Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....PORTER, H. C. PVT June 13, 1944
WWII U.S. ARMY 121ST INFANTRY
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PFC H.C. PORTER WOUNDED IN ACTION
MR AND MRS B.U.PORTER WERE NOTIFIED BY THE WAR DEPT. YESTERDAY THAT THEIR SON PVT.
HEYWARD C. PORTER, SERVING WITH THE 121ST INFANTRY, U.S ARMY HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY
WOUNDED IN ACTION IN FRANCE ON JULY 13TH.
 LETTERS RECEIVED BY MEMBERS OF PFC PORTER'S FAMILY HAVE SINCE THAT DATE STATED THAT
HE HAD A SHOULDER WOUND AND WAS IN A HOSPITAL IN RNGLAND. HE WAS IN THE INVASION OF
FRANCE,PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE FIERCEST FIGHTING.
 PFC PORTER LEFT CORDELE WITH THE NATIONAL GUARDS IN 1940AND WAS STATIONED FIRST AT
CAMP JACKSON S.C. AND LATER FT. LEONARD WOOD. PRIOR TO GOING OVERSEAS LAST NOVEMBER,
HIS OUTFIT WENT ON DESERT MANEUVERS TO CALIFORNIA,AND LATER IN TENNESSEE.
 IN A RECENT LETTER TO HOME FOLKS ,HE SENT GRETINGS AND SAID TELL EVERYONE THAT ''
AR IS HELL''.
 PRIVATE PORTER IS 24 YEARS OLD.

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