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rmDon GarrisonHome from; Prison Camps cgt. Donald Garrisont. Donald B. Garrison, first)i r of war from Eldorado toa i lt;*.f by either the Germansii unese is enroute home, it\ t'vcaled vesterda\ in a tele-ft.*;i * his mother Mrs Laura M.i on, from thlt; War Depart-\f .lt;cording to ttie Eldoradoh iv Journal.telegram read in part as fol lt;i ‘Your son is enroute from, t'c,, Sweden, to the United;• on board the Gripsholm. The( will proceed to New Yorki sort in the United Kingdomexpected to reach Newrh (bout September 25.(iarrison received her son’s ]t and personal effects from !t nd last Saturday.Garrison was reported miss-n ’i action with the l! S. Airhi a ini- ion over enemy ter ! last October 10, and it wastitiI March 17 of this year that ate became known On that his mother received a mes • |rout the War Department inning her that it had been learn-through the International Red oss that Donald was a prisonerwar m GermanA short time later Mrs Garrison ceived a letter Irom her son stat-tg that he had his right leg ampu-it(*(l above the knee in the prison iital. Another letter, dated Donber 28, said he \\ as able to walkmod again, and had recoveredm his wounds.
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Harrisburg Daily Register
Harrisburg, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 13, 1944
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