Corsicana Marine Now Stationed At San Diego Camp

Showing a picture of Pvt. Harold I. McAfee son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy McAfee of Corsicana, a recent item had the following to say concerning the Corsicana Marine.

Knowing how much Japs like to died for their emperor, Marine Pvt. Harold I. McAfee, 37, intends to be cooperative and is practicing with dummy ammunition at the Marine Corps Rifle Range, Camp Matthews, San Diego, California, to speed up his rifle loading technique.

While Private McAfee undergoes combat instruction, his wife, Corporal Mary Barker McAfee, Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, is on duty in the Post Exchange at Camp Lejeune, N.C.  The marine couple’s home is at 507 Post Street, Gladewater.  He was formerly city secretary here.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, July 20, 1944

• Submitted by Diane Richards

• Harold Inmon McAfee - (Oct 31, 1907 Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX - Feb 12, 1975 in Gilmer, Upshur Co., TX)

• Glade Water Memorial Park, Gladewater, Upshur Co., TX

• h/o Iris Broadway (Williams) McAfee

• s/o Leroy R. McAfee & Johnnie Velma (Inmon) McAfee