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:h, Ihols jteriv-d-in. iPfc. Frank Schott drowns onLeyteTeachcomp]toighsWord was received Sunday thatAlt.selu-I.ml .nd m-ich3c-mgtolildionlayghtar-ag-en-ac-np-lleyised I onofileyre-sketandthis 3ub-ork.S.A numl lington 1 taken exc and actic and appe educationPfc. Frank Schott, Jr., of Alt.! concerned Prospect, had met death through fUnj^ydrowning at Leyte in the Philip- Several pines February 24. Details of etj ^Frank’s death are not known, but Uheir teaiare expected later. conditionPfc. Schott, son of Mr. and Mrs.! I he b( Frank Schott, Sr., had written 1 the comp home from his new station, often: their am-r'-' .M -stating he had been swimming, .a j inK at a , letter written by him the day he membersdied disclosed that he had a big ^dty. T1■MAilMjH those as:The bthat son ! have betj positionwere me any furtAt theI board in jboard rc j of his (meeting remainand wascfearge.-1r. Slt; night wf classes dropped.merly a the locaily fillii| Mr. Seit lall coaI last thr fine ret teams v Says t paper.Mr.eran ofmwi niijht ahead of him. He had been j unloading ammunition, though Ii what he meant by his words is not j•lip:, j known.j That wasjlday, the day after the wire an-| nouncing his death arrived. Al-‘ j so arriving on that day were an | engraved locket to his mother, .lap] J inonev and a hand-carved Nip Thc knife.'cident ireceived Mon- j hjm totoservice.osedIbert tnke. i fori rose oard.letonRus-trus-mag-andi-retir-:rarv I andtakes Geh-r du-e fo rFrank, who was 22 years old, was well knolt;vn about this territory through his record in bike races, mainly the annual affairllage • Parting and ending at Mt. I’ros-* ' peet. He was a graduate of Arlington Heights high school.j Pfc. Schott entered service in November, l‘.*42. He trained at t Lexington, Kentucky, entering a j signal corps school. He followed ths training at Camp Kohler, California. Camp Carson, Colorado, and then back to California at Camp Davis, P*eale and Fort Ord. This training made him a wire chief in communications.Frank left the States December 18, It* 14, but didn't arrive at his ' destination overseas until 7 weeks later. He was given office work where he had jurisdiction over all records.Interesting feature of Frank’s long trip overseas still remains a ; mystery. He had written home % %about running out of food, spending at least one dav with onlv a candy bar for food.Letters finally arrived from him dated “in the Philippines.” Only jclue to his exact location was the ; wire received Sunday.TreacontinveThe the Uis still ing thgoods “wide rest ir per co: was t wouldnation be robbow-11 icrht18 »lt; Atlitealt;KiglTowns Ameri Mondi the mswho states these John educamade educacan Img1 J!j spicut
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Arlington Heights Herald
Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Fri, Mar 16, 1945
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