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Show COLONEL BURIES HIS MARINE SON From the battle-scarred island of Okinawa comes the picture of a gray-haired Colonel, praying over the body of a fallen American soldier, sol-dier, one of the privates of his own regiment. It is the picture or Col. Francis I. Fenton of California, and under the flag of his country -lies the body of his son, 19 years of age , who died while fighting the Japs on that island bastion. The colonel would be sarcastically sarcasti-cally denominated a "brass-hat" by our epithet-throwing columnists. He knows the futility of warfare and the price that brave men pay in the service of their country. He also knows, no doubt, that sometimes some-times the price is excessive because be-cause of sentimental pacifists who believe not in preparedness. We think the American people can take some pride in the attitude atti-tude of most officers toward the welfare of men under their command. com-mand. There Is abundant evidence that the lives of American fighting fight-ing men have been the great concern con-cern of our military and naval leaders, many of whom have sons In service. |