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Much Wounded GI Comes HomeWounded five times tad twin reported missing in action, targt* Jchn Torres, SO North Grant street, San Mateo, is due home la Sin Mateo tonight for a welt earned rest from Korean fighting. He la at Camp Sioneman today awaiting issuance of furlough orders. Ser-soot Torres was among the 1442 soldiers aboard the USNS Lieut. Raymond Beaudoin, which arrived ai San Francisco yesterday.Sergeant Torres was met at the transport dock yesterday by U» mother, Mrs. Ezekiel Ortiz, and his sister, Genevieve, and they at din met the sergeant at Camp Sloneman, where a iteak dinner awaited the returning soldiers afid their families.Wouldn't Discuss War Mrs. Ortr?. said loday that h«r son was reluctant to discuss hit wounds, which were in the leg^ arms and shoulders. Mrs. Ortiz wae aware lb it her son had been wounded twice, but it was not un* til yesterday that she learned that he hid ben wounded three other times and had succeeded in withholding the information from her.On two occasions he was officially reported missing in action. One was for eight days and the other was for six nights. On both occasions Torres succeeded in rejoining his military outfitHeme ShortlyTorres, a graduate of Sequoia High school, after service in World War II in the afmy in 1945 and 1946, re-enliUed in 1950. The first of his list of wounded in action occurred In September, 1950, In Ihe succeeding months Mrs. Ortiz Tcccived numerous telegrams about h«r son being wounded and missing In action, returned to action and [ i wounded.t1 All of the worry Is over today for Torres will be home in a few hours.Mrs. Ortiz has another son, Pete Torres, 21, a sergeant in the air force. He is now in Texas.o-
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Wed, May 16, 1951
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