Iowa Old Press
Algona Upper Des Moines
Algona, Kossuth co. Iowa
December 2, 1943
Paul Ostwinkle Now With 5th Army, Italy
According to a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Ostwinkle, city, Paul Ostwinkle is now a member of the celebrated
5th army in Italy, battering the Nazi ranks on its way to Rome.
The letter was written October 5th and said that going had been
tough because of much mud. Paul, it will be remembered, was a
member of the 34th Division, with Clark, and famous for its
activities in North Africa. He has been in the service two years
and eight months, being one of the first to volunteer out of
Algona.
Former Algona Boy Promoted in Air Force
From an India air base comes word announcing the
promotion of Sgt. Chalmer V. Cooper, son of Mrs. Pearl A.
Rockholz, 1446 Harding Road, Des Moines, but former Algona
residents. Sgt. Cooper has served with the army air forces for
nearly two and one-half years and has been on duty with the 10th
U. S. air force in India for twenty months.
Three Kossuth Boys Enter Cadet School
According to word received from San Antonio Aviation
Cadet Center, Texas, three Kossuth boys were part of a class of
211 aviation cadets from Iowa now stationed at the army preflight
school at San Antonio. They boys are Richard J. Cook, South Moore
street and Arthur Lundh, East North street, Algona, and Duane G.
Hansen, of Burt.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lyndon Kerber spent Sunday at the Carl Feye home at
Whittemore. The Feyes are Mrs. Kerber’s parents.
[transcribed by L.Z., July 2015]
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Algona Upper Des Moines
Algona, Kossuth co. Iowa
December 9, 1943
A BANCROFT MOTHER GIVES SIX SONS
Is there any other mother in these United States who has
given more to her country than has Mrs. Anna Nurre, Bancroft,
whose six sons are today in the armed forces of Uncle Sam? Six
sons joined up, two with the navy, two with the army air corps,
one with the navy air corps, and one with the coast guard. Truly
a record unequalled in this country, the state and perhaps the
nation. All honor in this fine Kossuth county mother and her six
boys, and what a fine credit to the community in which these boys
were raised and lived, Bancroft. We print herewith the record of
the six Nurre boys, the cuts and material furnished by courtesy
of the Bancroft Register.
Vincent Nurre, youngest of the six brothers, was born on March
11, 1926, on the farm near Bancroft. He attended St. John’s
school and was graduated with the class of 1943. He enlisted in
the Navy V-12 program when only 17 years old and was called to
duty in July this year. He is stationed at Iowa State College,
Ames. (photo included)
Philip Nurre, the second of the Nurre brothers to enter the
service, chose the U. S. Coast Guard, when he enlisted in
September, 1941. He received his training at Port Townsend,
Washington, and has been serving in the far north Pacific waters
ever since. His present base is Ketchikan, Alaska. Philip was
born near Bancroft, June 24, 1920. He spent his entire life in
this locality, attended St. John’s school and he was
graduated with the class of 1938. His present rating is M.O.M.M.
2-c. (photo included)
Joseph Nurre, Ensign in the U. S. Navy Air Corps, is now on
patrol duty in the Carribean Sea. Joe was born near Bancroft on
May 9, 1918, and entered the service in February, 1941. Joe
volunteered for flight training in December, 1941, and received
his pre-flight training at Minneapolis. He was transferred to
Corpus Christi, Texas, for immediate and advanced training.
Before entering the Navy, he attend the University of Minnesota,
where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. (photo
included)
Gerald Nurre was born March 27, 1924, near Bancroft, attended St.
John’s school and was graduated with the Class of 1941. He
attended Iowa State College at Ames and enlisted in the U. S.
Navy in April this year. His call for active duty came the same
month and he was first sent to Farragut, Idaho. Gerald is now
serving as a Radio Technician at Treasure Island, San Francisco,
Calif. (photo included)
Richard Nurre, who is now an Aviation Cadet at the Pre-Flight
School at Chico, Calif., was born June 23, 1922, near Bancroft.
He also attended St. John’s school, being graduated with the
class of 1940. He attended Iowa State College at Ames and was
later employed at Duluth, Minn., before entering the army under
Selective Service in February, 1942. He was first stationed at
Hastings, Nebr., and than at the Santa Ana, Calif., Pre-Flight
school. (photo included)
John Nurre, staff sergeant with the Army Air Corps now in England
was born July 8, 1908, at Maple River, Iowa. He attended St.
John’s school and Parks Air College at St. Louis, Mo. John
joined the army in March, 1942, and was first stationed at
Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill. He later was graduated from the Air
Mechanics School in Brooklyn, N.Y., and still later was stationed
at Stinson Field, San Antonio, Tex. (photo included)
[transcribed by L.Z., July 2015]