Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV

Archive

belgians

Dominique Derauw, far right above, brought his family from Belgium to Peterstown to honor Lt. Linwell Rowe who gave his life on Christmas Eve, 1944 during the liberation of their village, Fraiture, Belgium. Lucie Derauw is shown here holding the Belgium flag and comforting her sister, Valentine, with sister Camille, her mother, Sophie and sister Elise closest to Dominique Derauw.