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WWII-MI-CLINGAN, Sec Lt James L.

Source: (prob) Kingman Star unknown probably May __ 1945

NAZI PRISONER

Kingman- Second Lt. James L. Clingan, infantryman, who has been a prisoner of the Germans since Oct 29, 1944, was liberated April 29, according to a message received from the War Department Saturday by his
mother, Mrs. Edna Clingan of Kingman.

The telegram was the first word Mrs. Clingan had received on her son since January.

Lt. Clingan enlisted in the service in April 1941. He has two brothers serving in the Navy, Bert now on his third trip to Luzon in the Philippines, and Fred, in the Marines.?? They are the sons of the late Roy Clingan of Kingman.

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