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Quietly. America’s No. 1 Old Soldier Follows War From Hospitaltty AI.KNANl)i:il 1C. OKOitGKWnsldngloti, Sept. 12 —ol'i—A-ir:i*rk'a’s No. I old soldier will fij.ruil his K ii 11 Mrlhduy nextWednesday waichhig Uu* progressof An.P3lc.i s young soldlns. Up i ells fi lends I hey again have proved lo 1a- i he Avotld's finestlighting men.Gen, Join J. Polishing Is 'confined m ^unnoix** in his iwu-room apartment ni the jinny's Walter Heed Hospital here. His llio■»|;Ills. howcior. me ,'t,000 miles nwr.y—'‘over there” where his son unil sens of I he boys he led to victoiy In 19IS arc lainbnstlng the Uocbe.A pail from receiving gifts and congratulatory notes from hundreds of fi lends and admirers. it3L- Ijintcin3’ Mcl.’.uUile of the com-innnde: of the ALII*’ will be i.bout tlu* same as that of any other day—jfailing the war news. j:er-ions of resL in lx.'d and an easy chair, ?iml probably brief chnls with a few oi iits old cronies.Must cherished of his limited uptlvUk.vv are reading letters from his son. Wiiitpii. a captain with rlv ui my engineers in France,mi.I nit un ifllli lliu iImIIvQuartersldtM.A?, pejiprtd of I he m nil PS. the rtuncr ARP comnlander is Hie nut Urn's highest ranking inilUavy man. It is an honorary due which has I*ceil conferred on only four Other American ? oldie is — Washington. Gram, .Sherman and Slid rid mi. . W1 .General Peishlnr’s health »considered vi'umrlmblc In view oi ip Illness sis years agi. Foi several days ilien hn wn.s In an oxygen lent un the verge of death fi oin :» heart and Kidney condition. ills battle for lire ainuzed doctors who Had despaired ofhis recovering.The Pei shin? figiur. hm: the lnsl W01P in military crectncss, Is a bit stooped now and noticeably fragile. His eyes, however, arc bright. Pis voice is firm and clear, nud there Is still a soldierly sei to his shouklcis.Uiack .1 nekPeishlng liasyivcn up nnv plans for malting un.niher visit to the grrt.es of his IBIS Yanks lu France, bill he'rt confident lie will see complete triumph of their sms in the Pacific os %vrU as itt LiUiopP.
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Florence Morning News
Florence, South Carolina, US
Wed, Sep 13, 1944
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