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Soldier, Sailor Brothers Meet After 7 VearsclsiC!LReunion of two Upper Alton bro- I in there after seven years of separa-hl tion occasioned by their service in hi different branches of the armed cl forces is making their present di leaves at home an unusually happy one. The brothers are Sgt. Ray- h I niond A. Fields. AAF armorer, and 7• Chief Pharmacist's Mate Leonard ■ R. Fields, USN, the sons of Mr.' ! and Mrs. R. M. Fields, 3519 Gill- R• j ham. iiChief Petty Officer Fields arriv- fi• \ ed home early Thursday on 10-day 5leave while his ship, an escort car- ■ Mrier, is in port. Awaiting his ar- h rival was Sgt. Fields who got home » Aug. 2, for the first time in four 5 years, on 30-day leave granted foi* o lowing his return from Italy.Chief l^eonard Fields has been a longest of the two brothers in ser- I .; vice, having entered the navy sev- v 2 en years and four months ago, but '^ j had a brief leave at home last November. During his long period in the navy he has seen service on I, ships and in stations all over the I s | world except the Far East, and has rated a chief pharmacist's mate since 1934. He and his brother had not seen one another since Leonard enlisted in September of 1938.At time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Chief Fields was stationed at the naval hospital there. He n holds the unit citation awarded by• Admiral Nimitz, and pre-Pearl ;■ Harbor. Asiatic-Pacific, North Af-v rica, and North Atlantic serviceribbons, also the good conduct ribbon.As armorer with a fighter group, Sgt. Raymond Fields served first in North Africa, then in Italy, after being sent overseas In January, 1943, two years and a monlh after! he entered service in December, 1941. He wears the Presidential Unit Citation with an Oak Leaf cluster, the pre-Pearl Harbor, and Africa - European theater ribbon with 10 battle stars.
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Sat, Sep 01, 1945
Page 3
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Hayner P.
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