LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA

The following information is from the Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, and a few Wapello Republicans and Oakville Sentinels published in the 1930s through the 1950s, during World War II and the Korean Conflict. The publishers of the Hawk Eye and the Republican have given permission to publish the information. The Sentinel is no longer in existence. Burlington is located in Des Moines County, Iowa, while Oakville and Wapello are in Louisa County, Iowa. Other sources were used, such as scrapbooks on file a the Louisa County Historical Society, at the Oakville American Legion Post and Pvt. scrapbooks, many of which include undated clippings.

During World War II and the Korean Conflict, there were numerous articles, notes and columns about thousands of area service men and women in the local newspapers. The Hawk-Eye Gazette's coverage area included and still includes southeast Iowa and western Illinois. It also includes news from around the state and the world. These original newspapers are extant and were donated by the family of the late Ed Young of Oakville, Iowa.

You may note some names that do not appear to be spelled correctly; they are printed here as they appeared in the newspapers. Sometimes a name is spelled differently in one article. Occasionally there will be military-related items that are not local, but were included as topics of historical interest. I hope you enjoy the results of this endeavor as much I appreciate having the opportunity to make it available. ~ Connie Street, transcriber

Undated clippings

Pictured is Dean Darrell Vandiver, 15-month-old grandson of Earl G. McClinton, commander of the McCord Hunger post 2449, Veterans of Foreign Wars, congratulates mayor Verle McBride on his purchase of the first body poppy inaugurating the VFW's 26th annual sale of poppies to a disabled and dependent veterans and their families, and widows and orphans of deceased servicemen. The mayor jumped the gun, as the community-wide poppy sale is slated for Saturday. Don Gerdom, right, represented the disabled veterans as the  mayor bought the first flower.  Dean may never have to go to war, but at that time comes, he no doubt will acquit himself with honor. His dad, Darrell Vandiver 805 1/2 Osborne St., is a veteran of World War II. His grandfather Earl McClinton, 2305 Vogt St, is a veteran of World War I, and his great-great-grandfather, William McClinton, fought in the Civil War. William McClinton's widow, Mrs. Louisa McClinton, Oquawka (Ill.) is 103 years old. Dean's grandmother on his mother's side is a Gold Star mother.

Richard and William Mellinger, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mellinger, 1601 S. 12th St., Burlington, are both in service. Richard, 21, is a Pvt. first class, stationed at Dillingen, Germany, as a supply clerk and a truck driver for his battalion. Richard entered service March 5, 1952, received 16 weeks basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and after a 17-day furlough at home, left Camp. Kilmer, New Jersey, in August 1952 for overseas duty. In Germany, he has attended the noncommissioned officers academy for six weeks. Before entering the service he was employed by the Burlington Baking Company. (Military address and photo included.) Bill, 19, is an airman third class in the Air Force. He is now spending a 15-day furlough with his wife, Mrs. Mary (Canfield) Mellinger at 1410 Iowa St. ( Burlington). His twin sons, Ronald Dwayne and Donald Dean, born July 5, his mother and other relatives here. Bill enlisted April 23, 1953, and recently graduated from nine weeks of basic training at Parks Air Force Base in California. He is now stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, where he will begin six months of airplane and engine mechanics school. Aug. 12. (Military address and photo included.)

On leave - Lt. Louis Schreiner Jr. is spending a leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schreiner on Madison Avenue  and will leave Sunday for New Jersey and assignment with the north east air command. He has been a radar instructor for cadets at James Connolly field at Waco, Texas. (Photo included.)

Pfc. Orlando Swailes, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Swailes Mount Pleasant, is stationed with the 43rd infantry division in Munich, Germany. His wife is the former LaMaye Otto, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Otto of Wapello. In Swailes' absence, she is living with her parents. Swailes entered service in September 1952. He did basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas after a 12- day furlough in January he was sent overseas. (photo included.)

Pvt. and Mrs. Ralph Morrison Jr. arrived at Columbus Junction for a visit at the home of Morrison's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morrison.

(The following three items appear to be after spring 1945. A separate article on the torn page described how 5th Army gained 5 miles in the Apennines southwest of Bologna, Italy.)

Stockport, Iowa (Van Buren County) - Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Poole arrived here Monday from San Diego, Calif., where he has trained with the Marines for several months. Poole was recently granted an honorable medical discharge.

Grandview, Iowa (Louisa County) - Lt. Col. and Mrs. Warren Allen returned to Omaha, Neb., on Sunday, after having spent several days with friends in Muscatine. They spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Allen of Grandview. Other Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Allen of Letts. ... Mrs. Nellie Wilson is in Burlington at the home of Mrs. Mae Westerbeck, who has gone to California, accompanying her son-in-law Frederick Stohler, Ph M 3/C, and Mrs. Stohler.

Sgt. Lorance Jackson Is on Way to U.S. New London - After being interned in Switzerland since last September 12, Sgt. Lorance Jackson is en route to the states, according to a War Department telegram received Wednesday by his wife Bette of New London. The message stated that he was on his way home and would communicate with his wife upon his arrival. A tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, and stationed at the 15th Air Force base in Italy, Sgt. Jackson has been overseas since August 1944. He enlisted in the Air Corps in December 1944 and had been employed at the Burlington shops prior to his enlistment. During the time he has been held in Switzerland, Sgt. Jackson received only one letter from his wife. She received word from him twice, both letters in February and arriving about a week apart. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jackson, also live in New London. Sgt. and Mrs. Jackson are the parents of a five-year-old daughter, Marcia Ann.

Scrapbook belonging to Ruth Carter McGaan

These appear to be from the Oakville Sentinel. The publisher sent the local newspaper to servicemen at no cost. Many of them wrote back to him to share the news from their locations around the world.

