Iowa
Old Press
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co. Iowa
July 28, 1942
Sioux Cityan Who Was in 5 Midway Attacks Enlists
Des Moines- Arthur Thomas Burns, 23, Sioux City civilian
veteran of five Japanese attacks on Midway Island enlisted today
in the United States navy---with a hope of being sent back to
Midway and farther. “I want to go on to Tokyo and finish
this up in time to return her for Christmas dinner with Santa
Claus,” Burns said, fingering a photograph of Mrs. Burns and
the tiny Katherine Clare, 15 months. Burns went to Midway Island
last September. He was a refrigeration worker with a general
construction company. He wasn’t hurt in any of the attacks.
Burns is leaving his wife, the former Alma Cussen and baby girl
with Mrs. Burns for the duration. His mother now lives in Boise,
Idaho, but he has two older brothers, James and John Burns in
Sioux City. Burns who will have a rating of fireman first class
will leave immediately for naval training
[transcribed by C.S., July 2016]