Iowa
Old Press
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa
Friday, May 4, 1945, Page 12
TWELVE FROM IOWA ARE DEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C. – Seven Iowans in the navy were
listed as dead and two as wounded in a report of casualties
announced Thursday by the office of war information. The list
also included names of five soldiers dead in Europe, 25 wounded
in Europe, 13 wounded in the Pacific, five missing in Europe and
seven prisoners of Germany. The casualties:
NAVY
Dead
Russel Engwer Clausen, pharmacist’s mate first class,
Clinton.
Virgil Duane Deets, pharmacist’s mate second class, Nora
Springs.
Pvt. Orville G. Lockery, Tama.
Pfc. Ben S. McDonald, Ottumwa.
Pvt. Robert J. Montgomery, Iowa Falls.
Pfc. Boyd B. Nelson, Garden City. (Previously listed as wounded.)
Pvt. Duane L. Woods, Henderson.
Wounded
Merlin Arthur Clark, yeoman third class, Brandon.
Charles Frank Elias, pharmacist’s mage second class, Cedar
Rapids.
ARMY
Dead-European Regions.
Pvt. Junior R. Brinegar, Moulton.
Pfc. Arthur K. Brockman, Eldridge.
Tech. Sgt. William A. Browning, Crescent.
Pfc. Clarence L. Janssen, Traer.
Cpl. Delmer L. Krumrey, Charles City.
Wounded-European Regions.
Technician Fourth Grade William Brock, jr., Rock Rapids.
Pfc. Walter Graham, Logan.
Pvt. Everett M. Grant, New Virginia.
Cpl. Walter R. Hansen, Inwood.
Technician Fourth Grade Howard R. Harper, Unionville.
Staff Sgt. Delbert J. Hildreth, Des Moines.
Pvt. Harold E. Horn, Council Bluffs.
Cpl. Emerson J. Howard, Estherville.
Pvt. William H. Jackson, Mason City.
Pfc. Thomas V. Jacobs, Centerville.
Pfc. Vernon L. Jensen, Hanlontown.
Pfc. Kenneth A. Keapproth, Bancroft.
Pfc. Herbert J. Keegan, Dubuque.
First Sgt. Ted. G. King, Des Moines.
Lt. Jack H. Kohrs, Bettendorf.
Pfc. Donald D. Kuiken, George.
Pfc. Walter H. Noack, Westside.
Pfc. Walter C. Paar, Dubuque.
Pfc. Peter J. Paulsen, Britt.
Pfc. Donald J. Stock, Davenport.
Staff Sgt. William E. Stoffregen, Dubuque.
Second Lt. Melvin G. Stone, Cedar Rapids.
Lt. Henry C. Wadsworth, Sioux City.
Pfc. Sherman D. Ward, Mason City.
Pfc. Robert D. Youngblut, Waterloo.
Wounded-Pacific Regions.
Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Davis, Centerville.
Pfc. Walter A. Godfredson, Bancroft.
Pfc. Lewie G. Hay, Moville.
Sgt. Victor Klopping, jr., Newton.
Pfc. George F. Locke, Albia.
Pfc. Milo H. Miller, Sioux City.
Tech. Sgt. Richard W. Monthie, Perry.
Pfc. Ernest W. Olson, Kanawha.
Pvt. Joseph A. Reyes, Centerville.
Pfc. Lamoine D. Schneekloth, Tipton.
Pfc. Leland W. Secor, Des Moines.
Pvt. Harold R. Voshell, Oelwein.
Pvt. James G. Votava, Clearfield.
Missing in Europe.
Second Lt. Francis Beedle, Sioux City.
Pfc. Leslie L. Chamberlain, Toddville.
Pvt. Billy Humble, Sioux City.
Pvt. Ervin D. Pedersen, Swaledale.
Pfc. Charles E. Putney, Council Bluffs.
Prisoners of Germany.
Pfc. Hillary P. Cole, Thurman.
Sgt. Eugene J. Estes, Davenport.
Pvt. Ray E. Johnston, Pulaski.
Pvt. Harry A. Mason, Waterloo.
Pfc. Ellert E. Nodtvedt, Kensett.
Technician Fourth Grade Clifford R. Schild, Belle Plaine.
Pfc. Frank J. Seda, Clutier.
[transcribed by L.Z., September 2017]
The DesMoines Sunday Register, May 6, 1945
Iowans Enjoy Rest Period in Holland
(Photos included)
These photographs were taken in Holland while front-line troops of the 35th Infantry division were enjoying a rest period. They were sent to The Register by First Lt. E. H. Zielasko, a former S.U.I. student, who writes that Iowans in Europe receive much pleasure from the pictorial reports of home towns in the rotogravure section, and adds:
“It occurred to me that the people in Iowa would be equally interested in a pictorial report of their sons, relatives and friends overseas . . .”
Pictures were taken by Signal Corps Photographer Armond R. Guinn, Los Angeles.
(Photo)
“You people of Garden Grove,” Lieutenant Zielasko writes, “certainly remember Sgt. Virgil Torrey. Here he is shown as two little Dutch girls bashfully approach him for American chocolate. Sergeant Torrey used to farm in your section of Iowa and plans to resume farming there after the war.”
(Photo)
“Mrs. Delbert Wallentine of West Burlington and Mrs. Clair Wilson of Marshalltown should enjoy this photograph,” says Lieutenant Zielasko. “Left to right are husbands Delbert and Clair . . . We hope 5-year-old Betty Louise and 1-year-old Mary Marlene Wallentine don’t ask their daddy to being the dog back home with him. The puppy belongs to a little Dutch girl.”
(Photo)
“Lt. Sam O’Brien of Des Moines (left) and Master Sgt. Wayne Anderson of Akron, don’t appear too happy about having their pictures taken as they put out their laundry to dry,” confides the caption on this candid study. “Maybe,” Zielasko explains, “Sgt. Anderson is afraid his wife will get ideas some Monday after the war. Bachelor O’Brien has no such worries.”
(Photo)
Strolling down a Highway in Holland are Pfc. Harrison Hesseltine of Brighton (at left) and Pvt. Richard E. Porter.
“They’re not going anywhere in particular,” Lieutenant Zielasko says, “just strolling as they used to on Sunday afternoons back home.”
(Photo)
“To Show You They Haven’t Forgotten How to Smile,” the lieutenant explains, “these three Iowans beam broadly at the camera man. They are from Left: T/5 LeRoy Anderson, Red Oak, Staff Sgt. Lloyd W. McKee of Corning, and First Sgt. Milo Saylor of Waterloo. All are font-line veterans with the 320th regiment.”
(Photo)
Maj. James A. Leach of Davenport and Lt. Harold E. Becker, Monmouth, are talking about old times in Iowa, according to Lieutenant Zielasko, who adds: “The Major, husband of Lois Hill of Des Moines, is a battalion executive 320th regiment. Lieutenant Becker, a machine gun platoon leader in the 35th’s 320th, hopes his wife, in Monroe, Ia., will see this.”
[transcribed by L.Z., Jan 2022]