Schuylkill County PA Archives News.....Body of Soldier Arrives Friday  May 1948
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Evening Herald May 1948
Evening Herald 

SHENANDOAH, PA, 

MAY 1948




	Body of Soldier 
	Arrives Friday 
	
	(Photo Deleted)
	
	Pvt. John J. McHugh 
	Was Killed in France 

The body of Pvt. John J. McHugh, 1211 West Centre street, is scheduled 
to arrive at the Reading Railroad station in Mahanoy City, tomorrow 
morning at 9:27 o'clock. 

Killed ia action on January 7, 1945, in France, the young man's body 
was among the remains of 4,183 Americans who were returned to this country 
aboard the U. S. Army Transport Lawrence Victory. 

A military escort will be at the station to meet the body and accompany it to 
the home. Joseph Rooney, commander of the Anthony P. Damato American Legion 
Post No. 792; George Martz, vice commander of the American Legion District No. 
13; and a guard of honor from the American Legion Samuel H. Kehl Post No. 370 
will be among the military units at the station. 

The honor guard will consist of Thomas Donlan, Anthony Kwopick, John Harris, 
Edward Chisiaskie, Charles Gattas, John Muchulsky and Alex Yancofsky.

Shenandoah police will be on hand at the east boundary of town to escort the 
body through the borough to the residence. Son of Mrs. Ellen McHugh, the young 
man was the 64th Gold Star of Shenandoah in World War II. 

Undertaker James J. Franey said the funeral will take place Monday morning 
from the residence. 

The young Gold Star was a member of the Annunciation Church, but due to Forty-
Hour Devotions in this church, the Mass will be celebrated in St. George's 
Lithuanian Church. It will be celebrated at 9:30 o'clock. Interment, will be 
in the Annunciation Cemetery. 

The name of Pvt. McHugh was listed in a "Stars and Stripes" release as being 
among the first Americans to enter the Reich. 

"The Company's fight to the German border was tough," the magazine 
stated. "The outfit took 15 prisoners, killed a half-dozen Germans, wounded 
three or four others and knocked out a bazooka. 

"Rolling over the border with the 'doughfeet' was Pvt. John J. McHugh, 
of Shenandoah. After entering Germany, tankmen and doughfeet scratched their 
names deep on the stone border marker." 



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