December 1941
3 Marines Reported MIA Following Attack
PEKING, CHINA—A platoon of Marines was attacked yesterday while guarding a shipment of fossils, nicknamed Peking Man, which had recently been unearthed in Choukoutien, China, by many of the same archaeologists who found the famous Piltdown Man in 1912. The shipment had been en route to the port city of Qinghaundou prior to the attack.
3 Marines were reported missing following the attack. We at the Bayport Gazette wish to extend our condolences to the families and friends of Sergeants Frank Hardy and Allen "Biff" Hooper of Bayport, New York and Captain Ned Nickerson of River Heights, Ohio.
Vigils will be held tonight at nine at the South Bayport Methodist Church for Sergeants Hardy and Hooper and at seven tomorrow night at the River Heights Presbyterian Church for Captain Nickerson.