The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, June 17, 1942, Page 8

Pvt. Bob OLIVER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred OLIVER, 929 Jersey avenue northeast, was in the second contingent of the A. E. F. to Ireland.

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, August 05, 1942, Page 6

There's more to that "Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland" than just words and music - ask Mr. and Mrs. A. [Etta M.] OLIVER, 929 Jersey avenue northeast.

That's the sort of thing that comes true, because their son, Pvt. Bob OLIVER, found one and on June 28 made her an American beauty, as the song goes. The rose, Miss Aileen ADCOCK, wasn't a real Irish one, her home has been in New Zealand, in Africa and in Canada. Her father is now an engineer of the British air force.

Chaplain E. A. JONES performed the ceremony in the army chapel in northern Ireland. Two Minnesota soldiers took part, John George PANKA, acting as best man, and Donald SAND giving the bride in marriage.

Private OLIVER went to Claiborne [LA] with the national guard and is now stationed in northern Ireland.

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
May 24, 1945, Page 15

A letter from Pfc. Bob OLIVER, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. OLIVER, 929 Jersey N. E., states that he had been liberated from the German prison camp, Stalag 3B, and expected to be home soon. The letter was dated May 10.

Pfc. OLIVER has been a prisoner since Feb. 17, 1943, when he was captured by the Germans in north Africa. No official word of his release has been received here.

"It seems good to be an ex-POW," he had written. Pfc. OLIVER went overseas with the 2nd contingent of the national guard and while in Ireland was married to an English girl, a member of the British air forces. She is at present in England but expects to come to the states as soon as she gets official word of her husband's liberation and whereabouts.

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
September 10, 1945, Page 3

Pfc. Bob D. OLIVER of 929 Jersey N. E., who returned to the states in June after 30 months of duty overseas, has reported to the army ground and services forces redistribution station at Hot Springs, Ark., following a 2-month furlough at his home. Pfc. OLIVER was a prisoner of war in Germany for 26 months and is a veteran of combat in north Africa.

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2013