Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....COLLINS, PFC E.P March 30, 1945
WWII U.S. ARMY 36TH ARMORED INFANTRY 1ST ARMY
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 July 5, 2011, 1:41 pm

PFC E.P, COLINS KILED IN ACTION
MRS L.F. WOODWARD, OF THIS CITYHAS JUST RECEIVED A CONFIRMING LETTER FROM THE WAR
DEPT. STATING THAT HER SON, PFC. EARL COLLINS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN GERMANY,
MARCH 30TH. HE WAS 24 YEARS OLD.
  PFC COLLINS SERVED WITH THE ARMED FORCES TWO YEARS AND WAS OVERSEAS DURING THE
PAST NINE MONTHS. WITH THE 36TH ARMORED INFANTRY OF THE FIRST ARMY, HE PARTICIPATED
IN THE DECEMBER GERMA, BREAKTHROUGH. HIS MOTHER HAS RECEIVED LETTERS FROM HER SON
WRITTEN SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH, IN WHICH HE STATED THAT HE WAS WELL. SHE HAS ALSO
RECEIVED A NUMBER OF BATTLE SOUVENIERS FROM HIM.
 BESIDES HIS MOTHER, PFC COLLINS IS SURVIVED BY THE FOLOWING BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
M.SGT CAULIE W. COLLINS,NOW IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, MRS W.M. BRIDGES,PASCGOULA,MISS.;
MRS. R.F. MILLER, ANDERSON,S. IND.; A HALF SISTER,MRS. J.C. JOHNSON,CORDELE; TWO
STEP BROTHERS, JOHN D. WOODWARD, NOW IN FRANCE, AND SGT ALVIN WOODWARD OF ATLANTA.

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A CRISP GOLDEN BOY

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