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Show Five Liberated From 'German Prison Camps i ' I Loijan Soldier Dies j In Jap Prison Camp ! The joyous news that their sons, i husbands or brothers have been J liberated from Axis prison camps as a result of the allied ! victory in Europe have dominated dominat-ed casualty news of the past few days. : Five Cache servicemen have i been listed as liberated, one died in a Japanese prison camp and another has been wounded in the Philippines, according to word received re-ceived by their families. j They are: Technician Fifth Grade Von j II. Baxter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Baxter, of Logan, dead Private First Class Keith Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Murray, of Wellsville, wounded. Technical Sergeant Francis A. Martin, of Logan, liberated. First Lieutenant Farrell Erick-son, Erick-son, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. and won his silver wings in July I 1942. He left for overseas duty in February, 1943. Technician, Fifth Grade Von H. Baxter, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Baxter, 691 East Center, Logan died July 4, 1942 as a pri-oner pri-oner of war in a Japanese prison pris-on camp. A native of Wellsville he was born March 7, 1915 and was ed-ucated ed-ucated in Logan schools. He entered en-tered the army March 17, 1941, trained at Fort Knox, Ky., and left for the Philippines in August, Au-gust, 1941. " He was believed to be on Ba-taan Ba-taan and has been listed as missing miss-ing in action since that time. The last letter received from him was in February, 1942 and his parents par-ents have received the purple heart medal which was awarded j to him. Survivors include his parents, one brother, Dean Baxter, with the Seabees, Port Hueneme, Cal. and four sisters: Mrs. S'ylvia Fames and Mrs. Libbie Maughan, Logan; Mrs. Ann Lund, Redwood Erickson, of Logan, liberated. Staff Sergeant Douglas Quayle son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Quayle, of Logan, liberated. Sergeant Richard Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Griffin, of Logan, liberated. First Lieutenant Homer P. Andersen, son of Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Andersen, of Logan, lib. era ted. Sergeant Richard E. Griffin, 22, who was reported missing Febru-1 Febru-1 ary 7 during a bombing raid over ; Austria, has been liberated and will "be home soon," he has informed in-formed his parents. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Griffin, Grif-fin, 453 West Second North. He was a gunner-engineer on a B-17 Flying Fortress and had been overseas since December, 1944. His parents never received word that he was a prisoner. , Lieutenant Homer P. Andersen, 28, whose wife is the former Melba Walters, of Wellsville, a prisoner for more than two years has been released from internment intern-ment in a German prison camp. He was shot down April 16, 1943. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans P. Andersen, of Logan, Lieutenant Andersen enlisted in the air, corps soon after Pearl Harbor, City., Cal., and Mrs. Lydia Fillmore, Fill-more, Jacksonville, Fla. Technical Sergeant Francis H. Martin 22, husband of Colleen Edwards Martin, Logan, has been liberated from a German prison I camp, his wife learned Sunday. , Sergeant Martin was reported missing November 30, 1944 and was listed as a prisoner January 31, 1945. He has been awarded the air medal and four oak leaf clusters. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Martin, . live ' at j Watervilet, N. Y. After being confined in Ger-j Ger-j man prison camp for 15 months, I First Lieutenant Farrell Erickson, ' 25, son of Mrs. C. W. Erickson, I 276 South First West, Logan, has I been liberated, j Pilot of a Flying Fortress bomb-t bomb-t er, Lieutenant Erickson was shot down February 22, 1944 and., was reported a prisoner three months later. He had Bown about 25 missions before he was shot down. Rejoicing over word of his lib- j eration are his mother, two brothers, Melvin and Floyd Erickson, Erick-son, of Logan, and a sister, Mrs. Luella Wilson of Hyrum. Private First Class Keith Murray, Mur-ray, "son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Murray, of Wellswille, was wound-1 ed seriously on Luzon in the Philippines, April 16. He is re. ported making normal recovery. He entered the service in De. cember, 1943 and left for overseas duty in June, 1944. He was stationed sta-tioned in New Guinea, the Netherlands Neth-erlands East Indies before going to the Philippines. Staff Sergeant Douglas Quayle, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Quayle, of Logan, reported missing miss-ing in action April 8 on a combat mission over Germany, now is known to be liberated from a German prison camp. A radio-operator-gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress based in Italy, he had flown . more than 20 missions before being shot down. His parents reported they had no information that he was a prisoner. |