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Sailor gives sparse details after salvage in a land lane
Seaman Brown, son of Mr and Mrs Francis P Riley of 159 N Joliet St, Joliet, served in the Asiatic Pacific theater. He attended Joliet Township High, worked at Elwood Ordnance Plant, enlisted in March, trained at Farragut, met Mrs Roosevelt in the Pacific, and is set to return to his base Saturday.
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