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By NEA ServiceMississippiCasualtiesTOLEDO, O.—Mrs. John Dra-bik, Jr., who lives 10 miles Vfcst ofToledo at Holland, wasn’t muchFrom AllFrontsKefe»sed By The Office of War InformationIn all these cases next of kin hare been iiotijied end fume been kept informed dtrecfty by the War Department of any change in flatus.Route3,Navy Dead McGough, Joscpr Nelson, Seaman* lc, UGNR. (Previously reported missing on report of naval casualties for Feb. 15, 1645). Parents Mr* and Mrs. Eunice Moore McGough, Morton.Tarber, James Wesley, Seaman 2c, LJSNR. Parents, Mr- and Mrs. Harry Columbus Tarver, Show.Army Dead—European Regions'Allen, Ernest B., Jr., 1st 0.,-hus-- ^ ^ ^ rsurprised when the wires brought her word that her son, Alexander, 34, was the first soldier over the Rlunc and Lucas County’s second war hero within 24 hours. The oiher is Maj. Gen, John Leonard whose Ninth Armored Division took the Ludonrtorft Bridge, “We're pleased and thankful,she said, 'but not surprised. Alex35 the kind of man who is natural^ a hero,She told• how Alex as a sergeant had rescued 120 men on maneuvers when they became lost in the California brush country, They said he was a butcher boy she said. “He's not, though that’s r, good business, too. He's a farmer and is conning back to our farm, lie worked at the Folger packing plant In Toledo three years ago, so they had an idea he was a butcher. He may have been at that, for ho learns anything and does it well. You have lo on a farm.Alex's father cut in lo say that Alex was really shy. “He’s so shy, ennLFnucd the proud Mrs, Drabik, “that when he came home sn leave he took the chevron's offkJ* -in it T.rt Ihftv wouldMexia A. McDantcl,Summerland.J Mitchell, Chester Q., T5„ son of L, B. Mitchell, Route 2, Grenada.Nash, Henry L., T4, Mrs. Pearl T. Nash, Route 1, Box Z4B, West Canton.Smith, Hallie B., Jr., Pfc., son of Mrs. LiUie Shaw, Route 3, Ripley*Spencer, Vernon C-, 1st Lb, son of Mrs. Dora L. Spencer, 223 Columbus Avc., Jackson,Watson, Sidney J., Jr., Pfc., son of Sidney J. Watson, 530 N. Jackson St., Brookhaven,Armour, Herbert C.« Pvt., son of Mrs, Luva C, Armour, Box 436, Houlka.Childs, Sam B-. Pfc., husband oi Mrs. Ada1 S. Childs, Route 1, Bclzoni.Clay, Claud T., Pfc., husband ol Mrs. Delma J. Clay., Paden.Crenshaw, Thomas L., Pfc., son of Mrs. Trudie H, Crenshaw, 712 S. Church St., Louisville.Dohs. Francis H., Lt. Col-, husband of Mrs. Francis H- Dobs, 301 Clifton Ave., Nalchea.Foreman, Earnest C,. Sgt., husband of Mrs. Bessie M. Foreman, Route 2, Pontotoc.Gernrd, Frank T., Jr., 1st Lt., son of Mrs. Frank T. Gerard, 419 College St., Grenada.r.raharn M«LtQTl E.. Pvt nliho]CroHoermgtherMmcotihartonchi:«riMb:b2c,IresvieiofBo.IJO!CJaitorMl11Edahof
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Greenville Delta Democrat Times
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Mon, Mar 26, 1945
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