Two sons in Uncle Sam's army - The Wallace brothers were inducted into the Army April 29, 1942. They were transferred from Des Moines to Jefferson barracks, Missouri. They were together there about three months. Billy was first sent to Louisville, Kentucky, and later to Fort Benning, Georgia, where he is stationed at the present time. Pat was transferred to San Francisco, and word has been received that he has arrived safely overseas and is stationed somewhere in the Australia. Photo included of Cpl. William Wallace, Army Air Force, 45th squadron, Lawson Field, Fort Benning, Georgia, and  Pvt. Patrick E. Wallace, San Francisco, California.

Ensign Gibson returns to Corpus Christi - and son Keith Gibson left Saturday morning for Corpus Christi, Texas, after spending a pleasant furlough with the home folks. He has one his wings and has been promoted to the rank of ensign. He is not sure as to its future location, but will be stationed at Corpus Christi for a while. We enjoyed a very pleasant visit with Vincent Gibson Friday, during the time of his service in Uncle Sam's armed forces. He has made fine progress, and we wish to join with the many friends in sincere congratulations.

Somewhere in Australia, September 29, 1942. Dear friend George: I finally received a copy of the Sentinel that you sent to me at JB. It was dated July 2, but was appreciated. I can't tell you much except that I'm okay, enjoying myself and like it fine. I'd like to send you a paper, but it's impossible now. Well, George, thanks a lot for the Sentinel, and here's hoping they keep flowing. Sincerely Pat (Wallace).

He is in the Navy now - Andrew Schwartz, USS Concorde, San Francisco, California. Many of our readers remember Andy, the boy with the big piano accordion, who entertained many times with your favorite selections. But the most pleasant treat was the smile wherever you met hom. That smile won your and my friendship. Andy he came to Blackhawk Camp from Davenport, and remained until he enlisted in the Navy. He was a good fellow, and we know that he is doing his bit for Uncle Sam with that same smile. Wherever he may be, we join with the many friends in wishing him smooth sailing and safe return.

James K. Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orval L. Gibson of Minneapolis, graduated today from the US Naval air station, Corpus Christi, Texas. He was commissioned an ensign in the United States Naval reserve. The award of wings by Captain Alfred E. Montgomery, Commandant, at graduation ceremonies in front of the cadet regiment headquarters marked the completion of an intensive training course. Seeing him for duty in the fleet. After receiving basic flight instruction at the Naval reserve base, Seattle, Washington, Gibson was transferred to Corpus Christi. Here at the University of the air, he has received thorough instruction in flying the Navy's fighting planes, has mastered the intricacies of instrument flying, and has completed all types of ground school courses ranging from navigation and radio code to recognition of friendly and enemy aircraft. Ensign Gibson attended Burlington junior college where he played baseball, basketball, football, was class president and student council president.

Somewhere in Australia, August 15, 1942. - Dear mother, You have a couple of gray hairs in your head from worrying over me, but as I have said before that as long as you don't hear from me, you'll know that I'm okay. I have arrived in Australia okay, and really had a wonderful trip. I signed a safe arrival card before I left, censored, so I expect that you have gotten it by this time. For obvious reasons I can't tell you just what part of Australia. I'm in, but it is the most beautiful country that you could expect to see any place. I really think that is swell, and I'm not in any hurry to get back to the states yet. We really had a nice trip across the Pacific and couldn't ask for anything better. We docked at a couple of ports and had two days and nights free time. The people treated us as if we were really Superman. I had a spot of tea and coffee, which was really appreciated. A lovely steak, all for nothing. Over here the people all drive up the wrong side of the street. The steering wheels were all on the right side of the car and the way they come up the road you think it was something. The train cars are all about half as large as ours and sure do look out of place. I really can't tell you much about things over here, so will drop back to the states for a while. Of course you realize my mail is all censored and it kind of holds me down. When I get home I will really have one trip that nobody can take a way for me. And that I wouldn't take anything for. There are lots of Iowa boys here, and they are really a nice bunch of fellows. I ran around with Merton and Oscar  for a while but we got split up at Angel Island. I imagine that you wonder where I'm getting the typewriter, but I happen to be in charge of quarters tonight so I'm using the officers' machine. It is really neat, a nice little outfit, so guess that I will try to write several letters tonight. Overhear our money is done up in pounds, shillings, sixpence, three pence and pennies. These pennies are as big as our half-dollar back home. I just haven't completely got it figured out yet but will have it mastered before long. You know that there is enough Scotch in me and I'm not going to start getting shipped this late in life. We can buy Coca-Cola for three pence, which is about three cents back in the states, ice cream for four pence and cigarettes for eight pence. Pence is pennies here. Maybe by the next letter I can have it all figured out as I think I'll get to go into town before long. I do know the 1 pound is equal to $3.20 of our American money by the way, I don't happen to be weighted down by too many pounds either, but understand we will be getting paid before long. So maybe that will relieve some of the underway. I sure do hate it that bill last coming with me and really hope that he gets out of the state to see all the things I have. It is really worth a lot and I'm sure that he would have a real time. While mother here is what I know you are going to appreciate my address. Well I guess that is it. I had better sign off for now and hope to hear from you real soon. I'll write as often as possible, but if you don't hear from me, don't worry, as it may be hard to get mail through some time. Goodbye now, and lots of love to all, Pat (Wallace)

Mrs. Rose Wallace received a cablegram from her son, Pat Wallace, who is stationed somewhere in Australia. The message follows: "I am doing well. Mail coming through now. Will write when I get more time, love, Pat Wallace."

E. W. (Gene) McGaan, who is stationed with the Army engineers somewhere in Alaska, has been advanced to the rank of Tech Sergeant.

