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Former G. I. Begins VisitingBuddies With Mankato StopsFargo, N. D. —(P~ Don Beaton hopes to renow 'acquaintance with U is one former GJ. who Is making1 James Witt, an employe of thee, good that wartime promise to bud--Veterans' Administration at Little h dies—“I’ll be seeing you. |Rock, Ark. Then to Dallas, Texas 7With his wife, the Fargo soldier Tor a handshake with James Slow-;I-who lost his left leg in action in France Is embarking on a 3,500-mile vacation. Along the holidayers. also a member of the VA. staff. P Beaton said the Witt and Flow- P ers visits will surely provide lots of t«trail he plans to visit nine other shop talk because Beaton himself Tmen who got their discharges from;is a V.A. contact man here. His jt the amputee ward of the McCloskey chief Job is advising veterans about ff Army General hospital at Temple,1 prosthetic appliances, including^ Texas. : hearing aids as well as artificialThe Beatons are making their;limbs and eyes, first stop at Mankato, Minn., to vis-’ Just west of Dallas, at Irving, it Bruce Mattson, whose loss of a[Texas, Frank Siiger is writing news-leg doesn't hamper his handling of paper and magazine articles. Slig-a rural mall route. |Cr used to be a football player.Then it will be on to see Tom. “But he could hardly get back on-i ^ Steensland at Austin, where he's!to the gridiron after losing both doing advertising work for a radio his legs in France, explained Pomstation. Steensland’s the patient, reports Beaton, who fell in love withTwo move Texans are on his per-sonal calling list, both employed by £v\and married the nurse from the!that state’s highway department.i.amputee club wrard — at 119-A at McCloskey.Next on the route will be Chicago. where the Beatons expect to meet Bob Mason of Detroit, called “the capitalist by his buddies because he has made a success of a Michigan millinery store chain. Overland, Mo., a St. Louis suburb,They are Tom Prather of Austin, an accountant, and Carl Sceinle, engineer stationed at San Antonio.;^ And that should Just about eat upj*“ their 13 vacation days, the Beatons I guessed. They will return to Fargo by way of Tulsa and Omaha.Yes, my buddies are doing all right, Dun said with a smile. “All:calls lor a reunion with George,are handicapped but despite that’e Scott, now making parts for the they're all gainfully employed. And|bbesides, they’re a swell bunch of CAir Force at a research plant.Some 350 miles southwest, Don j guys.
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Winona Republican Herald
Winona, Minnesota, US
Sat, Feb 19, 1949
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