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Ienlisting in the army in rebruary | 1941. He was stationed on Cor-regidor with the 60th Coast Ar-i tillery when the Japs overran the island. A soldier released from a Japanese prison camp during the Philippine liberation, listed Blaylock as one of eight men kept on Corregidor to operate a power plant after the other prisoners had been moved to prison camps.Mrs. Blaylock heard from her son a few times after he was taken prisoner. The last message was received May 23, 1945 dated a year earlier at Philippine Military^ Prison Camp No. 7. Mrs. Blaylock says the message was typed, but contained his sig-! nature and that he said his health was good and he had received the package she sent him.Blaylock attended school at the [ Aransas Pass High School and wras an outstanding football player. He is survived by his mother, a sister, Mrs. E. W. Hale; four brothers, Dorace and Lee Blaylock, all of Ingleside; Chole of this city and Dorman of Olney.Lt. Dudley IvesMr. and Mrs. Amos Ives, par-1 ents, and Mrs. Dudley Ives, of Ingleside, wife of Lt. Dudley Ives,I received word on March 10, 1946, declaring Lieut. Ives officially dead after being reported missing J since April 16, 1944. |Lieut. Ives enlisted for service in March and wras was called October 17, 1942. He receivedbasic training at San Antonio and San Angelo and received his wings and comission as second lieutenant at Ellington Field in Houston on July 29, 1943, andwent overseas in December, 1943.LIEUT. DUDLEY IVES#X. |• “ •Im■my.yS-SGT. DEAN BLAYLOCKHe was reported missing in action April 16th, 1944 over New Guinea.He graduated from AransasPass High School in 1937. Lieut.. Ives is survived by his wife and son David, of Ingleside; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ives of this city; two brothers, Roy and Earl of this city, and one sister, Mrs. Dolly Hintzman of San Antonio.With these two reports Aransas Pass has 29 men killed during World War II, three died while in service, and one man still is reported missing.
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Aransas Pass Progress
Aransas Pass, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 28, 1946
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