Stoller twins enlisted - The Stoller twins, Ray and Roy, were in Des Moines Friday, where they passed the examination for the Army aircraft service. They are home waiting their call to service, which will be from two to four months.

Pvt. Patrick Wallace has left Angel Island, Calif., for some unknown destination, and at present is somewhere on the ocean.

We received a card from Henry E. Kaiser, written at Camp Wolters, Texas, where he was stationed, saying that he would be there for a short time.

John Creighton directs Army entertainment - talent packed new glee club of MRTC to be in Army show, was the caption used by the Abilene, Texas, reporter news. Pvt. John Creighton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Creighton, of Oakville, was director. He is stationed at Camp Berkeley, Texas. The reporter news says under the guiding hand of Pvt. John Creighton, Camp Berkeley's Medical Replacement Training Center offers a new feature in West Texas Army Entertainment by presentation of a recently formed glee club. The unit makes it initial Abilene appearance Monday midnight in the Army emergency relief fund show at the Paramount Theatre. Pvt. Creighton out of the camp is working some 60 odd singing soldiers day and night in preparation for the performance, which stars actress Rita Hayworth and Pvt. Lew Ayers. Director Creighton, a music teacher and director who taught at Evanston, Illinois, after graduation with a Masters degree in music at Northwestern University, is assisted by Pvt. Emanuel Hess. Pvt. Hess appeared with the Denver opera company several seasons in civilian life, and also is affiliated with the municipal Opera in St. Louis. The assistant director studied with Carlton Jordan, former Wagner in metropolitan tenor.

Ben Reuther, 29, son of J. A. Reuther furred, enlisted in the Navy in April 1942. Then was graduated from Manila high school where he was a star basketball player. After high school Ben taught country school for about a year and a half, and after a two-year course in Cedar Falls, taught junior high subjects at Gray and Oakville. He completed training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and was sent to the radio school at Oxford, Ohio, recently.

Master Sgt. Hoyt Griffin, who recently arrived from Ireland, visited Monday with relatives in Oakville. Sgt. Griffin is en route to Camp Berkeley, Texas, where he will enter the medical officers training school. Hoyt is the son of Dr. H. M. Griffin of Morning Sun.

Pvt. Creighton directs program - Friends and relatives of Pvt. John Creighton were especially interested in the popular radio program Songs of Marching Men presented at 6:30 Friday evening from Dallas, Texas. One of the numbers of the program was a song titled Strong Hearted Men, sung by the car goalie, Texas, glee club. Under the direction of Pvt. Creighton. Camp Berkeley musicians will present an Army program, consisting of orchestra, quartets, solos and glee club, on the stage of the Abilene Theatre on August 22, directed by Pvt. Creighton.

A couple more of the boys from this community have been advanced - It is now Cpl. Charles K. Creighton, Hill Field, Ogden, Utah, and Crpl. Raymond Rawhouser, Camp Wolters, Texas. Congratulations boys, and we will be waiting for the next promotion.

5 Stoller Boys in Service - OAKVILLE, Iowa (Louisa County) - Five sons of Harry J. Stoller, all born and raised in Oakville, are serving in the armed forces. Three, including twins, are in the Air Force, two in the Navy. They are: Arthur L., 23, fireman second class, who enlisted in the Navy in March 1942. Pvt. first class Ray L. and Roy H., 22-year-old twins, Army Air Force gunner is who enlisted in September 1942, and now are stationed at Tampa Laura to. Aviation student hairy, 20, enlisted in the Army air corps in December 1942. After receiving is better his wings and a Sgt.’s rating, he transferred to cadet training at Cedar city Utah. Seaman second-class Richard, 17, enlisted in the Navy last step timbre and has just completed boot training at Farragut, Idaho. The boy’s father now lives in Ottumwa, Iowa. Their mother died in 1928, following the birth of their younger sister, Laura Ann, now 15. An older sister, Mrs. Ralph Brown, 27, is the wife of a farmer near Oakville and an older brother, Earl 25, is married and farms near Oakville.

Stoller twins awarded gunner's silver wings Pvt.s Ray L. and Roy H. Stoller are spending this week with the home folks in this community, and will leave in a few days for Salt Lake City, Utah, where they will be assigned to another camp for further special training. The twins entered active service March 19432 and in that time have been transferred five times. They recently graduated from be Harlingen gunnery school, where they received their silver wings. We will let the public relations office tell you about that: Arlington Army Airfield, Texas - This week deep in the lower tip of Texas at the Harlingen flexible gunnery school, another large class of key Arial Triggermen to guard Army air forces bombers was graduated and presented Arial Gunners Wings. Before learning to “double in lead” here during and intensive six-week training course in every phase of aerial gunnery warfare, these men behind the triggers of the Air Force completed other technical courses and are specialists either as a radio operator mechanics, radio radar operators, armorers, radio operators or bombardment airplane mechanics. All artists at their trade, capable of weaving a pattern of bullets in the sky on split second notice. They have hit sleeve targets towed by planes high over the Gulf of Mexico. While blindfolded, they have taken machine guns apart and put them together again; they know every part by touch. They can identify at a glance all military aircraft.

 

Scrapbook August 1941

In Naval Reserve - Cloyce H. Messenger of Wapello, pictured, who enlisted in the aeronautical division of the naval reserves, has passed examinations at Des Moines and is in training a the Great Lakes Naval Training Station at Chicago. He is a graduate of Wapello High School in the class of 1941. Ronald Brockway of Wapello, who enlisted at the same time, is also at Great Lakes.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1942, Page number unknown

Our Men In The Service

Now a member of America's fighting sea forces, Gordon Newton Engstrom Jr., 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Engstrom, Middletown, Iowa, reported to the U.S. Naval training station, Great Lakes, Ill., last week for period of recruit training. Instruction for recruits - known as "boot" training - includes drilling, vigorous physical conditioning, seamanship, and naval customs and procedure. Recruits are given a series of aptitude tests through which they may qualify for advanced training at one of the Navy's many service schools with an opportunity  of obtaining a petty officer rating. Some, also, are selected for immediate active in duty at sea or some other shore station. Upon completion of the training period a nine-day leave is granted.

Walter J. Schlagel, employee of the Commonwealth Edison Co., Pekin, Ill., and a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Schlagel of West Burlington, has enlisted in the Army Air Corps and left Peoria, Ill., November 2 for Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Schlagel, formerly Grace K. Hagerla has returned from Pekin to reside with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hagerla.

Promotions of  men at Fort Sheridan, Ill., were announced this week including the appointment of Pvt. William E. Blish, 213 Spruce St. (Burlington), to a corporal technician.

Sgt. James L. Allen, U.S.A., Company F, of the 351st engineers at Camp White, Oregon, is here on a 15 day leave visiting his mother, Mrs. Cecile Smith and sister, Helen Smith at 230 1/2 N. 4th St. (Burlington), On his return trip, he will visit his grandparents in Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Diercks entertained at a dinner and card party for Sgt. Allen Monday evening.

Aviation Cadet Everett Totemeier, Mount Union, who underwent three months of intensive military, physical and mental training at St. Mary's College, Calif., has been sent to Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, for beginning flight training. He was recently visited in St. Louis by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Totemeier, and Robert and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mathews, all of Mount Union. Totemeier enlisted July 19.

Robert Oberhaus, 3rd class petty officer in the Navy, stationed aboard ship on the West Coast visited here (Burlington) and route to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he will visit his mother, Mrs. Albert Hahn. In Burlington, he visited his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Benner, and his grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J.J. LaGrille and friends. He will return to the West Coast, November 3. Jack's father, Floyd Oberhaus, former Burlington glazer, also in the U.S. Navy, was recently shipped out from the southeast coast port for an unknown destination. (Photo of Robert Oberhaus included.)

Mrs. Rose C.  Wallace, Oakville, has received word that her son, William, has left the United States by plane for an unannounced destination. (Military address included.)

Acting upon orders issued by Major General Jacob L. Devers, chief of armored force, Pvt. Donald H. Robertson this week reported for a special course of instruction in the Gunnery department of the armored force school, Fort Knox, Kentucky, the technical war college of that hard-hitting "blitz" branch of the Army. The gunnery department trains a necessary skilled experts to maintain and repair the thousands of weapons used by armored units. Included in this streamlined four-week course is practice shooting at both stationary and moving targets on an outdoor range. He is the son of Mrs. O. F. Robertson of Morning Sun.

Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Lee received word from their son, Donald Lee, that he has completed his work at the Bremerton Navy Yard, Washington, and is now on the US as bogus, where he is radio operator. The bulb is an aircraft carrier and left for Southern California before his letter was written, to pick up its planes. He says he has become used to life on ship and likes it very well. He has become acquainted with two officers from this part of Iowa: Lieutenant Agnew of Creston, who was a school friend of one of Donald's acquaintances. The other is a Mr. Hampton from Fort Madison. The other radio operator on his ship is also from Iowa, and he meets many Iowa boys. He closes his letter by saying that what was fought for in the other world war, seems to be needing to be done again and he thinks the present day fellows are the ones that can do it in military address included.

Walter Conant has written New London friends that he is with the medical detachment at Camp Babler, about 30 miles from St. Louis, Missouri. There have been only five days of good weather since his arrival October 24. (Military address is included.)

Army Pvt. Carroll K. Funk of New London has recently been transferred. (Military address at Camp Swift Texas, included.)

Pvt. Dean DeVore has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn DeVore, that he is now stationed in Kentucky. (Military address at Fort Knox, Kentucky, included)

James Rogers, Lomax (Ill.), in the Naval air Corps at Beardstown, Ill., spent several days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rogers.

Lt. and Mrs. Gene Hancock,  Fort Sill, Okla., visited in the P. E. Krehbiel home in Donnellson early this week.

Forest Benjamin of the Great Lakes Naval training station and Nedra Hopp of Fort Madison were guests at the Herbert Benjamin residence at Donnellson recently.

In a basic hospital 10 days, critically ill with pneumonia, Pvt. Roy Philabaum was reported definitely improved today by hospital authorities in a wire to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Philabaum, Middletown. Pvt. Philabaum is based at Camp White, Oregon.

Gladstone, Ill. - Walter Morris left today to resume his work in the Army at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., after spending a week's furlough here with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Morris.

Harry Johnson Jr., who is stationed in the Navy at Great Lakes training station (Ill.), arrived Monday afternoon to spend a nine day for low in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson Sr. Russell Hainds Jr., who is also stationed in the Navy at Great Lakes training station, arrived Tuesday evening to spend a nine day furlough in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hainds, west of here  (Burlington).

Rolla Thompson, who is stationed in the Army at San Francisco, Calif., arrived Sunday to spend a furlough in the home of his mother, Mrs. Jess Baxter, and husband.

Clyde Sandy, stationed with a military police at Camp Skokie, Glenview, Ill., arrived home Sunday for a short furlough in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Sandy. Cpl. Dale Sandy, with the Marine Corps at New River, North Carolina, was home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Sandy, during his brother, Clyde Sandy's visit.

Mrs. Sam Galbraith has returned home after visiting six weeks with her husband at Camp Stout, Indianapolis, Ind.

William Heinzel  is spending a furlough here with his mother, Mrs. Frank Heinzel, 1429 begin on St., Burlington. He is stationed on the US S. Brooks now docked at Seattle, Washington.

