aug 20, 1944
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