The Denison Press
Friday, August 25, 1944
pg. 1

A.B. HENDRIX ON LEAVE SHOWS JAP SOUVENIRS
Returning to Denison, his home, from the Southwest Pacific where he has spent the past two and one-half years, 12 and one-half months of which was in hospitals recovering from wounds from a bomb, A.B. Hendrix, MM 2nd class, arrived in
the city this week and is showing friends some interesting souvenirs.  One of them is a Jap machine gun taken on Guadalcanal after that island had been entered by the Seabees to which division of the armed forces he belonged.  He enlisted March 1, 1942.
Born near Denison, he is the son of the late Dr. J.B. Hendrix, pioneer of Grayson county who died while the son was away and rests in the old Hendrix burial ground, the oldest in the county, southeast of the city.  He is a second cousin to Harry Stephens, local nurseryman.
On a 30 day leave, Hendrix says he is glad to be back but is anxious to be on the job again after his long tussle with wounds from the Jap bomb.  He spent the greater part of the time in hospitals overseas, and was transferred to
hospitalization in the U.S. Later. Hendrix has a large number of interesting views of the countries of the southwest
Pacific, some of them being battle scenes where he saw action.
He plans while here to visit the burial ground of his father and is interested in restoring the roadway to that old landmark.