Crisp County GaArchives News.....COMBAT DECORATION FOR LOCAL SOLDIER ,PFC WOODROW MATHIS August 13, 1944 ************************************************ 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 wyliesheppsrd@yahoo.com May 5, 2011, 3:36 pm CORDELE DISPATCH August 13, 1944 MRS. NANNIE MATHIS WHO RESIDES NEAR RAINES, HAS RECEIVED THE POCKET STRIPPINGS OF HER SON, PFC. WOODROW MATHIS, WHO WAS REPORTED KILLED AUGUST 13,1944. AMONG THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF PFC MATHIS WAS A BADGE AWARDED HIM. THIS CONSISTED OF A SILVER RIFLE SET AGAINEST A BACKGROUND OF INFANTRY BLUE ENCLOSED IN A WREATH. THE WAR DEPARTMENT ALSO SENT MRS. MATHIS A PUPLR CROSS DENOTING HER SON'S BRAVERY, AND A GOLD STAR. Additional Comments: A GOLD STAR SOLDIER OF WW 11 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/combatde3032nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb