Crisp County GaArchives News.....SGT BLACK HOME FROM OVERSEAS 1945 ************************************************ 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 http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 May 21, 2011, 2:09 pm CORDELE DISPATCH 1945 ABOARD A COAST GUARD MANNRD NAVY TRANSPORT SGT JOHN O BLACK, CORDELE,GA. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES THIS WEEK ABOARD THE COAST GUARD MANNED NAVY TRANSPORT U.S.S. WAKEFIELD AFTER HAVING SERVED NINETEEN MONTHS IN ENGLAND,FRANCE,BELGIUM,HOLLAND ,GERMANY. SGT BLACK, A MEMBER OF 147TH COMBAT ENGR. 6TH SPECIAL BRIGADE, IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF YANK FIGHTERS TO HAVE BEEN RETURNED BY THE COAST GUARD FOR FURLOUGH IR DISCHARGE SINCE V-E DAY. Additional Comments: MR BLACK PASSED THIS YEAR AND WAS ALWAYS PROUD OF HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY. HE LANDED ON D-DAY IN NORMANDY File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/sgtblack3057nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb