Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives News.....CORDELE MARINE DIES ON IWO March 22, 1945
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CORDELE DISPATCH March 22, 1945
MR. AND MRS. J.O.BLUE, OF CORDELE ROUTE 3, HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE WAR 
DEPARTMENT THAT THEIR SON ,PFC.,JOHN AUGUSTA BLUE ,20, WAS KILLED IN ACTION 
MARCH 22,IN IWO JIMA.
PFC.BLUE ENTERED SERVICE IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. AS A VOLUNTEER FROM 
VIENNA,ON OCTOBER 8,1943,AND TOOK HIS BASIC TRAINING AT SAN DIEGO,CALIFORNIA, 
HE DID NOT COME AFTER HIS ENLISTMENT. ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO HIS MOTHER HAD A 
LETTER FROM WRITTEN FROM IWO JIMA,TELLING HER OF PARTICIPATING IN THE 
INVASION,FIGHTING JAPS AND LOOKING FOR FOX HOLES. HE CLOSED THIS LETTER BY 
SAYING GOD SURE HS TAKEN CARE OF ME,AND FROM NOW ON GOD IS GOING TO BE MY 
LEADER,FOR HE HAS SAVED ME IN SOME MIGHTY CLOSE PLACES.
BESICES HIS PARENTS ,PFC BLUE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SISTER,MISS CORA ANNIE 
BLUE,TWO BROTHERS ,NEWELL AND CHARLIE BLUE,ALL OF CORDELE,AND AN AUNT, 
MRS.A.R. GREENE,OF THIS CITY. TO THOSE BEREAVERED ONES,SYMPATHY IS EXTENDED BY 
A HOST OF FRIENDS THRIUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 

Additional Comments:
A LOVED ONE LOST IN WW11 

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