Private J. B. (Jack) Hancock was Slightly Injured in Action
Dublin Core
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 April 25, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/9336.