Birthdays - November 19 - Carl VanEtten, U.S. Naval training station,  Urbana, Ill.; November 23 - Sgt. Harold E. Fehseke,  Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas; Pvt. Clarence W. Strawhacker, Fort Lawton, Washington; Dec. 1 - Pvt. George E. Griffith.

IOP News (Iowa Ordnance Plant), Thursday, June 10, 1943 Page 3

Bus Driver Has three Sons in Service - Frank Schafer, who has driven a bus on the Sullivan lines from Muscatine to Iowa Ordnance Plant for the past ten months, is the father of three servicemen. Mr. Schafer was employed as a melt operator on Line III before taking over his job as bus driver for the Sullivan Co. Bobbie Schafer was formerly employed by Guthrie-Johnson in plant construction work, and later transferred to he Concrete Materials Construction company for whom he worked as government checker. He was inducted into the Army at Camp Dodge Aug. 19, 1942, and reported for active duty Sept. 2, 1942. He received six weeks' basic raining at Camp Joseph G. Robinson, Ark., and was transferred from there to Fort Slocum, N.Y., where he was stationed until being sent to an undisclosed destination overseas. Bobbie is married and is the proud papa of a three-months-old son, Kenneth Ross, whom he has not seen. Richard Schafer was employed by Day & Zimmerman Inc. as office clerk until December 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. marines. He received his boot training at San Diego, Calif., and has been transferred recently to Memphis, Tenn., where he is attending radio school. Rex Schafer is the youngest in the family and was last to leave for the Army, reporting for duty at Camp Dodge on March 23, 1942 (1943). He is stationed at the present time at Camp Haan, Calif., where he is receiving anti-aircraft training at the air corps.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Saturday, July 23, 1943, Page 3

Promoted - Jack Wixom, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wixom, Hotel Burlington, has been promoted to first lieutenant in anti-aircraft artillery. He had his basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif., was commissioned at Camp Davis, N. C., and is now stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas. (Photo included.)

Sgt. James Dunahoo, formerly of Winfield, who has been stationed at Camp Crowder, Missouri, for 11 months, has been transferred to an army camp in Charleston, SC. He has had special training in hospital work and has been in service 14 months. He is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Dunahoo of Gar Wood, Missouri, former residents of Winfield. (Photo included.)

Russell D. Crane, Lockridge, recently graduated from the Air Corps school at Frederick, Okla., part of Gulf Coast Training Center. Along with hundreds of other flyers, he received his silver wings following the graduation. (Photo included.)

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Saturday, July 31, 1943, Pages 1 & 10

Oakville Boy Dies in Camp Oakville - Richard Thornton, 18, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thornton, died Thursday at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, less than a week after entering the army as an inductee. Although full details of his death were not immediately received, it was understood the youth died suddenly while being prepared for surgery. As far as his parents knew, he was in good health when he left for camp on July 23. The family gave consent for a post mortem. Originally scheduled to arrive here at 2 a.m. Saturday, the body was delayed and was expected Saturday afternoon. Tentative arrangements were for funeral rites on Sunday. Surviving are his parents of this town; three younger brothers, Robert, Roger and Ronald, all at home. Richard had been a student at Oakville High School.

"Notes" from Page 10: The coast guard unit in Keokuk was transferred this week to Burlington. The headquarters, barracks and other divisions will be in Memorial Auditorium. The largest coast guard unit between St. Paul (Minn.) and St. Louis (Mo.) it has 60 men, but will be enlarged. Lt. Floyd Zerber, Mich. City, Ind., former Burlingtonian, has been recommended for commendation after spotting a missing boat containing seven persons who abandoned a yacht after its fuel supply was exhausted. ... Charlie in the Navy Charles Stratton, Burlington's biggest policemen, joined the navy's shore patrol. He is 46, a grandfather and a veteran of the first world war. ... Pvt. Ralph Rogers, Wever, dies in Pacific area. ... There are over 200 names on LaHarpe's service honor roll. ... Five Van Buren County boys meet in Africa: Edwin DeWitt, Bob Breckey, Roger Morrison, Wayne Maddix and Alvin Lowe. ... John Burns, brother of Mrs. Blanche Anderson of Sperry, German war prisoner. ... Edmonds Safe Charles Francis Edmonds, Fairfield (Jefferson Co.), writes he's safe after sinking of destroyer "Strong" on which he was a crew member. ... Lt. Walter Schaer, air service pilot formerly of West Burlington, missing over Sicily. ...Sgt. Sam V. Thie of Mediapolis weds Phyllis Madded of Ireland Island, Bermuda. ... Mr. and Mrs. Frank McClain of Fairfield receive letters confirming fear their son, Lt. George O. (McClain), has been killed in Pacific Ocean ... S/Sgt. Max R. Pogue, 20, Media (Ill.) missing in action. Mrs. Marie Williams, Frances Thomann and Wanda Jean Thomann enlisted in the WAVES.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Thursday, May 4, 1944, Pages 1, 3 & 4

Brighton air men awarded DFC Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific (AP) - Second Lts. Norman F. White of Brighton, Iowa, and Alfred L. Mitsven, of Bode, Iowa, have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for hazardous flights to transport troops and supplies to advanced fighting areas. Lt. Russell A. E. McKinnis of Aurelia, Iowa, has been awarded the Air Medal for heroism displayed during 100 hours of operational flights, including 50 missions.

J. E. Coakley is Missing in Action  Cedar Rapids - According to word received by Mrs. Ruth Mullanix of Cedar Rapids and Tim Coakley of North English, their son, John Edward Coakley, G. M. 2/C, 24, is missing in action with a submarine crew. Entering service, September 25, 1941, Coakley was last home on leave in October 1943 having served in Australia for 18 months. He sailed from San Francisco in January 1944. His parents having not received any word from him since February. He attended school in North English and has the following sisters: Mrs. Keith Stover, Charlotte and Ann Coakley, in Cedar Rapids  and Francella and  Reta Coakley, who are in nurses' training at Ottumwa (Wapello County).

