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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
8
Cpl Morris Cole writes about payroll and money in France, while Cpl Donald Meador describes D-Day landing, inland advance, air battles, and contact with French locals from England to the French coast. Meador notes limited mail, camaraderie, and ongoing risk as his unit advances inland.
Memorial verse recalls Agnes Hines as not dead but away on Aug 20 1948. The poem frames loss with a hopeful tone. Also notes Miss Mable Sue Johnson of Carlyle visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Snyder and Mr and Mrs Lawriece Heinzman shopped in Shattuc Saturday.
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