A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Mercer http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2653 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37732 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: YANK the Army Weekly Article Date: June 6 1942 Article Description: So Few Gave So Much: Article Text: Harrodsburg, Kentucky - June 6, 1942: You wont fine Harrodsburg listed in the World Atlas, in fact, Harrodsburg is no more than a pin point on its own state map. However, this little Kentucky mountain town will get its spot in world history. When Bataan fell, Harrodsburg lost seventy six fighting men, one sixtieth of its total population of 4,673 people. Figured equivalenty, New York Citys loss would be approximately 124,250 men. Harrodsburg victims were officers and men of the towns own Company D of the 192nd Tank Battalion, a former National Guard unit. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com