Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 June 1945 — Page 4

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- A. Lones, 2700 McClure st., was lib- i a ‘ {erated from a German prison camp |= hy The suspense and hope of two: ; : April 22. = fhaianapolis families whose soldier ; Sgt. Lones is a graduate of Ben EE — A felatives were Japaness ‘prisoners : Davis high school and was an em=(Z = S! eiided today. NE ployee of the Mutual Drug Co. be- = (Cont r. and Mrs. Collin B. Whitehurst SAT A fore he entered the army. He was |S n 1445 N. Delaware st. apt. 102, captured Oct. 29,.1944. 2 discussion ned Tuesday that their son, Col His brother, Warrant Officer Al-| IS taining tc B. Whitehurst Jr., died Oct. fred Lones, is in the Philippines. |= It was 1044, in a Japanese ship sinking. | § i : h x x = The Ru same news came yesterday to! SE 3 3 Pfc; Kenneth O. Drake, son of = sistence t Ralph Herring, 1411 Linden | SEE. ¥9 Clarence O. Drake, 1437 Prospect st.,| z to matter Lt. Ralph Herring, her husband, | § hs has been liberated from a German = of intern was aboard the Jap ship when | SS ~R prison camp. IE ity.” was sunk. p : sila 8. n The Au ~ Col. Whitehurst, who never knew | S IWOUNDED— 2 mention ¢ b thit he had been promoted from| First Lt. Ralph Herring . . Sgt. Barry M. Coleman, son of = discuss 1 r to a full colonel, was cap-| listed as dead after ship sinking. | Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Coleman, 631 = “purposes at Cebu after the fall of the] ol : | Tecumseh st, was wounded by |Z « charter, ppines in May, 1941. a {shrapnel in the arm about the first = The ne — On Prison Ship 1 lof May in the Philippines. He has| IE giving 3 . whose son, Richard, | : received the purple heart. I= a the Or guard next | Eo | Sgt. Coleman, who has been in = Sess dt | [thes Pacific about a year, wasi|= or rela month, was believed to have been) a ? ! on toins of a tured around Bataan or Cor-| aia { wounded when Japs, hidden in = % ry ; | banana trees, opened fire and|= charter. sAfter a long delay the war de- Rn {threw a hand grenade as he was|Z 4 a oT partment has obtained an official Ee BE } 5 Sui paris. lo the front in a = MARIN lt of American prisoners of war | Jeep. = WORD who were lost while being trans-| A graduate of Technical high! s _ ported northward from ° the Phil- | - |school, the sergeant is 23 and/Z SAN FI * ippines on a Japanese ship which! | worked at the Allison iy in’ = Po) oyun sunk Oct. 24, 1944, ; Fo civilian life. s hig ; A di labl f - | Ri CS = ene Aga he ves. S. Sgt. Guy R. Porter, husband of = from the Pvt. Richard Lane Crim , . . died | Mrs. Hazel Porter, 713 S. New Jer- = var Buck sb! sailed from Manila on Oct. 11, ’ = ass, with 1775 prisoners of var| at Midland army airfield, Tex. sey st, has been decorated with the E the Unite ~ mbourd. —_ purple heart for wounds received |= They ar ¢On Oct. 24, 1944, the vessel was Ga : : Sk {20TH 6 In Germany. 5 Br wa & | Son of Mrs. Ellis Spoonmore, 929 |= : 2 8 3 sunk by Submarine action in the 1 High st, he is a radio operator in , Donald ~ South China sea, over 200 miles] ; a tank des r battali All have | from the Chinese coast which was) ah troyer battalion. He was i | the nearest land . employed by the Prest-O-Lite Co. plants anc Ba Fiv Made Escape he Ln before entering the army four years : | we Rav: ; ¢ by 320. ls efore Five of the prisoners escaped in = His brother, Erwin, is with the 4 said, Buck all boat and reached the coast, : navy in the South Pacific. = Monday, t {i was learned: Four others have Sollee 3 . a rv = = You ar n reported as picked up Wy the di i Pfc. John P. Jones, husband of = home and ese and the rest