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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Three Severed Fingers and I'm Signing My Draft Card

This 48 year old native of Galesburg, Illinois, registered for the World War 2 draft in 1942. He also had three severed fingers--no indication of which hand.

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  1. Otto John Forkin (could also be Fosken)

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  2. Like yesterday I'm not sure - but as I see it (2 or 3 times magnified admittedly)
    Otto John Fooken

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  3. Otto John Forkin/Forkein/Fogkein/Forken

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  4. His name is Otto John Fooken. The ONLY Otto John Fooken I found was from Galesburg, Illinois.

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  5. Otto John Fooken born Galesburg, Illinois

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