Pvt. Bonar on Furlough, New London  New London - Pvt. Raymond Bonar is here on 10-day furlough from Camp Beale, Calif., visiting his wife and son, father and other relatives.

WAPELLO, Iowa - Capt. W. O. Weaver arrived here from Omaha, Neb., Tuesday for a three-day stay with his mother, Mrs. H. O. Weaver, who has been in poor health since returning from California where she spent the winter. Capt. Weaver was recently appointed chief of classification branch, seventh service command, to succeed Lt. Col. Harrison ordered for duty with the War Department offices in Baltimore, Md.

Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Date Unknown

This newspaper is badly torn and the date and page number is missing. However, due to the content on the pages, it appears to have been published  after June 6, 1944. Many of the names are also missing.

Orville J. Dochterman, 24, of 1025 North Central St., Burlington, graduated July 20 from recruit training as honor man of his company at the U.S. Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Ill., and is now on "boot" leave. Dochterman was elected candidate by fellow bluejackets and selected honor man by his company commander on the basis of military aptitude and progress. He has been recommended to attend motor machinist mate school for further training. Prior to joining the Navy he was employed as a machinist for the Burlington Railroad. He is spending his leave with his wife and family in Burlington. (Photo included.)

Ensign Rodney Hickox, who has recently spent a week with his wife and mother, Mrs. E. E. Hickox, 928 S. Leebrick St, Burlington, is now in Norfolk, Virginia, in a Naval Hospital. In the medical corps for 2 1/2 years, Ensign  Hickox transferred to the Aviation Corps, receiving his wings in November. He has just completed a course of aerial photography at Jacksonville, Florida, and as soon as he regains his health expects to be sent overseas for active duty. Mrs. Rodney Hickox is making her home with her parents at Waukegan, Ill., for the duration.

Mr. and Mrs. Maroni Duke, 2101 S. 15th St., Burlington, are in receipt of a copy of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania newspaper, which shows a picture of a group of servicemen and their wives viewing relics of an earlier war. Included in the picture were Coxwain and Mrs. Robert Duke, both former Burlingtonians, who were shown with other visitors to the Camden County Historical Society building as they examined a pike, which was submerged in the Delaware River in 1777 to block British ships from trying to reach Philadelphia. Coxwain Duke who has been in service for two years is a son of the Moroni Duke's, and Mrs. Duke is the former Janice Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Baker of Route 2.

Melbourne Hamma, Nauvoo, Ill., who has been stationed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, was recently home on furlough. A large picnic was given for him on Sunday at the Pleasant Hills school. Melbourne, better known as "Tinky" is an MP in the Army. ...  Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simmons have received word that their son, Howard, is in the Mediterranean theater of war. ... Mr. and Mrs. Charles Siegrist have received word from their son, Lt. Robert Siegrist, of the Army Air Corps, that he is in France. ... Pfc. and Mrs. Donald Belville were at the Creel Goeble home recently. Donald is with the Coast artillery and has been in training at Fort Miles, Delaware. ... Lt. Leonard J. Schrader has been transferred from a love Field, Texas, to a hospital in Fort Logan, Colorado.

The 5th Army in Italy has announced that Pfc. Ellery H. Pepmeyer, Burlington, is rifleman with an infantry company, which helped crack the tough Gustave line, winter long defensive position of the Germans in Italy. Only 50 minutes after the offensive began on May 11, Pepmeyer and the other men of his company had seized an important height, possession of which was vital to the success of the regiment's mission. Pepmeyer's company held the hill during the night, and from that position on the following day they were able to aid the advance of other companies. Pepmeyer was employed at Bock's greenhouses before entering service.

Pfc. Robert Granaman and has been returned to Camp Butner, N.C., after a three-week visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Balmer, Stockport (Van Buren County), and friends at Fort Madison and Denmark (Lee County). He came back to the states in June from Naples, Italy. He had been overseas 21 months.

Mr. and Mrs. Oral Courtney, Grandview, have learned that their son, Pvt. Pat Courtney, has been transferred from England to France. ... Pfc. Glenn Schultz is now in France, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz. ... Kenneth Carter, who is in naval training, has been sent to Farragut, Idaho.

As an aerial engineer on a Douglas C-47 troop carrier, St. Sgt. Harold S. Livix, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z.M. Livix of Mount Pleasant, was among the first to reach the continent on D-Day. According to an announcement from a 9th Air Force troop carrier base. Sgt. Lennox has participated in three invasions. Before going to England, he served in North Africa, Sicily. He is a graduate of Mount Pleasant high school and Iowa Wesleyan College.

Lt. J. R. (Bob) Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Anderson, 297 S. 8th St. (Burlington), has sent his parents clippings from London newspapers, one a highly laudatory editorial on the fourth of July; the other a not-so- laudatory piece about Chicago by C.V.R. Thompson, English correspondent for the London paper. Lieutenant Anderson is with the ordnance department in England and writes he works from 7 a.m. until 11:30 p.m., delivering the goods to the boys on the fighting fronts. Up to this time, he says he has had no personal contact with the Nazi robot bombs.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry McLeland, Stockport, (Van Buren County) have received their first message in 11 weeks from their son Pvt. Wayne McLelland, telling them he is stationed in India. Wayne's brother, Ronald, is with the Army in Italy. ... Mrs. Maude Davidson has received 13 letters since D-Day from her son, Sgt. Harold Davidson, who is with a mechanized units in England. (Remainder of this page is missing.)

