Hide Article Text (OCR)
E)INDIAN BELIEVEDI1DEAD IN LATE WARLOCATED IN JAPANBiSTIGLER, Okla.,—Listed as dead by the war department and withhis relatives firmly convinced that lie was among those who had made the supreme sacrifice, Leo Perry, a full-blood Choctaw of this county has turned up alive and wel in far off Japan.11e1rfI.fMHis mother is in receipt of a letter from him stating he will turn home this summer. Perry writes that about the time he wasreported missing by the war re-partment in October 1918, he was capured by the Germans, togetherwth a number of Japanese soldiers. They were held prisioners until after te war when they were sentto Japan.Perry’s military career has been\edaai-ys.11-r-oone of thrills. SickneSs prevented him from sailing early during the war and his regiment left him behind. Some months later in being transported across to France his transport became wrecked and he was thrown overboard. He wasrescued and was sent back to New York. When he was sent to the front in October of 1918, he disappeared in action and the war department advised his mother he had been killed. That was the last heard of him until his letter from Japan. His mother had beendrawing*his insurance allotment formany months.
Newspaper Details
Ada Evening News
Ada, Oklahoma, US
Tue, Jul 13, 1920
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Elizabeth B.
USA 29 Apr 2020
Other Publications Near Ada, Oklahoma
Ada Star
Ada Sunday News
Ada Weekly Democrat
Ada Evening News
Ada Ada News
