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e IX I sI.n1..«♦NEW HAVEN SOLDIER RECOVERSJap Bullet Pierces His HearthI-'S . I-nr-1st!IS')r.NEW HAVEN—A few ounces of lead in the shape of a 25 calibre Jap bullet have apparently accomplished the return home of George Marquis, of New Haven: a homecoming whichthe tearful pleadings, legal affidavits and signed petitions of his widowed mother had failed to bring about.With three sons in the armed forces overseas and a fourth lt;00 in poor health left to help her with their 100-acre farm. Mrs. Mary Radich last summer directed strong appeals to the War Department for the release of George, a technician fifth class, from the armed forces.Her prayers unanswered, the 30-year-old soldier was sent to the Pacific area.Today George if least on the road after miraculously wound which fatal. In thePhilippines a Jap sniper Marquis through the back bullet lodged in the left tricle of his heart.With every breath the GI* 1 1Ih 1' 1JJ4L_home — at to home — surviving a invariably proves invasion of theGEORGE MAKMilSshot the bullet threatened to push The through the pericardiac wall ven- protecting the heart.Evacuation of such a casualty took hv air was abandoned as too dangerous by army surgeons. To avoid disturbance, he was carefully taken aboard a hospital ship and later sent by train to T Fitzsimons General Hospital. ; Denver. Colo.Skilled surgeons took over after the swift journey around more than half of the world, and f today Marquis is recovering satisfactorily. As he lies on his hospital bed dreaming of the happy return to his mothers farm on the Crooked road, northwest of Meade, George toys with the Jap lug that almost ended his life.APPEALS UNANSWEREDThe tough GI, assigned to the 96th Division in the Pacific, Set HEART—Page 2%
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Monitor Leader
Mount Clemens, Michigan, US
Fri, Jan 19, 1945
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