Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives News.....CRISP COUNTY PARATROOPER RECOVERING; PFC GRADY SUMMERS 1944
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1944
 THE 10TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ENGLAND
AFTER JUMPING WITH THE FIRST AIRBORNE TROOPS TO LAND IN GERMANY , PRIVATE 
FIRST CLASS GRADY W. SUMMERS,22, OF 401 E 9TH AVE,CORDELE,GA.,WAS INJURED IN 
BOTH LEGS AND RECEIVED SLIGHT BURNS WHEN A JEEP HE WAS DRIVING HIT A MINE NEAR 
MUNSTER. HE IS NOW RECOVERING AT THIS US ARMY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND 
WHERE HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.
 PFC SUMMERS WAS SENT TO AN AID STATION AND LATER TO AN EVACUATION HOSPITAL. 
AFTER A SHORT STAY HE WAS SENT TO ENGLAND BY PLANE ''HE HAS MADE A VERY 
SATISFACTORY RESPONSE TO TREATMENT AT THIS HOSPITAL'' SAID CAPTAIN CLAY H. 
JOHNSON OF SHREVEPORT,LA.,HIS WARD SURGEON. HIS BURNS HEALED COMPLETELY AND HE 
SHOULD SOON BE ABLE TO RETURN TO DUTY.
 BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY IN MAY 1941,PFC SUMMERS FARMED NEAR CORDELE. HIS IFE 
MRS.ALICE SUMMERS ,MAKING HER HOME AT THE 9TH AVE ADDRESS. HE HAS 2 BROTHERS 
IN THE ARMY ,PVT JACK SUMMERS ,IN THE INFANTRY,AND HAROLD SUMMERS SOMEWHERE IN 
THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
 PFC SUMMERS ATTENDED THE VIENNA HIGH SCHOOL IN VIENNA,GA.WHERE HE LIVED 
BEFORE MOVING TO CORDELE

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CORDELE,DOOLY COUNTY BOY

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