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- Albion NY Orlean Republican - 7/13/1944
Another Albion, youth made the
supreme sacrifice and another Gold
Star was added to the growing, number
here when Pvt. James Arthur
Brundish, 19, was killed in action in
Italy about four weeks ago.
A War Department telegram to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Brudish of 117 Chamberlain Street,
last Thursday brought the sad news
that he had met his death June 16.
Presumably, this was north of Rome
which Allied forces took from the
Nazis June 4. Unless there is a
mistake in the War Department's
message or in his own dating of his
last letter home, his death must
have occurred late in the evening as
his letter, carrying the same date.
June 16, said "The noise of the day
has ceased and evening is descending."
Pvt. Brundish had attended Albion
High School and had worked
in this area until he was called into
service in May of last year, soon after
he had passed his 18th birthday.
Originally in the cavalry, he was
soon transferred to a tank division
and went overseas to Africa last
January. He was in Italy on his
19th birthday, March 9, and until
the time of his death.
A younger brother, Edward, is a
recruit in the Navy, now nearing
the end of his training at Sampson
Naval Training Center. Pvt. Brundish
also leaves, besides his parents
and his brother, six sisters, Mrs.
Beatrice Wesaw of Albion; Miss
Florence Brundish of California;
Mrs. C. H. Snow of Altus, Oklahoma;
Betty, Margaret and Ruth, at home;
and another brother, David, at
home.
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