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JOSEPH STEFL.Joseph. atolU 1m doad In •‘ Fro nee. Ho is the* first Codm* Rapid* boy In the Czechoslovak army that has mndo the supremo sacrifice. The announcement of hifl death wtia received by his brother, Frank Stefl of thU city, from Frank KUmea In . n. letter and It la thought that bis death, December 26, cnmo ns it result uf shell shock. .Ho in company of Frank Klimca, John JUuea and Joseph Merta were -tlio 11 rat four voluntonr from this city (o go with the Czechoslovak army. They enlisted December JO, 1017. and left here In January for Stamford, Conn., where . they’ i*omained n. short time before embarking: forFranco. They were . all members of the Twenty-second roffl-mcnt. Morta, whose, homo was* near Ainana, was killed in action In Octohor, 1 f 18. Burea was badly goaded but has recovered.* Joseph ftlafl wa# borr. February U, 1 K9.% in Bohemia and can.e to this city about fiveyears ago. He wns a member of the A. C. B. .1., ftokoln and the Bohemian National Alliance.
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The Evening Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Sat, Feb 01, 1919
Page 2
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