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CPL. NAT L. MANN DIESCOLORADO CITY, NOV. 21— CSpl) —The youngest of four brothers In military service, Cpl. Nat L. Mann, 21, was killed Nov. 7 in the Mediterranean area, a War departmentmessage today informed his mother, Mrs. Lena Mann of Colorado City.Corporal Mann, 1941 graduate of Colorado City high school, began his Army air corps training at Sheppard Field in March. 1943. Previously, he had worked in an aircraft factory in California and at Consolidated in Fort Worth. From Sheppard Field he was sent to gunnery school at Fort Myers, Florida, where he was awarded his gunnery-aerial engineer wings in March of this year.After a final period of training at Shreveport, La., he joined his overseas bomber crew in Georgia and left for overseas duty the last week in October.His brother, Sgt. Billie S, Mann, is in front lines of Italy with the Medical corps of the army. Another brother. Pvt. Tom Clay Mann, is training with the army engineers atCPL. NAT L. MANNAlexandria, La., while the third brother. Seaman 2-C Virgil A. Mann is stationed in New Orleans, La.. with the Coast Guard. They arc the sons of the late Charles Mann, Sr.. pioneer Mitchell county rancher.
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Wed, Nov 22, 1944
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