NEWS: Pfc. George D. UMBOWER, 1948, of Juniata, Blair County, PA

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IN ALASKAN POST

PFC. GEORGE D. UMBOWER [photo]

Juniata Soldier With Engineers in Alaska

  Pfc. George D. Umbower, aged 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Umbower of 1422 
Tenth avenue, Juniata, is stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, with company A, 
battalion C, 2nd engineers, and engaged in building huts and roads in that 
section, his parents have learned.
  Pfc. Umbower left the Altoona High school in his junior year to enlist in the 
army on Feb. 25.  He was given his basic training at Fort Dix, N.J., and arrived 
in Alaska on June 1.  His assignment in the northern post will be for the next 
30 months.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday evening, July 22, 1948, page 6