Photo by Mike Brothers
Sullivan Alumni master of ceremonies Joseph Schrodt presents Jodell Foley Seagrave with Hall of Fame award at the annual banquet held at the V.F.W. Paul Sager was named Who’s Who.

•September 27, 2017•

Sullivan High School Alumni honored Paul Sager and Jodell Foley Seagrave before a crowd of 150 past SHS grads at the V.F.W. Saturday night.

Sager became a member of Alumni Who’s Who. The 1943 SHS graduate enlisted in the Army even though he had a Class C farm deferment.

When he received a 10 day pass following basic training because he volunteered to go oversees, he returned to Sullivan and married Anna Jane.

Rather than a honeymoon, he was shipped to France with the Army’s 30th Division in communications. As the Battle of the Bulge raged, Sager was helping set up a central communication switchboard. While stringing wire to an outpost from a spool hauled behind his Jeep, a German plane spotted him.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.