Saturday, December 17, 2011

Corporal James P. Scahill - Releases By Korean Communists - Historical Newspapers - Syracuse Herald Journal, Syracuse, New York

This is an extract from Ancestry.com

The Syracuse Herald-Journal (1939-2001) was an evening newspaper in Syracuse, New York, with roots going back to 1839 when it was named the Western State Journal.

The final issue — volume 124, number 37,500 — was published on September 29, 2001. The newspaper's name came from the merger of the Syracuse Herald and the Syracuse Journal.

Name: Mrs Mary Scahill, of Rochester, mother of 21 year old Corporal James P. Scahill, wept when she learned the news, that James, one of her 12 children, had been released by the communists in Korea

Newspaper: Syracuse Herald Journal, Syracuse, New York

Event: 9 New York PW`s to Get Big Welcome

Venue: Rochester

Date: 28 August 1953

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