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Marquis Back in New HavenRecovering From t: Jap Heart WoundMEW HAVEN—George Mar-r Cjiiis, fifth class technician lt;tf Uncle Sam's jungle fighting forces in the Pacific, is now j strolling around his mother’s New Haven farm, or visiting old r friends in tho village, answering , inquiries nr to how it feels to have a Japanese bullet jammed I against one’s heart.Marquis, now on 30-day con-* valoscent leave, is lean, but* healthy looking, after his unique ordeal which won nationwide‘ public ty w hen military surgeons 1 removed the .25 caliber Jap bul-* let. rHis wound was received in the j ^ invasion of the Philippines, when | i a Jap sniper, infiltrating Yank lines, shot Marquis in the back.1 i Unable to be handled like or-1 dinary casualties, because abrupt ' movement or upset would have proved fatal. Marquis was rushed by hospital ship and plane to this country where the successful operation was performed.Among the first visits Marquis made, after spending a few days with his mother, Mrs. Mary f Kadich on her 100-acre farm,- was to Mount Clemens. There he s called on Macy E. Watkins, fam-ily attorney, who last year hand-- led tin* mother's appeal to the 5 government for George's returnto the* farm, because she had ' three sons in the armed forces ! and no able help for food pro-* duction.
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Monitor Leader
Mount Clemens, Michigan, US
Tue, Feb 27, 1945
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