Crisp County GaArchives News.....WIREPHOTO OF CO.L PUBLISHED 1945
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1945
A WIRE PHOTO CARRIED RECENTLY IN SEVERAL OF THE STATE PAPERS WAS OF SPECIAL 
INTEREST OF MANY CORDELEANS AND WAS CAPTIONED;'' BEARDED YANKS EAT FROM CHINA 
PLATES'', AND SHOWED A GROUP OF WAR WEARY MEMBERS OF COMPANY L 121ST REGIMENT 
IN WHICH A NUMBER OF CORDELE MEN ARE SERVING, EATING THEIR FIRST HOT MEAL 
AFTER 15 DAYS OF SEIGE OF HURTGEN,GERMANY. THEY WERE USING CHINA PLATES WITH 
THEIR CANTEEN CUPS . SOURCES OF THE PLATES, A RARITY IN FRONT LINES,WAS NOT 
DISCLOSED.
 SIXTEEN CORDELE MEN WENT OVERSEAS WITH CO. L 121ST INFANTRY, THE ORIGINAL 
NATIONAL GUARD UNIT, OF CORDLE. MANY WERE LATER TRANSFERRED.
 THOSE WHO LANDED TOGETHER IN FRANCE INCLUDED; THOMAS M. ADKINS, JACK L. 
BOCCO, JOHN A CALHOUN,JOESPH W DENNARD JR., EARNEST N EASOM, WILLIAM J 
EDGE,GLEN G GAZEWAY, WILLIAM O GORMAN, WARREN A GREY, ZACK HARRIS,T.I. INGRAM, 
JOHN D JONES, WILSON E JONES, CHARLES W McGAHEE, RICHARD A MIMS, NATHAN WATSON.
 OF THIS GOUP, SEVERAL HAVE BEEN WOUNDED, AND ONE MEMBER,WILIAM J EDGE, WAS 
KILLED IN ACTION.
 NATHAN WATSON,RECENTLY RETRNED TO THE STATES, IS NOW WITH HIS FAMILY

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