Memorial Day, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY
1950s
Laying Wreath on monument in the part on Memorial Day are Donald Patchen and Louis B. Fairbanks. Mr. Fairbanks' son, Lt. Paul D. Fairbanks, died Jan. 4, 1945, of wounds received while fighting in Belgium. Mr. Patchen is past commander of the Slater Silvernail Post, American legion. He was a German prisoner during World War II, having been captured after bailing out of his destroyed Mustang fighter on May 19, 1944.
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