This March 2, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 1:
Pvt. Johnny Childers, who is baking bread and roasting coffee somewhere in England, is looking forward to an eleven-day furlough in March which he expects to spend in Scotland or London. He also said the little Englis girls are very nice.
This January 4, 1945, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 1, column 4:
3 LOWELL BOYS ARE WOUNDED
PVT. JOHN CHILDERS, PFC. CHARLES ALM, SGT. BEN BUCKLEY ARE CASUALTIES
Three more Lowell boys, Pvt. John A. Childers, son of the Andrew Childers, Pfc. Charles Alm, son of the George Alms, northeast of Lowell, and Sgt. Ben A. Buckley, son of the Gene Buckleys, were reported recently by the War Department to have been wounded in action on the German front.
Pvt. Childers and Pfc. Alm were both listed as "slightly wounded" on December 9th, and although no further word has been received on either, it is presumed that they are making saticfactory recovery. Both boys attended Lowell high school, Alm graduating with the class of 1941, but Childres enlisted in February, 1943, in his senior year.
Sgt. Buckley, 26, was wounded in action on Dec. 6th according to the telegram his parents received Dec. 28th. The same day the telegram arrived, the Buckleys received a letter from one of their son's buddies who had driven his tank all through the Anzio Beachhead battle in Italy as well as in France, stating that he knew Ben had suffered only a broken arm and was getting along well. No further word of his condition has been received.
Sgt. Buckley has now been wounded three times in the 29 months he has been stationed in the European theatre. On one occasion, according to a letter Ben wrote his parents recently, his tank was blown from under him, killing three of crew, and wounding one, but he escaped without a scratch. Among his medals are a purple heart which he received for a previous wound, and a bronze star with citation, and an oak cluster. Ben has been in the service five years, enlisting a year and a half before the United States entered the present conflict.
This April 12, 1945, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 2:
Pvt. John A. Childers, who had been confined in an army hospital at Memphis, Tenn., for treatment of a leg wound received in France, arrived home last night for a few days visit with his family and friends.
This May 17, 1945, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 1:
Pvt. John A. Childers has returned to Kennedy general hospital at Memphis, Tenn., after a 30 day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Childers, and other relatives and friends. He will remain there while he is having a nerve injury in his right leg taken care of, then he may be transferred to a hospital closer to home.
This September 20, 1945, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 4, column 3:
Pfc. John A. Childers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Childers, is home on a 60 day furlough from Percy Jones hospital, Battle Creek, Mich.
John, a veteran of fighting in Europe, is recovering from a leg injury caused from stepping on a land mine in Germany.