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Wife of Edward Earl Ledbetter Experienced Bombing of Lon don—Was Straffed by German Planes. ‘Mrs. Edward Earl Ledbetter, British war bride, arrived in Hayti last Friday morning to join her husband here after leaving Eng land February 27 and experienc ing a terrifying storm in the At lanticc. During the crossing on a luxury liner, the storm made many of the 700 war brides coming to America to join their husbands severely ill with sea-sickness. The attractive Mrs. Ledbetter is the former Alice Florence Ward, a daughter of a bank messenger, of London, Eng. She survived the bombings, buzz-bombs and rockets showered on London and was straffed by German planes but was not wounded. Her family home in London was one of three or four left standing after the exploded so near that the plaster attacks. So, one attack a bomb ceiling dropped into her bed. ‘Dur ing the war she served in the English Auxiliary Territorial Ser vice. Her first impression of America was its ‘bigness.’ She was amazed at the supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and other foods and on arriving ate the first banana she had seen in seven years. Her husband, an ex-sergeant in the infantry, is the son of Earl Ledbetter, Woodlawn Cemetery caretaker. He spent 34 months overseas in Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium and England. He took part in the invasions of North Africa and Normandy. He earned six battle stars and the Purple Heart. In the engagement in which he was wounded by mortar fragments, five of his companions were killed and he was the only one left. He met Miss Ward the first time he was in England in 1943 and they were married May 23, 1945. He left England July 17, flying to the States and receiving his honorable discharge from the Army July 25. Before the war he was a farmer here but on re turning from the service set up his own taxi business.
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Hayti Missouri Herald
Hayti, Missouri, US
Fri, Mar 29, 1946
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