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r -William Cassada Loses Arm After Strafing AssaultPfe. William E. Cassada, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cassada of 617 Worsham Street, suffered multiple injuries on April 9 in. Germany when he was hit in the left arm and leg during an enemy strafing attack. This information was received recently by his parents from an Army hospital attendant overseas. The letter said the artilleryman had suffered wounds in the arm sufficient to require its amputation, but theworst is over and aside now.’*Pfe. Cassada. in dictating the loiter to the write*, said, I am suffering little discomfort now and then, but I’m feeling pretty good and will have to stay in bed until ; it heals. I will write you a letter i myself it? a few days.i The letter received yesterday : was followed by a telegram today' ; from the War Department in which it stated that Pfe. Cassada had : been slightly wounded in action and further details wouid follow, The 23-ycar-old field artilleryman entered the service in November of 1942 and has been overseas since last September, j lie attended school at Woodrmy | Wilson High and before his induc-i tion was employed at the Dan Hiv* er Mill.
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Tue, Apr 24, 1945
Page 7
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