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Birthday salute to Pvt Clarence De Fries in New Guinea
Pvt Clarence De Fries stationed in New Guinea celebrates his thirty fourth birthday on Tuesday. Inducted July 1943 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas he received basic training in New Orleans and went overseas in April. His wife Dorothy Westerveld lives in Channahon. Prior to induction he worked at the Kankakee Ordnance Works.
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Clarence de Fries
New Guinea
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
New Orleans
Dorothy Westerveld
Channahon
Pvt
de Fries
Kankakee