Private J. B. (Jack) Hancock was Slightly Injured in Action

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Title

Private J. B. (Jack) Hancock was Slightly Injured in Action

Alternative Title

Private Jack Hancock was Injured in Action

Subject

World War II, 1939-1945
Veterans--Florida

Description

A newspaper article announcing that Edna P. Hancock, the wife of then-Private John B. Hancock (1913-1944) , that her husband had been injured in action on February 12, 1944. Hancock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, in 1913, but later migrated to Auburndale, Florida. He enlisted in the 45th Infantry Division's 179th Infantry Regiment. Sergeant Hancock served initially in Africa in 1944, until the 45th Infantry Division's participation in Operation Husky for the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky. The division then went on to participate in the Allied invasion of Italy, where Sgt. Hancock was injured. He was returned to duty in February of 1944 to tour southern France. On November 1, 1944, Sgt. Hancock went Missing in Action (MIA) after serving in the Allied invasion of Southern France, codenamed Operation Dragoon. He was eventually buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.

Source

Photocopy of original newspaper article, March 1944: Private Collection of Linda Hughes.

Date Created

ca. 1944-03-11

Date Copyrighted

ca. 1944-03-11

Date Issued

ca. 1944-03-11

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of photocopied newspaper article, March 1944.

Is Part Of

Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Extent

Medium

1 newspaper article

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Italy

Accrual Method

Donation

Audience

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher

Rights Holder

This resource is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Project

Curator

Bates, Chris
Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

Source Repository

Private Collection of Linda Hughes

External Reference

"GRid=56372799" target="_blank">Sgt John B Hancock." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&
GRid=56372799.
"Killed in Action." RICHES of Central Florida.
"Letter from John R. Hull to Edna P. Hancock (April 23, 1945)." RICHES of Central Florida.

Citation

chris.bates, “Private J. B. (Jack) Hancock was Slightly Injured in Action,” RICHES, accessed October 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/9336.

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