DANIELS, BM2/C Lural "Thayer", WWII

DANIELS, CAMPBELL, MANCESTER

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Date: 7/12/2016 at 07:13:55

BM 2/C LURL "THAYER" DANIELS

The Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
March, 1944

Lurl Thayer Daniels, born Oct. 10, 1923. He was inducted into the Navy at Creston. He attended Great Lakes, Chicago, and Little Creek, Virginia. His a boatman mate 2c on U. S. S. Guam.

He was in a hospital at Pearl Harbor, and at present he is at sea.

THAYER DANIELS, boatmate second class, pictured above, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. CLARENCE DANIELS of near Leon. He has been in the southwest Pacific for over a year and a half.

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The Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, August 03, 1944

DANIELS-CAMPBELL NUPTIALS ANNOUNCED

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. CAMPBELL of Leon announce the recent marriage of their daughter, PHYLLIS C. to THAYER DANIELS, B. M. 2/C, son of Mr. and Mrs. CLARENCE DANIELS also of Leon. The Rev. MILES TABER read the double ring ceremony in his home at Leon at 6:00 p. m. July 15.

The bride wore a light blue wool crepe dress with black accessories. Her corsage was red roses.

Mrs. PAUL MANCHESTER of Des Moines was the matron of honor and LEE DANIELS, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The matron of honor wore a brown dress with white accessories and a corsage of pink carnations.

The bride is a graduate of the Leon High School class of ’41. She has taught in the rural schools of Decatur county for the past three years.

The bridegroom enlisted in the U. S. navy in 1941. He received his boot training at Great Lakes. He has spent the last two years in the south Pacific. This is his first leave in two years. He departed last Tuesday for San Francisco.

Decatur County Auxiliary Scrapbook
Submission by Decatur County Historical Museum, Sara Rose Joan LeFleur, June of 2016

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