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- Niagara Gazette - 10/19/1945
Sailor Son Not Seen
Since Typhoon Struck
NORTH TONAWANDA. Oct 19
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Graff, of
Sweeney street, near East Robinson
street, are in receipt of a telegram
from the War department informing
them that, their son. Herman
Graff, Jr., motor machinist's mate
second class, has been missing
since the recent typhoon struck
Okinawa. He was stationed on a
battleship there when the typhoon
struck and has not been seen since
the storm subsided.
Niagara Gazette - 2/13/1946
Twin City Man
Presumed Dead
NORTH TONAWANDA, Feb. 13-
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Graff, Jr,
of Sweeney street,
announced the receipt of a dispatch
from the U. S. Navy Informing them
that their son. Motor Machinist's
Mate 2 c Herman R. Graff, reported
missing after typhoons struck Okinawa
last fall, is presumed dead.
When last heard from Graff was
aboard the sub chaser Buckner Bay
at Okinawa on October 9,1945. After
the typhoons subsided no trace of
Graff and his companions was
found. Six days later his parents
were notified that he was missing.
A student at the North Tonawanda
high school, Graff was employed
at the Robert Galr plant,
Shawnee road, Town of Wheatfield,
when he entered the service in Sep-
13 Aif*vember, 1943. He went overseas in
the New j May of the following year.
He Is survived by four sisters, Mrs.
John Papol, Mrs. LaVerne Battelberg,
Marian and Elsie Graff, awl
three brothers, James and Richard
Qraff, all of North Tonawanda, and
Private Robert Qraff, with the army
at Fort Dix.
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