Military: S Sgt. H. L. Boyette, Jr.,... Liberated 1945, Winn Parish, LA
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Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, Thursday, May 17, 1945
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Winn Parish Youths Liberated
     S Sgt. H. L. Boyette, Jr., a German prisoner since October 8, 1943,
has been liberated.  His cablegram: "Am well and fit.  My thoughts are
with you.  Love to all the family, " was received Thursday morning at
nine o'clock.
     The son of H. L. Boyette, Sr., of Winnfield, S Sgt. Boyette was
serving as a waist gunner on a flying fortress shot down over enemy
territory.  For meritorious service prior to his internment, he was
awarded the air medal and several other medals.
     S Sgt. Boyette joined the service in 1940, at which time he was
assigned to a tank destroyer division at Fort Bennning, Ga.  He later
was transferred to intelligence and then the air corps. In May, 1943 he
was awarded his gunner's wings, and was assigned to service overseas.
     His sisters are Misses Ferne and Marjorie Boyette of Winnfield and
Alexandria, and Mrs. Cordell Norwood of Texas City, Texas, and his
brother, a discharged Merchant Marine, is C. J. Boyette, of Shreveport.