Crisp County GaArchives News.....PVT T.J. DUKES LIBERATED IN GERMANY January 31, 1945
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CORDELE DISPATCH January 31, 1945
BEST NEWS OF MANY WEEKS TO MR AND MRS THOMAS G DUKES IS A REPORT FROM THE WAR 
DEPT. NOTIFYING THEM OF THE LIBERATION OF THEIR SON,PVT THOMAS J DUKES ,FROM A 
GERMAN PRISON CAMP.
 ON JANUARY 31,THE PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEIR SON HAD BEEN MISSING IN 
ACTION SINCE DECEMBER 24. LAST SATURDAY THERE WAS NEWS OF YOUNG DUKES BEING 
CAPTURED ,AND FINALLY WEDNESDAY THERE WAS THE GOOD NEWS OF HIS 
BEING ''RETURNED TO MILITARY CONTROL ON MARCH 27.''
 
 THE 21- YEAR-OLD CORDELE BOY ENTERED THE US ARMY IN JAN. 1942. HE WAS A 
MEMBER OF A TANK DESTROYER OUTFIT WITH THE FIRST ARMY. HIS GROUP PARTICIPATED 
IN THE INVASION OF FRANCE.
 MR AND MRS DUKES UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR SON WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS IN 
BELGIUM,
THE POINT OF HIS IMPRISONMENT AND LIBERATION IS NOT KNOWN.

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