Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-07 | Page 8 | S L Private Receives Purple Heart

v e o a aS S L Private Receives Purple Heart Private Richard South Southern rn 23 Twenty third East street who has served m more re than two years with the army engineers in inthe inthe the south Pacific has received the purple heart for wounds suffered d din in combat January 19 Mr Southern was among 24 enlisted enlisted enlisted en en- listed men to receive the same decoration from Lieutenant General General General Gen Gen- eral Robert C C. C Richardson Jr commander of United States army forces in the central Pacific area according to a United Press dispatch dispatch dis dis- dis patch from Honolulu John Southern Richards Richard's father resides at the home of Mrs Sarah SarahE E E. E Southern the soldiers soldier's aunt The family has been advised Private Private Private vate Southern was released from the hospital February 19