From a Montrose, PA area newspaper in 1920: BEGIN Skull Is Fractured. Kicked by a horse, owned by his father, Harold Lake, aged twelve years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lake, of Auburn Four Corners, sustained a fractured skull, Saturday afternoon. He was removed to a Binghamton hospital where his condition is considered very serious. The youngster was driving a wagon filled with hay from the field to the barn when one of the traces became unfastened. He was in the act of coupling the trace when the horse raised his foot striking the boy in the head. END From ancestry.com: BEGIN U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record about Harold E Lake Name: Harold E Lake Birth Year: 1907 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania State: New York Couty or City: Broome Enlistment Date: 24 Mar 1942 Enlistment State: New York Enlistment City: Fort Niagara Youngstown Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 2 years of high school Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 71 Weight: 137 END from archives.gov ... Field Title Value Meaning ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 32255237 32255237 NAME LAKE#HAROLD#E########### LAKE#HAROLD#E########### RESIDENCE: STATE 23 NEW YORK RESIDENCE: COUNTY 007 BROOME PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 2329 FT NIAGARA YOUNGSTOWN NEW YORK DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 24 24 DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 03 03 DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42 GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private GRADE: CODE 8 Private BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION BI# Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA BRANCH: CODE 00 Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA FIELD USE AS DESIRED # # TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law LONGEVITY ### ### SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life NATIVITY 32 PENNSYLVANIA YEAR OF BIRTH 07 07 RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen EDUCATION 2 2 years of high school CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 861 Unskilled occupations in manufacture of boots and shoes MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7 Selectees (Enlisted Men) CARD NUMBER # # BOX NUMBER 0487 0487 FILM REEL NUMBER 2.151 2.151 transcription of Newspapers->Misc->2.-3.jpg From the Binghamton Press, Binghamton, New York in 1944 (Jack Lake referred to below is 3.1, child iii): BEGIN Uncle, Nephew Fight Japs at Bloody Guam; Feels He is Safe, But He Is Dead Wrong "I haven't seen Jack Lake since this was over (the battle of Guam) but I guess he is all right." This is an excerpt from a letter written by Pfc. Harold Lake to his brother, Leo Lake of 110 Chapin st. Pfc. Jack Lake and his uncle, Harold, participated in the bloody Guam invasion although they did not see one another at the time. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cleveland Lake of 24 Rotary ave. were informed by the War Department last week that their son, Jack, was killed in action on Guam Aug. 6. The dead serviceman's uncle wrote his letter on Aug. 20 and apparently did not know his nephew had lost his life in the same battle. Harold told relatives here that he had an 18-day growth of beard before he was relieved from duty during the Guam campaign. He said that D-Day on Guam was July 21 and added "Those Japs are a hell of a fighter, Leo, you don't see them in the daytime, then at night they are all over. I got a bayonet from one who killed himself about 20 feet from us. He blew his head off. Most of them do that when they're cornered." Both Jack and Harold were members of the 77th Infantry Division. Both men were inducted into the armed forces on Mar. 24, 1942 and took basic training together. They continued to train together at camps in South Carolina Louisiana and California before they were shipped on Mar. 24 last to Hawaii. It was two years to the day from when they entered service until they embarked for overseas duty. They remained together in the same division until they participated in the Guam invasion when they became separated. Harold, who is 35, was employed by Endicott Johnson before entering the service. Jack, who was 25, worked for Comerford Theaters here prior to his entry into military life. He often brought theater copy to The Sun editorial rooms. END transcription of Newspapers->Misc->2.jpg From the Binghamton Press, Binghamton, New York dated June 19, 1945: BEGIN Pfc. Harold Lake Hurt in Pacific War Pfc. Harold Lake, 37, of 89 Murray Street, is en route to New York from San Francisco for treatment of leg and back injuries sustained in action on Okinawa May 10. This has been learned by his brother, Leo E. Lake, 110 Chaplin Street, who was informed in a letter from him that the 77th Division member was wounded in the back and both legs, purportedly by shell fragments. He said he had undergone eight surgical operations. Private Lake indicated that he was improving rapidly and is again able to walk. He will receive further treatment at a Long Island hospital. The former Montrose, Pa. High School student had been overseas about 19 months and is believed to have been in action on Luzon and Guam and in other amphibious operations. He is one of a family of 13 children. He entered the service in March, 1942. He resided with his sister, Mrs. George Buteux, 91 Murray Street, before he entered the army. END From a Binghamton, NY newspaper in 1948: BEGIN Vital Statistics Marriage Licenses To Harold E. Lake, 40, 13 Seminary Avenue, and Wilhelmina Kille, 37, 7 Arthur Street. END From a Binghamton, NY newspaper in 1948: BEGIN Announce Marriage The marriage of Wilhelmina Kille and Harold E. Lake was solemnized at St. Patrick's Church, Syracuse, recently. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Alban Noonan of Sunrise Terrace. The couple will reside at 7 Arthur St. END transcription of Newspapers->Deaths->2.jpg From the Binghamton Press, Binghamton, New York in September of 1983: BEGIN Harold E. Lake of Binghamton Harold E. Lake, 75, of 50 Dennison Ave., died at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Friday, September 23, 1983. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Lake, Binghamton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph F. and Mary Kille, Binghamton, Marshall E. and Betsy Lake, Virginia; four grandchildren; a brother, Frank, of Montrose, Pa.; six sisters, Ruth McAvoy, Elizabeth Noonan, both of Binghamton, Catharine Loftus, Scranton, Pa., Teresa Coffey, Evelyn Buteux, Margaret Nurmi, all of Binghamton; also several nieces and nephews. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 77th Division in the Pacific and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He was also a member of the DAV. He was a retiree of Fowler's Shoe Department after 23 years of employment and a member of St. Paul's Church. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at the Thomas J. Shea Funeral Home, Inc., 137 Robinson St., Binghamton and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Church. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends are invited to call Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Hospice Unit at Lourdes Hospital. END