Military and Veteran News Gleanings

The only veteran remaining in Wayne County, Illinois, is planning to return for the 75th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg next week. Frank Hocking, Sr., the veteran, is living in Fairfield, Illinois, the town in which Senator William E. Borah was born. His son, Frank, Jr., will accompany the aged veteran east.
[Gettysburg Times (PA) 6/22/1938 - Submitted by Nancy Hannah]