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ROBERT BAER, HAlc when the Japanese troop ship, on which he was being transferred from a pris-. on camp in the Philippines to the Jap mainland, was torpedoed .and sunk off the coast of China. No word had been received from him in eight months, and the; last message received was dated sometime in May, 1944,Enlisting in the Navy in October, 1940, Baer received training at Great Lakes, San Diego, and Mare Island, Calif. He was sent to Cavite, Philippines, where he was stationed at the hospital base in August, 1941. He would have been 23 years old this past May 8.Survivors include the mother, the father, John Baer of Ft. Wayne; two brothers, Harry of Delphi and Raymond, hospital technician, stationed at the naval hospital, Bethesda, Md,UL UIIV lt;1 lil J * fc *RobertDead Long Jap OverseasAfter long weeks full of hope, the official Navy Department message of the death of Robert Baer, hospital apprentice, fir t class, came Saturday to his mother, Lucy Baer, Delphi.The youth had been a prisoner of war of the Japanese since the fall jof Manila in December, 1941.From the facts sent his mother, it is probable that Baer met his death
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Delphi Citizen
Delphi, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1945
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