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Quietly, America * Old Soldier Folic From Hospital lt;My AI.KXANIMJK It. OKOKGK 1Washington, 12 — oV—A-jrii-r lea’s No. 1 old salt Her will r; 11 r- ■ j c i hLs Blih birthday next Wednesday wait-hlug l Ik* progress of a n.ca IceI ‘s young soldleis. He irlls fi lends l hey again ba vi* proved lo W the Avotld's finest lighting men.GCJI, JOl il J. Pcl.Shltl# Is confined to lt;pm news'* in his iwu-rooni ii]iaiuneut at the army's Walter Heed Hospital here. His tl io a i; Ids. however, me vs.OOO miles awr.y—’over there where his son unil sous of die boys he led to victoiy in 19IS are IsunbnstliiK the JJoche.Apart from receiving gifts and congratulatory notes from bun-drrris of friends and admirers, i he bints cloy scL.ulule of the commander of the ALF will be iihout Mu* siirue as that of any other (lay—icmlltig tin? war news, per-iotiK of rest in bed and an easy nnd probably brief dints with i\ few ot liis old cronies.Must cherished nf his limited iietlvltk'.s arr reading letters from Ills son, Wat t ell. a captain with »5v* in my ru# liners in France, and ka'iping ii| with the dally tide if bauIn mi. the Western I’tunl. Eli* closely follows war dlspatrlu*s and maps in uiomtiiK and hfieiauon newspapers, frequently rornmenis on 'the innKni-Ilceat jot/1 that United States Jmcrs me dnilik on nil fronts.Gen. George C.- Marshall, army chief of staff, goes out to the hospital In see his Worid War chler about twice a month and Bices lum a rhl-Ui on the pio-grcs-a of the ivm. Cciuna] Per-.ding. who once described Mai -Aball as ‘the rincst officer of World war J is elated nt his formin' ride's masterly handling of ihe many in Wen id war II.General Pershing's principal war Interest, next to the success of Allied arms, has been tbj lib-
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Florence Morning News
Florence, South Carolina, US
Wed, Sep 13, 1944
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