Undated, unidentified clipping in a scrapbook at the Saranac Lake Veteran's Club.
Undated, unidentified clipping in a scrapbook at the Saranac Lake Veteran's Club.Born:
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Lyall M. Darrah was a World War II veteran. He was a son of Jack Darrah of 50 Payeville Road.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 24, 1948
Lyall M. Darrah , 1st Saranac Veteran on National Honor Roll
(Special to the Daily Enterprise)
WASHINGTON , D. C„ July 24
— First native-born veteran of World War II from Saranac Lake to be enrolled on Washington Cathedral’s National roll of honor is Lyall Martin Darrah of 50 Payeville road. Announcement of the honor was made by the Rev. Merritt F. Williams, canon of the Cathedral, and chairman of the National War Memorial committee.
Entering the service from his native town in October, 1940, Darrah served until October, 1945, as a first sergeant with the Headquarters company, Third Battalion, 105 Infantry in the 27th Division.
He saw service in the Asiatic-Pacific campaigns. His name and war record will become part of the only permanent National Roll of Honor known.
This will be preserved in permanent books to be enshrined in the proposed War Memorial Chapel, chief feature of the unfinished Patriots’ Transept. Thus it will become literally “The Shrine of Each Patriot’s Devotion,” commemorating for generations to come the men and women who have served with the Armed Forces of this Republic in time of war.
Friends of Washington Cathedral are now conducting a national campaign among peoples of all faiths to raise funds for its continued construction. No cost or obligation of any kind is involved, however, in the enrollment of veterans.
All such are eligible. Enrollment blanks are obtainable from the Washington Cathedral in Washington, D. C.
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