Photo of Staff Sgt. Billy Gene DeLaughter lounging in arm chair in uniform

Photo of Staff Sgt. Billy Gene DeLaughter lounging in arm chair in uniform

WWII
World War II
Military
Prisoner of War
Decatur, IL.

WWII - Herald and Review Library; DeLaughter, Sgt. Billy Gene 3/11/1945. Article on back of photo: "The present given to Staff Sgt. Billy Gene DeLaughter on his twenty-first birthday, Jan 3, 1945 - was the most welcome ever received. On Jan. 3, the sergeant was told that his days as a German prisoner of war would soon come to an end and that he would be sent to the United States aboard the Swedish exchange ship-Gripsholm. Sergeant DeLaughter, in excellent physical condition, arrived in New York on Feb. 13 and is now spending a 30-day rest leave with his wife, Mae, and grandmother, Mrs. Clara Adams, at 2275 East Hickory Street."

Herald and Review, photo by Martin J. Cooney

Decatur, IL.

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

3/11/1945

Decatur Herald and Review

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AF149

World War II

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10 x 8"