BOWLING GREEN – Barrett Lee Chandler, 14 days old, is an angel sent for a few days to all that loved him. His parents, Bryce and Brooke Chandler, anticipated his
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Leland Chandler enlisted in the Army in 1941 at just 18 years old, leaving home in central Illinois to serve on Corregidor Island in the Philippines with the 60
Galesburg resident Leland Chandler recently celebrated his 100th birthday and 75th wedding anniversary to his wife Ruth. WGIL talked last week to the World War II veteran and Japanese prisoner-of-war about his incredible life story that involves overcoming fear and forgiveness and living through history. http://www.wgil.galesburg.info/audio/01-06-23-Leeland.mp3
Galesburg resident Leland Chandler celebrated his 100th birthday Tuesday. He was 19 years old in WWII when he was captured and taken as a prisoner of war in Japan.