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Lrtter Tflli HowShip \fc Sunk off JavaTh# office of the Win* da Veteran Commission represented In Al* ton by II. T. WnnHlng, today began a search for government Insurance record* believed to ap-ply to Georg* March 11 reran. QM !/«, reported dead by Navy Secretary James Forestal in a letter to Heeren'a father, George J. Ileeren, 3150 Edward*The tetter, dated Iec 3, added detail* to a report that I|eercn »a ©ffklally lUt#d as missing in action aa of March 1. 1M2, when the USS Asheville «ai sunk. The letter stated:“According to information which ha* now been received, on Feb. 28, 1M2, a strong enemy force operating in two gtoupe about 150 miles south and e*«,t of TJltatJap Java, were repeated hend»d toward the northwest. On March 1. 11*42, all Allied surface vr elsoperating in the vicinity of Java wefe ordered to proceed to E*-mouth Cull, Australia. In c«n* plianre with this order, the Asheville left TJilat jap at 3 4ft p. m on that dateA survivor of the Asheville who later died as a prisoner of war at Makasar. Celebes Island. East Lmftev, Informed naval personnel who were liberated from that ramp. tha» th# A*h#vtUe was Mink approximately 3d© rotles south of Java by fire from enemy surface vessels. While many of the crew were killed In the action. some of the other personnel managed to abandon ship After the ship sank, three Japanese destroyer* came aktftide. only due of which threw out a rescue line The above-mrn’if fn d crew member was the only survivor taken aboard ship and the remainder of the crew were h ft in the water To data, no further information has been received concerning the Asbev tile or any other member of th*»ntAlbutw*hlt;to!Ahfllt;122.tinskihath*Jul1ma*ttNo28railApianC fou feci him ,1,. tho Mi* mg paw C het|WMfirst266 26.1 ieettual m u that slipf the past It in at the the ] June avail year sprin Tb high* of th whirlilvaf
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Mon, Dec 31, 1945
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