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a* i id |es j in |ut |St 1background are Navy “Hellcats'* tReceive No ffordn-etKXrsiyFrom John EberBataan PrisoneriCOWla;ti- Mr. and Mrs Jacob Fiber of Rt. ,yilH just east of the city, have re- Ju'ceived no word from theirie son, John, since the Japanese drcaptured Bataan in the decisive j P°batth of the Philippines. The ''t‘' Kicth i, co^-osprjnjinur w4h a,^‘M Port lt;tinton woman, whose son■if ! * *u has written her a card from iisieirPrison Camp So. 1 at Bataan, It is not generally known that 32Port Clinton men were members of the 132nd tank outfithitca thi! ofr19:ercorMe■fought under General MacArthur. Somewhat encouraging to America*: parents ol these boys is a report to the effect that only five of this tank unit and another outfit t are officially reported dead. Fiber ^u, ente red th** service in Bataan as i communications man. He became me so efficient in radio work, that he : ^was transferred to a base location ^KjJ and was promoted to a rank that ^,c r would correspond to sergeant in por r the infantry. A very good picture f of the sergeant has b?en posted at (|a: p the city library on boards for the displaying of pictures of local men cjamg?3 in service. MaMrs Fiber has written t hemer' Japanese Red Cross for informa- thi r’ tion regarding her son, but has Air received no answer, which will not pin be surprising* to those who realize the15 the utter depravity of the Japan- Crcese. !C
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Norwalk Reflector Herald

Norwalk, Ohio, US

Sat, Jan 29, 1944

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