WORLD WAR II - NOAH PRUITT, JR., - Coke County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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The Observer/Enterprise, 2 Jun 2000, Robert Lee, TX

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST

Noah Pruitt, Jr. Wounded In Action In South Pacific

(Article taken for the Bronte Enterprise, December 1943)

Mr. and Mrs. Noah Pruitt received a telegram Wednesday informing them
that their son, Noah, Jr. was wounded in action in the South Pacific,
December 16.  That is all the information they have and, of course, do
not know the extent he was wounded and know none of the details.

Thus, the second time, has it come to the Bronte people that our boys
are facing the realities of the cruelties of the enemy.  But, let's all
be brave, as possible, and meet the situation unflinchingly.

The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt are anxious with them.

Noah enlisted in March and did not train long till he was sent across.
Mrs. and Mrs. Pruitt have two other sons in the service.  They are 
Frances and Dwaine.

Noah was in South Pacific when wounded and was sent to a hospital in
Australia, spending 6 months in recovery.  From there he was 
transferred back to the front in New Guinea.  The day the atomic bomb
was dropped he was on active duty in the Philippine Islands.

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