The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, May 17, 1944, Page 16

Nazis hold nine Iowans Washington, D.C. (AP) - Names of nine Iowa soldiers held prisoners of war by Germany were announced by the War Department Tuesday. They are Staff Sgt. Samuel M. Bishop, Churdan; staff Sgt. Ralph F. Edwards of Manilla; Tech. Sgt. Joseph E. Frazier, Clinton; Second Lt. Donald G. Harrer of Mason City; Second Lt. Richard T. Longman of Clinton; Pvt. John M. McLaghlin of Dubuque; Second Lt. Arthur Mittman, Muscatine; Staff Sgt. Virgil W. Scott, Stratford and Tech. Sgt. Donald E. Watts of Ionia. *Missing* The War Department Tuesday announced the names of seven Iowa soldiers missing in action in the European area and 12 in the Mediterranean. European - Staff Sgt. Gordon C. Berquist, Alta; Staff Sgt. Sydney H. Dengle, Des Moines; Second Lt. Robert G. Green, Osage; Staff Sgt. Warren N. Morris, Keokuk; Second Lt. James F. Stone, Bloomfield; Staff Sgt. Lester W. Van Gorkom, Maurice and Tech Sgt. William F. Wentz, Waterloo. Mediterranean - Second Lt. Ivan E. Beckwith, Albia; Technician Fourth Grade Bert L. Cook, Waterloo; Lt. Albert O. Geminder, Jolley; Second Lt. Sheldon W. Hanneman, Dunlap, Second Lt. Glenn F. Johansson, Ricketts; Technician Fourth Grade Robert D. Johnston, Fort Dodge; Technician Fourth Grade George A. Maine, Des Moines; Staff Sgt. Harold L. Pace, Manilla; Staff Sgt. George E. Riddle, South English; Second Lt. Wilfred L. Stagman, Fort Dodge; Tech. Sgt. Arthur J. Vanarkel, Oskaloosa, and Sgt. Carl F. Veach, Ames.

Iowans With the Armed Forces The war Department Tuesday announced the following promotions of Iowa officers: Captain to major - Paul H. Schneider, Des Moines; Roy J. Allen, Sumner; and John F. Wessels, Des Moines. Lieutenant to Captain - John H. Vogt, Fort Madicine; Alexander Meyer, Garnavillo;  Andy J. Denton, Missouri Valley; Ernest W. Svoboda, Des Moines; and Clayton O. Lonseth, Sioux City. Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant - Earl E. Brody, Centerville; Franklin B. Jeppersen, Council Bluffs; Oscar M. Tibbetts, Des Moines; Delbert W. Tildesley, Fort Madison; Ralph E. Enstrom, Keokuk; Joseph H. Cross, Ottumwa; Jack A. Henshaw, Shenandoah; Ralph W. Zeigler and Lawrence J. Ceretti, both of Waukee; Joe E. Saunders, Bancroft; Patrick Henry and Robert A. Campbell, both of Des Moines and Edwin R. Needy, Grinnell. The following were appointed second lieutenants in the Army Nurse Corps: Frances K. Springer, Albia; Mary Jane Osborne, Clinton; Lenora Weirick and Josephine C. Ballard, both of Des Moines; Elizabeth A. Czizek, Dubuque; Cleo F. McCormack, Garner; and Elizabeth J. Hayes, Hazleton.

The Legion of Merit has been awarded to Master Sgt. Carl L. Sorenson of Cedar Rapids for service in North Africa as armament section chief of a bombardment squadron from Dec. 28, 1942, to May 18, 1943.

Sgt. William C. Grady of Cedar Rapids, radio operator on the Liberator bomber CG second was killed when the Liberator was set afire by enemy fire is recently. Several of the crew bailed out safely. Grady's body was found on the ground near where the plane hit a marsh along the English coast. The ripcord on his parachute had not been pulled.

Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Monday, June 26, 1944, Pages 2, 3 & 9

Wounded in action Lt. Paul F. Scholer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scholer, 405 Harrison Ave. (Burlington), and Pfc. Horace L. DeVilbiss, husband of Doris DeVilbiss, 1627 Agency St. (Burlington), were wounded in action in the Mediterranean area, the War Department announced Monday. DeVilbiss was wounded May 12, and Scholer May 25. Condition of both men is improved, and DeVilbiss is now back in action, according to his wife. She received his Purple Heart award Saturday. He had a shrapnel wound in his left leg and was in the hospital 13 days. He has been in service since May 1942 and overseas since January this year. First Lt. Scholer was wounded while on a special liaison duty. He was reportedly investigating some tanks that were in trouble and a mine exploded, causing injuries above the left eye. He wrote his folks that four stitches were necessary to close the wound, but said he wouldn't even have a scar to show his grandchildren. Scholer, who has the Purple Heart award, is now back in action. After spending 11 days in a hospital in Italy. He was with the first Battalion entering Rome. He has been overseas since January 1943. Others from this area listed as wounded in action in the Mediterranean are Sgt. John P. Mitchell Jr., Bonaparte (Van Buren County); Captain John C. Stevens, Muscatine (Muscatine County); Tech 5th grade, Budd O. Yargus, Bloomfield. (Photo of Scholer included)

Ensign Max Kruger killed in accident Columbus Junction, Iowa - Ensign Max Kruger, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kruger of Van Nuys, Calif., was killed in an airplane accident, after serving in the Navy Air Force for two years. His mother is the former Myra Woodruff of Columbus Junction. His uncle, Everett Woodruff, and aunt, Mrs. John Hanft, reside here. Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters. A brother died two years ago.

