Crisp-Turner County GaArchives Military Records.....LIGHT, S-SGT FRANK R February 21, 1945
WWII U.S. MARINE CORPS.
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AVENGES BROTHERS DEATH
ASHBURN,GA.
 MARINE S-SGT. ROBERT R. LIGHT OF NEAR ASHBURN HAS AVENGED THE DEATH OF HIS TWIN
BROTHER,JOE.
 JOESPH T. LIGHT WAS ONE OF THE AMERICAN MARINE HEREOS KILLED IN THE ASSAULT ON
TARAWA, LAST WEEK HIS 23 YEAR OLD BROTHER, S-SGT FRANK R LIGHT RETURNED TO THE
STATES . HE HAD TAKEN PART IN 60 DESTRUCTIVE BOMBING MISSIONS ON THE JAPANESE.
SERGEANT LIGHT, WHO IS A TURRET GUNNER IN A MEDIUM BOMBER, HAS A TOTAL OF 225 FLYING
HOURS IN AERIAL RAIDS ON ENEMY SHIPING AND LAND INSTALLATIONS IN THE SOLOMONS. FIVE
TIMES HIS PLANE WAS HIT BY ENEMY ANTI-AIRCRAFT, BUT EACH TIME FLEW SAFELY BACK TO
BASE. 

 MARINE S-SGT. LIGHT IS VISITING HIS PARENTS,MR AND MRS T.G. LIGHT. HIS WIFE WHO
LIVES IN WAYCROSS IS WITH HIM.

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