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1944
With the Colors: Jasper County IL Servicemen
Overseas, 1941-1945
4-20-1944
Paul Hampton's Eye Is Injured Playing Ball
4-21-1944
Newton Illinois Public Library
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Paul Hampton's
Eye Is Injured
Playing Ball
^
Veteran of Southwest Pacific Was
Injured While Playing Base Ball
at a Memphis Hospital
i Private First Class Paul M. Hamp!ton, who is receiving treatment for
j malaria acquired in the Southwest
Pacific at Kennedy General hospital,
Memphis, Tennessee, received injuries
to his left eye a few days ago when
he was struck by a base ball.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyt Isley and Mr.
and Mrs. John Finn discovered that
he was again confined to bed, Sat­
urday, when they drove to Memphis
to bring Paul, who is a brother of
Mrs. Isley, home for a three days’ vis- ,
it and call on Private Kenneth Isley, !
Mr. Isley’s brother, who is stationed j
at the hospital.
He was operated on immediately ;
after the accident to remove slivers ’
of glass from his eye, where his ;
glasses had broken, and stitches were ;
taken in the iris, which was cut.
Playing Base Ball
Paul, who id under treatment but
has not been bedfast, went out to
play authorized base ball on the first
day out and was struck in the eye
with a ball in some manner.
His
glasses were broken and slivers of
glass were forced into the eyeball,
cutting a portion of the iris and caus­
ing other injuries.
Following the operation, he was put
to bed for several days and is not al­
lowed to lie any way except on his
back. Mr. and Mrs. Isley were in­
formed by his doctor that it was too
early to determine whether or not the
sight had been damaged; that the
first thing to do was to save the eye.
Paul was glad to see them but was
disappointed he couldn’t come home.
His address is Private First Class
Paul M. Hampton, Room 106, Ken­
nedy General hospital, Memphis,
Tennessee.
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