Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....POLUCK, PFC EUGENE 1944
WWII U.S. ARMY  RAINBOW DIVISION INFANTRY
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 June 4, 2011, 12:22 pm

PFC POLLUCK GTS PURPLE HEART MEDAL
PFC EUGENE POLLUCK,19 YEAR OLD FORMER CRISP COUNTY BOY, SON OF MR AMD MRS FRED
POLLUCK, NOW SERVING WITH THE ARMED FORCES OVERSEAS, WAS RECENTLY AWARDED THE PURPLE
HEART AND OAK LEAF CLUSTER FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, AND BRAVERY,IN FRANCE.
 THESE MEDALS WERE SENT HERE TO HIS PARENTS AND WERE RECEIVED ON HIS FATHERS 43 RD
BIRTHDAY.
 PFC POLLUCK WENT OVERSEAS IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. HE ENTERED THE SERVICE AUGUST 31ST
1943AND TRAINED AT CAMP GRUDER,OKLAHOMA, AND WAS WITH THE INFANTRY OF THE FAMOUS
RAINBOW DIVISION.
 HE IS A FORMER STUDENT OF EAST CRISP HIGH SCHOOL. IN A RECENT LETTER TO HIS PARENTS
HE STATED HE HAD BEEN IN MANY PARTS OF FRANCE, AND THAT THE COUNTRY WAS SWELL, IF
ONLY HE COULD UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. HE WAS WRITING IN A CAVE, BUT STATED THAT IT
WAS NICE TO BE IN SOME PLACE OUT OF THE RAIN. HE STATED THAT ''WAR IS HELL'' AND YOU
ARE LUCKY NOT TO BE KILLED OUR WOUNDED IN BATTLE. HE BELEVES IT WILL NOT BE LONG
BEFORE THE BOYS CAN COME HOME.

Additional Comments:
INTERESTING ,FROM A MAN ON THE FRONT

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/poluck1254mt.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

File size: 1.6 Kb