are reported ; Mrs. Sarah F. Jones, 430 Massachu- = § Carry the t, the war department letter sent ; p setts ave, was wounded recently in|Z i co-operatic the families said. ; the Pacific theater. = navy and Absence of detailed information 9 ; 5.4 =n = A : —— to what happened to other indi-| "= a 3 : Pvt. ‘Robert E. Epeards, husband | 5 a ual prisoners and the known cir-| _ Col. Collin B. Whitehurst Jr. (of Mrs. Sarah J. Epeards, 2015 Car- | i tances of the incident lead to| . . . killed in Jap ship sinking. ° Folios ave has ‘been, wounded. in |S pi jon - : ac |= x Snell a SPH ue pry Myrtle Herring of Miami, Fla. His |= bl d the vessel perished,” the let- [500 iS now staying with his grand-| Ensign Gerald Otis Spears, brother |; : : , | mother. De us. es Blenioh, one N. 1d , , : : Mr. and Mrs. Whitehurst and|D¢iaware s een wounded in E™ L. Whitehurst, whose wife, Rose, | _| tie Pacific. He is the husband of |= i son, John Collin, 4, live in San {Mrs. Ralph Herring are all mem = i he Pacific Prison f | Mrs. Zona Lee Spears, Terre Haute. = 8 o, Tex, was aduated fr bers of the Pacific ers of War |= gradu om | tv. bh | His father, Francis Spears, lives = | Poin mary academy ne, POR ME LE ain : : 0! eas~ - % Asked for Assignment urer.of the Bloup. ’ Pvt. William 2 R. Catterton, nephew | z E a second lieutenant, he took| Pvt. Richard Lane Crim, son of | Of Mrs. Dessie on I Deis first post at Ft. Thomas, Ky, the Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Crim, 137 They x iedhido re he later was married in|Shelby st, died Sunday at the Mid- ph terior. Columbus. I= ' : land army airfield, Tex., where he : ' Pv |= » 30-year-old colonel served in|was stationed. An. im STtYien ve Calterton 2 tgomery; Ala. and was on ma-] Military rites were to be held at) "2S [ome in April and went over. [3 vers there before asking for {seas immediately after his furlough. = 3 p. m. today in Elkhart, where his | = in the Philippines in 1840. He His father died while he was on = ! wife, Mary, and daughter, Sandra, | = to get two years "overseas! iiv | furlough. He attended high school = . 5 live. Burial will be in Elkhart. = ce so that he could qualify as lin Columbus and entered the army '= Pvt, Crim, who was 37, entered | 0 11, 1944 = instructor at West Point. the army in April, 1942, and had| °°" Ct . » |= y 8 Wile he Sony Wie was born|peen .a ground mechgnic in the| | STATE— Eg n oy 8, l6t% tog the United Staite army alr fowses. Ng Was gn em The names of the following Indi- s y, 1941. ployee of the Bendix Corp. in Elk- Be = Lt. Herring Wounded hart in civilian life. | aii Serviceman ng on days E Et. Herring, who was 40, had been| Besides his parents, wife and | ° Cia vasuR oop s inrthe army 25 years and went to daughter, he is survived by a bro-| seaman 1-c Wiliam Preston Comer |Z Philippines “in 1940 with his | ther, C. €. Crim of Evansville. | Grown Pony; Seaman 1-¢ Charles Edward = e and son. The Rev. Mr. Crim is pastor of "" ''™ "NAVY WOUNDED - = 3 February, 1942, he was seri- (the First Wesleyan Methodist Marine 1st. Lt. Earl Morton Dowd Jr. |= y v 3 ; ously wounded. With the notifica- (church and formerly held a | He fl Rs rua z In JUNIORS ws ; % = ' D No Been dacking. 1 ti of this injury, Mrs. Herring | \torate in EEFg. Robinson, Aurora; Seaman 1-c Kenneth |= y , 8 bh . POL 3 resses vou've been loo An or .al%o learned that her husband had | y % Sire oasis Bain Steen Crothessrle = MISSES and 3 oa ; a a” . y g advanced from master ser- SAFE— Marine Cpl. Donsia F Wagner, Misha 2 y SH sv? PP in all wanted summer colors and styles t to first lieutenant. An infanfry, S. Sgt. 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