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Memorial doesn't begin to tell story of Ennis' Jack Lummus, gifted athlete and World War II hero

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ORG XMIT: S12D72803 This is a small memorial site in honor of Ennis' Jack Lummus, a former Ennis High; Baylor and New York Giants football player, who was killed in combat on Iwo Jima in World War II. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

ORG XMIT: *S0406028923* July 1944, Camp Joseph H. Pendleton, Oceonside, CA. Col. James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the St. Bernard to the 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division as a mascot.