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After a Merchant MarineExperience for 3 YearsTWO OTHERS DEFERREDHerbert M. Lewis, well-known former Doylestown High Schoolathlete and om* of the outstanding football players ou the Doylestown VFW football team, will leave for Fort Meade on Thursday to begin bis c areer In the Army.Lewis, who served more than three years In the Merchant Marine during World War II and visited ports all over the world, including the combat areas of the Pac ific and Atlantic oceans and Egypt and Africa, expects to he gone about 21 or 22 monthsThe young athlete, who has beenI employed in a responsible position! in a lt;ounty Seat industry since hisI return to civilian life, was given one deferment last Fall.Other Merchant Marine ulurnni, including Kenton E. Meiuinger andClifford Fruter, also had to sweatout whether they would wind up asu doggie.”I to t it Melninger, who served as an officer, and Frater. have been defered because of physical disabilit ies,f’nfortunately, or maybe fortunately, 1 urn disgustingly healthy. said Lewis yesterday as he was asked when he would don his uniform.The son of a World War I vet eran. Walter It. Lewis, the young Merchant Marine “veteran,” who saw more combat and action than countless stateside doggies.” has abrother, Walter R. Lewis, Jr. who served with the Army Air Forces.Lewis was employed as a foreman with the MacEwan Smith.Inc.. here.
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Doylestown Daily Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jan 24, 1949
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