LEE, MSgt. Francis M., WWII

LEE, THORNTON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/7/2013 at 20:10:13

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, August 25, 1943, Page 11

SGT. FRANCIS LEE KILLED IN
ACTION IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC

Attended High School Here;
Parents Are Former Residents

Word has been received here that Master Sgt. Francis LEE of the army air corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom LEE, former residents, was killed in action in the southwest Pacific area on Aug. 7.

Sergeant LEE made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Glen THORNTON, Sr., 1404 Hampshire avenue northeast, while he attended the Mason City high school.

He was a mechanic aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet when it carried planes to their famous bombing mission [The Doolittle Raid, April of 1942] over Tokyo.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2013

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