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Show NE NEXT T OF KIN OF OFOVERSEAS OFOVERSEAS OFOVERSEAS OVERSEAS DEAD URGED URGEDTO URGEDTO URGEDTO TO GIVE NEW ADDRESSThe ADDRESS ADDRESSThe The war department is appeal appealmg appealing appealing mg ing to those who during the war warlrecelved warreceived warreceived received notice of the death of arelative a arelative arelative lrecelved relative in the the . , armed forces ov ovlerseas overseas overseas lerseas erseas to inform mform the military mlhtary ser serVice service service , Vice to which the deceased was wasattachcd wasattached wasattached changed'theIr ! attachcd attached if they have changed changedtheir changedtheir ' 'theIr theIr their address an the Umted United UnitedStates UnitedStates IStates UmtedIStates States since smce the date the notIce notIceof noticeof noticeof of death was first received No No'tlce Notice Notice 'tlce tlce ' tice of this request was made madepublIc madepublic madepublic , publIc by Col Otho W Hum HumphrIes Humphries Humphnes phrIes commanding commandmg offIcer offIcer'Utah officerUtah officerUtah 'Utah Utah ' ASP ASF depot who urged urgedpersons urgedpersons urgedpersons persons concerned in m this local localIty locality locality Ity to help in m the programThe program programThe . The war departments department s request requestfor requestfor requestfor for present addresses of next of ofkm ofkm ofkm km is made also on behalf of the thenavy thenavy thenavy navy department marine corps corpscoast corpscoast corpscoast coast guard Red Cross and war warshIpping warshipping warshipping shIpping administration admJmstrabon The Thewar Thewar Thewar war department has been au authorIzed authorized authonzed thorIzed by congress to ascertam ascertain ascertamthe ascertainthe ascertainthe the wishes of legal next of km kin kmconcermng kinconcerning kinconcerning concermng concerning the return and fmal final fmalbUrlal finalburial finalburial bUrlal burial of World War II dead of ofall ofall all military mll1tary serVIcesWIthm servicesWithin services Within WIthm the next few weeks weeksCol weeksCol weeksCol Col Humphries HumpnrIes said the war de department department department partment will mail mall marl to the last lastknown lastknown lastknown known address of next of kin km of ofoverseas ofoverseas ofOverseas overseas deceased a letter re requestmg requesting questmg questing information mformatIon regardmg regarding regardmgtheIr regardingtheir regardingtheir theIr wishes for final fmal bUrIalIt burial burialIt It is recognized recogmzed according accordmg to toCol toCol toCol Col Humphries that many thou thousands thousands thousands sands of next of k kn n may have havechanged havechanged havechanged changed their place of resIdence resIdencesmce residencesince residencesince smce since the date/they date they date / ) they received recclved atelegram a atelegram atelegram telegram from the military ser serVIces services services VIces informing mformmg them of the thedeath thedeath thedeath death of a relative overseas |
