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Lt.'Corn'dr. Robert MarvinIs Flown to Hospital in U. S.Word that Li. Com dr. Robert Marvin, 1JSNR, soil of Ml'S. William E. Marvin, 152 Middle street, is recuperating from wounds received In France during a skirmish with Nazi troops on Aug. 2 in the United Stares Veterans hospital at 5u Albans. N. YM was received' by his mother yesterday.Lieutenant Commander Marvin, a former mayor of Portsmouth, telephoned ;iis mother from the New York hospital informing her that he arrived in this country earlier in the week. He also told his mother that he had been flown across from Scotland and landed at La-Guardia held alter a 15-hour trip. Coming down the coast from Newfoundland, the wounded man said he flew over Portsmouth where, until last December, he had been stationed on special. duty.The Portsmouth naval officer was with a naval shore party under the command oC Capt. NOrman S.' Ives. USN. of Portsmouth, who was killed during the skirmish. The party was enroutc from Cherbourgto St. Malo to inspect damage to the port there when beset by the Nazis in an ambush. The Germans Kept. Captain Ives’ party under a cross fire of rifles and machineguns for more than three hours before aid came. Lieutenant Commander Marvin was shot through the shoulder and throat and his left elbow was shattered by Nazi bul-! lets.It is possible that the .wounded i man may be transferred to the i Portsmouth naval hospital for fur-| tber treatment after he leaves the I United States Veterans hospital.GardenVandalsWarnedVictory garden vandals today were warned again against depre-
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Sat, Sep 02, 1944
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