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Show Delta Soldier Wounded In Germany THE 182nd GENERAL HOSPITAL, ENGLAND- Wounded in his left forearm by shrapnel after his unit had captured a German town north east of Aachen, Private First Class Marr D. Simons, 19, of Delta, Utah, is now convalescing at this United States Army general hospital in England. "He is making a rapid recovery and will soon be able to return to duty," said his ward surgeon Captain Cap-tain Donald F. Purvis of Omaha, Nebraska. "My unit had captured a small village and we were digging in on its outskirts," said the infantryman. infantry-man. "There was little action as " V the German line was quite a disjoin dis-join ace from our newly-won posi-rGn. posi-rGn. There was a period of moder-ate moder-ate shelling and a fragment hit me. " I was given immediate treatment by a medic and later flown to England." Eng-land." Pfc. Simons has been awarded the Purple Heart. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marr. D. Simons of Delia. After graduating from the Delta high school he entered the army. |