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LOCAL FLIERIt;it:IS “MISSING!°IN WAR ACTIONc.tlSecond Lt. Fred R. Troxell, of the 't: U. S. Air Corps, has been reported 1 c as missing in action according to a ^ telegram received from the War De- o partmenfc last Friday morning by his \ parents. Prof. and Mrs. Fred G. * Troxell, Gettysburg.1;The message stated that Lt.1 ^Troxeil has been missing in actionain Italy since February 6. ;The last letter received by the g lad's parents was dated January' 261 | in which he stated he was “having ^ , the time of my life.”l t vi Lt. Troxell was graduated from. sj Gettysburg high school in 1936 and j a j attended Thiel college, Greenville J j-i He enlisted in the Air Corps in 1941. \| During his training as a pilot of a ! * pursuit plane he was stationed at j j Keesler Field, Mississippi; Scott j j Field, Illinois; Eagle Pass. Texas, j 3 and last August was graduated from Hillsborough Field, Tampa, Florida.Following his graduation at Hillsborough he spent a brief leave at his home, his only leave during hts j c period in service. ; *A brother. Pfc. Robert Troxell, is j now stationed at. Cherry Point, , North Carolina. !.
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Gettysburg Star and Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Mar 11, 1944
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