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Lieut. Guv Brantly [■§Had Received MedalFor Bravery in North African Campaign Lhlt;b(Hwb:hstMrs. Guy O. Brantly of George- \m town and Austin received official s£ word Sunday, while here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Me- [] Cann, that her husband, Lieutenant Guy O. Brantly, of the U. S. ,Aimy Air Force, had been killed in action in the North African campaign on December 12.Mrs. Brantly told the Sun staff | Saturday that she had received a 'c : letter from her husband three weeks ago in which he had stated ^ that he had received a slight arm j ^ j injury.Immediately preceding the no-; tice of his death word had reached here that Lieut. Brantly had i been decorated by Gen. Jimmie i Doolittle, famous for his historicrvit11! raid on Tokio, with the distinguish- j * ed service medal. j ^Early in the African campaign, j ^ word came back from the Advance j American Air Force Base, that j j. Lieut. Brantly was one of the air- |e men that took part in the daring j ? low- level air attack, Nov. 28, which j t was carried out on Sfax, important c Axis port in Eastern Tunisia. This r raid was led by Major David M. ^ Jones, of Winters, Texas, who was j i also a member of General Doolit- |. tie’s Tokio attacking force. Major , Jones’ Sfax raid was participated i (in by a number of other air offi- lt;leers from Texas.I lt;Lieut. Brantly was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy O. Brantly of Hous- j, ton, formerly of Del Rio, where he i attended school and was captain ! I of the football team. He was asenior student of Sou’hwestem University Georgetown, and was a prominent member of the Pirate j j football team, was a four letter1 j man, and received many athletic e awards. He belonged to the Sports j g Club, and various other campus L_ organizations.He received his commission at” j Ellington Field, Houston, on July ” 3, 1942, and was married on that e date to Miss Melody McCann, dau-d ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Mc-j Cann of Georgetown.Lieut. Brantly is survived by his wife, parents, and three sisters, Mrs. Richard Tidwell of Del Rio, jz _____S‘ ' and Misses Isabella and Ruth i I Brantly of Houston. ;
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South Western University Megaphone
Georgetown, Texas, US
Sat, Jan 30, 1943
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