Seven Eastern Shoremen have been wounded in the European theater,
according to casualty reports which included one bright quip from a Crisfield
soldier who said "You can't dodge the Jerries all the time."
They are:
Pfc. Raymond Nichols Trader, of Delmar, was reported
wounded in Germany by the War Department to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Trader. Trader, 18 years old, went into the service in August of last year, and
received his training at Camp Blanding, Fla. He had a short Christmas furlough
with his parents.
Capt. Willard Fisher, of Delmar, son of Mr. and Mrs,
William Fisher, was wounded in Germany. He was among the first to enter the
service after war was declared, and was in the employ of the American stores
Co., Delmar, prior to entering the service.
Above from The
Salisbury Times 13 March 1945
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