Soldier treated for dislocated shoulder John Donnelly, Lincoln, Neb., was taken off  a troop train en route west, at Burlington Sunday afternoon, and was treated at Burlington Hospital for a dislocated shoulder. There was no official information on the cause of the injury, but it was reported that he was accidentally hurt while "cutting up" on the train. He left for the West on the next train, hoping to overtake his outfit.

Missing Staff Sgt. Wendel W. Oge, son of Mrs. Birch Roe, 206 Argyle Court (Burlington), is missing in action over France as of June 8. A waist gunner in a B-17, he has been overseas since April 1. He was employed by the Burlington route here before entering service. (Photo included)

Promoted Ralph Schweitzer, Burlington, has been promoted from and sin to the rank of lieutenant junior grade, in the Navy, according to word received here. He has been in the South Pacific for many months. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schweitzer, 2729 S. Main St. (Photo included)

Grandview pilot marries in Texas Grandview, Iowa (Louisa County) - Wedding of Esther Ruth Laesar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottfried Laesar of Muscatine, and Lt. Robert W. Westbrook, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Westbrook of Grandview, took place June 15 in El Paso, Texas. ... Lt. Westbrook graduated from Grandview high school in 1939 and attended college at Ames. He had a supervisor's position at the Burlington ordnance plant before entering the air service on March 27, 1943. He received his wings at Frederick, Okla., on Jan. 7, 1944. He is now a pilot on a Liberator and is stationed at Biggs Field, Texas.

Lynn Shellabarger and John Wallace, naval college students at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, are on a 6-day furlough at their homes (Grandview, Louisa County).

S/Sgt. Orval Jackson is spending a furlough from Camp Maxie, Texas, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jackson (Grandview, Louisa County).

Home on furlough from Aleutians  Richland, Iowa - Pvt. Lyle Luithly, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Luithly, arrived Monday on furlough for visit with his parents. He has been in the Aleutians for almost a year and is being transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss.

Dallas City Man is Home From Italy Dallas City, Ill. - S/Sgt. Hugh Dale Watson is home on furlough from Italy, where he has been stationed  with a weather squadron since January. He left the states in December 1942, and took part in the African and Sicilian campaigns. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ora Watson, who both died while he was in Italy.

A family dinner honoring Roe Dickey, EM 2/C of the Seabees, was held Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dicky. Roe has departed for his station at Davisville, R.I.

Rae Nixon of the Navy has returned to Farragut, Idaho, following a recent leaves here.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Garland of Morning Sun have received word that their son, Steven Wayne Garland, has arrived safely in the Hawaiian Islands. Garland entered the Seabees on Aug. 1, 1943, and took his boot training at Camp. Peary, Virginia. He was then transferred to Gulfport, Miss., and from there to Port Hueneme, Calif., where he embarked May 1.

Staff Sgt. Robert R. Noble has had a recent furlough with home folks at Yarmouth, before being transferred to another base. Like all soldiers, he enjoys mail and for friends wishing to write (military address and photo included.)

Pfc. Willis H. Cline, son of Mrs. John Wischmeier, Route 2, Burlington, graduated from cook and baker's school on May 6. Acl. Cline entered the Marines on Dec. 10, 1943. He now gets his mail at (military address included.) A brother, Coxswain Lloyd L. Cline, is now in Florida. (military address included.)

Pvt. James L. Hodges, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hodges, 1914 Louisa St., Burlington, was home on recent furlough from Camp Blanding, Fla. A graduate from Burlington high school with the class of 1943, Hodges is now being transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia, for advanced radio training. He wears a sharpshooter medal and reports he likes Army life. Hodges is a former Hawk-Eye Gazette carrier.

Cass is Reported Missing in Action Fort Madison, Iowa - Capt. Gerald M. Cass, listed by the War Department as missing in action, is the husband of the former Marie Louise Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Butler 1119 Ave C.. He enlisted in the Air Corps in Denver, Colo., and while he was never a resident of Fort Madison, it was used as their mailing address. He is flight commander of a bomber squadron and was reported missing in action over Hollandia, New Guinea, on May 5, 1944.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Tuesday, July 25, 1944, Page 5

Killed in Glider Accident - FORT MADISON, Iowa - Flight officer Robert H. Horr, husband of the former Mary Cullen, 626 34th St., Fort Madison, was killed in a glider accident in England on July 7, according to a War Department announcement. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Horr of Moline, Ill. Enlisting in the army air force in June 1942, he had been overseas for the past three months and participated in the invasion of France on June 6,7, 8, 9 and 10. His brother, Capt. Stanley Horr is with the army air force in Australia.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Friday, July 28, 1944, Page 5

Emmetsburg - (AP) Pfc. Floyd Jurries, 26, infantry, has been missing in action in France since June 19, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jurries, and his wife have been informed.

War casualties

Washington AP - The Navy Friday listed 6-Iowans as dead and one as wounded. They were: Dead - Lt. JG, Dean W. Gilliatt, Garrison; Joseph D. McEvoy, boatswain's mate, Des Moines; Marine Pfc. Clair E. Northrop, Selma; Marine Pfc. Dean S. Phipps, Cherokee; Marine platoon sergeant, Russell J. Stanley, Clarion, and Marine Pfc. Asa C. Warner, Eddyville. Wounded - Marine Pfc. Howard J. McDermott, Dubuque. Names of 11 Iowans wounded in action were announced by the War Department Friday as follows: European theater - Pfc. Harold L. Jensen, Hudson; Pfc. William R. Johnson, Mahaska, and Corporal Otto W. Porsch, Manning. Mediterranean - Pvt. Rex M. Beede, Kellerton; Pfc. William M. Doughan, Algona; Pfc. Albert Heitz, Fort Madison; Sgt. Edgar C. Polking, Breda; Pvt. Robert W. Richardson, Blanchard; Pfc. Lowell R. