Iowa Old Press
The Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co. Iowa
August 1, 1945
IN UNIFORM
2d Lt. Jean F. Jolin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Jolin, 1707
Jones Street, has arrived at army air force redistribution
station 2 in Miami Beach, Florida, for reassignment processing
after returning to this country from the European theater of
operations. Lt. Jolin flew 15 missions as a B-24 navigator before
his plane was shot down in October, 1944. He was held as a
prisoner of war by the Germans for eight months.
Harold M. Blades, son of Mrs. Amanda Blades of San Francisco and
formerly of Sioux City, has been promoted to the rank of staff
sergeant while serving with the 71st evacuation hospital
stationed in the Philippines. He has been overseas for the last
18 months. He has two brothers, Glenn H. and Frances H. Blades,
both of whom are serving in the merchant marine.
Lt.. R.K. Schneck, recently returned from England, is spending
part of his 30-day furlough in the home of his aunt and uncle,
Dr. and Mrs. C.G. Taylor, 9 32d Street. His home is in Sioux
Rapids, Iowa.
Lt. Donald J. Ward, B-29 pilot, has completed transition
schooling at Maxwell field, Montgomery, Alabama and is spending a
28-day leave with his wife and children, 2406 S. Cedar Street. He
will report to Salina, Kansas for further training.
Petty Officer Third Class Oliver J. Meier, flight orderly, is
home on a 10-day emergency leave to be with his wife, who
underwent an operation at St. Joseph’s hospital Tuesday
morning. Officer Meier, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Meier, 1103
½ Fourth Street, will return to the Olathe, Kansas naval station
on Saturday. His wife and family reside in Sloan.
Richard B. Boyd has been given an honorable discharge as staff
sergeant from the army under the point system after serving 53
months, 32 of them overseas, with the 87th ordnance company, it
was learned by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Boyd, 218 Kansas
Street. He participated in the invasions of Africa, Italy, France
and Germany.
Vernon L. Lundquist, aviation fire control man second class, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E.A. Lundquist, 1045 Omaha Street, has been
awarded a gold star in lieu of a second air medal while serving
as a crew member of a navy Privateer patrol plane which sank a
Jap patrol boat, six small vessels and six fishing craft on three
successive strikes against the enemy in the Marianas.. He has
been overseas for the last six months.
T-3 Phillip F. Jauron, 720 Hornick Avenue, has returned to this
country after the army redeployment plan and now is stationed at
the Miami, Florida army air field awaiting reassignment. He has
been overseas for 41 months in the European theater with a
medical detachment. His citations include the bronze star medal
with five battle stars.
Emmet Rager, seaman first class and Henry Conner, signalman first
class, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Conner, 414 W. 24th Street,
met in the south Pacific after having not seen each other since
September 1943, when they were together on Treasure Island. Both
boys have been in service for two years.
First Lt. Samuel J. Bach, formerly of Sioux City, has arrived at
the Long Beach Army Airfield, California and is now stationed
with the Sixth ferrying group of the air transport command’s
ferrying division. In the service since April 22, 1942, he
received his commission October 1, 1943 at Blytheville, Arkansas.
He holds the European and American theater of operations ribbons,
the air medal and five oak leaf clusters.
Clayton S. Mustapha, whose wife lives at 2607 Myrtle Street, has
been promoted to the rank of sergeant while serving with the
combat engineers on Okinawa. He has been overseas for the last
year and is a veteran of Leyte.
S. Sgt. Homer D. Newman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rose E. Newman, 623
Bluff Street, has arrived at the bombardier school Big Spring,
Texas, where he has been assigned.. Sgt. Newman, who recently
returned from the European theater of operations where he served
as an aerial gunner on 35 missions, was awarded the air medal
with five oak clusters and the E.T.O. Ribbon with three battle
stars.
Norman N. Swanson, seaman first class, will return to Fort
Pierce, Florida after spending a seven-day leave with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Swanson, 2903 Dodge Avenue. He was
graduated recently from an amphibious school at Fort Pierce.
[transcribed by C.S., July 2018]
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co. Iowa
August 2, 1945
IN UNIFORM
Arthur E. Bucy, seaman second class, has been spending a
30-day leave in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Martha Culver, 709
Nebraska street, after 18 months in the South Pacific, where he
was serving as a cook aboard a ship. He is the son of William
Bucy, of Portland, Ore.
Delbert J. Jauron, seaman second class, has returned to Farragut,
Idaho, to be reassigned after spending a five-day leave with his
wife and three daughters, 300 E. 27th street, South Sioux City,
and his mother, Mrs. Bertha Jauron, Salix, Ia. Mrs. Delbert
Jauron’s father was here from Lawrence, Kan., during his
son-in-law’s leave.
Ernest A. Kenny, jr., aviation radioman first class, accompanied
by his wife, spent five days on delayed orders at his home, 1801
Myrtle street. He previously was stationed at Jacksonville, Fla.,
as flight radio instructor. He now has reported at San Diego,
Cal., for further assignment.
Cpl. Francis J. Fenton, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Fenton, 1950 Nash
street, has gone to the El Toro air station, Santa Ana, Cal., for
further assignment after spending a 30-day furlough with his
parents. He recently returned to the States after 16 months of
service in the South Pacific.
Pvt. Gerald Doran, after five months’ action with the Marine
Corps on Guam, has received an honorable discharge. He was
inducted into the service December 15, 1943. Pvt. Doran resides
with his grandmother, Mrs. L. M. Drawz, 1710 Nash street.
Pvt. John E. Leland, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Leland, 2142
Summit street, has been transferred to Chanute Field, Rantoul,
Ill., where he will take a 14-week specialized course.
Sgt. Lewis S. Weinberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lipman Weinberg, 112
24th street, was one of the member of the Ninth armored
division’s combat command A, which barred entrance to the
city of Luxembourg by the Germans for 10 days until the Fifth
infantry division came to relieve them, he advised his parents.
This group of men held its ground until word came through
ordering them to move back to United States lines. Wearing German
helmets and wrapped in blankets the doughboys walked through
German held Beaufort, “heiled Hitler” when challenged
by a sentry, reached their own lines in due time and fought some
more. At present Sgt. Weinberg is at a rest home in France,
“waiting to take another poke at the Germans,” he says.
His wife is the former Mildred Fowler of Elk Point, S.D. Sgt.
Weinberg is in an operations unit of the headquarters company of
the 19th tank battalion.
Martin Kronick, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Kronick, has been promoted
to first lieutenant. He is in the infantry and is stationed at
Huntsville, Ala.
Second Lt. Saville T. Ford, whose home is at 2105 Summit street,
now is serving with the India-China air transport command, has
been awarded an air medal, Brig. Gen. William H. Tunner,
commanding general of the division, announced. The citation
accompanying the award states that it was for “flying at
night as well as by day at high altitudes over impassable,
mountainous terrain through areas characterized by extremely
treacherous weather conditions necessitating long periods of
operation by instruments, requiring courageous and superior
performance of his duties to overcome, he accomplished his
mission with distinction.” The award was made for the period
of serving from July 27, 1944, to September 24, 1944.
Sgt. S. B. Virruso, whose wife and daughter reside at 1103 Summit
street, has arrived in England. Sgt. Virruso, who is with a
railroad battalion, was inducted in the Army on January 2, 1943.
Pvt. James Shearer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shearer, 1811
Rustin street, was sworn into the Marine Corps Monday in Omaha
and was ordered to report to Paris Island, S. C., for his basic
training.
Stanley Corbett, attached to the office of the judge advocate
general, has been transferred to duty at Dallas, Tex., and has
been promoted to first lieutenant.
Cpl. Wayne A. Spies, whose wife lives at 1603 Pierce street, is
now on Luzon. He is with the 161st anti-aircraft battalion and
has served in New Guinea for one year and Australia for six
months.
Sgt. William G. Mowrey, whose wife resides at 3614 Jones street,
recently was promoted to his present rank at the first troop
carrier command, Sedalia army air field, Warrensburg, Mo. Before
entering the Army, he was employed in Sioux City. His brother,
Capt. H. A. Klinetop, now is serving in the armed forces. The
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Mowrey, live in Anamosa, Ia.
[transcribed by L.Z. June 2015]