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SGT. HILDON 'HAM' NATIONS |
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Ham Nations Loses Life on Italian Battlefield,
reads the headline on the yellowed news story from 1944.
Nations, of Flat River, died in battle on Oct 12, 1944 in Italy.
"Mrs. Hildon Nations of Flat River
received a message from the War Department on last Saturday that her husband, First Sgt.
Hildon Homer (Ham) Nations, had been killed in action in Italy on Oct 12," the story
begins.
"Sgt Nations was born near Yount on Jan
26, 1915, son of the late Homer and Gertrude Radcliffe Nations, and was aged 28 years, 8
months and 16 days. He came with his parents
to Farmington when a small boy where he attended school, graduating with the class of
1933. He later attended Junior College at Flat River.
"On Aug 15, 1942, he was united in
marriage with Miss Harriette Mitchell of Flat River, who with their little daughter,
Sharon Louise, survives him. He is also
survived by his mother; two brothers, Kermit and Rex, both of whom are also in the service
of our country; two sisters, Gertrude (Mrs. L.H.) Keener and Miss Lillian of
Farmington."
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