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Show Eldon Wright, L M. 3c Reported Held By Japs As Prisoner HURRICANE, Utah. A telegram to the family of Eldon Wright, Electrician's Mate 3c of the U. S. Navy, advised the father, Howard Wright of Hurricane that his son, formerly reported "missing in action" ac-tion" since October 1943, was listed as a prisoner of war of the Japanese government. This report re-port received on Monday came through the American Red Cross. It came as a great comfort to the family who have had no word since Jan. 14, 1944, when the first message told that the boy was missing. Writing from somewhere in the Central Pacific area Oct. 23rd, 1943, Mr. Wright told his family he was assigned to submarine duty and would be leaving shortly for active service in parts undisclosed. undis-closed. He was able, however, to give them information by which they could indentify any reports of his ship." They had no further word until Jan. 14, when they received the telegram from the U. S. Navy saying he was among those missing in action. Since that time, news and radio reports have disclosed the fact that the submarines missing may have included in-cluded . the one to which he was assigned. The message which came Monday gives them hope, says his sister, Mrs. Lynn Naegle, of Toquerville. Born June 28, 1925 in Hurricane, Hurri-cane, Eldon Wright is a son of Howard and Elsie Bradshaw Wright. His rnpther died in 1933. He was in his final year of the Hurricane high school when he enlisted with the U. S. Navy, in Aug. 1942, being then under age 18. He received his training at San Diego and later inNthe Islands of the Central Pacific. He has two sisters, Mrs. Lynn Naegle of Toquerville and Mrs. Mesley May of Las Vegas, and one brother, Cpl. Ned B. Wright, who has been in England for several mlonths. |