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Pvt. Joseph Murphy Distribution Clerk

Private Joseph J. Murphy of Melrose, Iowa is serving as a distribution clerk with the 2602nd Publications Depot in the

Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

The 2602nd Publications Depot distributes new and revised War Department publication to units and installations

within the theater. The unit provides a central agency for the consolidation and submission of requisitions to the zone

of interior which may be required in this theater. Most of the men in this organization are former combat soldiers.

Overseas 23 months, Pvt. Murphy wears the Mediterranean Theater Ribbon with three Battle Participation stars and

has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal.

Source: Albia Union Republican, February 15, 1945

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Joseph Murphy died in January 1982. Born April 24, 1907, Murphy was 74 years old and lived in Melrose, IA.

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Joseph Murphy

Josephy Murphy, 74, of the Albia Manor died there Jan. 14.

He was born at Melrose on April 24, 1907, the son of Patrick and Catherine Herlihy Murphy. He was a postal worker

in Chicago, Ill. from 1944 until 1969 when he retired and moved to Georgetown. He had been a resident of, the Albia

Manor since September 1981.. He was a member of the American Legion in Chicago, Ill., and had served in the U.S.

Army in World War II.

He is survived by one brother, David Murphy of Knoxville.

The funeral was 2 p.m. Saturday at St.. Patrick's Catholic Church in Melrose with the Revs. Philip Cardenzana and Paul

Donahue officiating. Burial was in Mt Calvary Cemetery in Melrose.

The rosary was 8 p.m.- Friday at Humeston-Gilbert Funeral Home.

Source: Monroe County News, January 19, 1982 (0288_0_46)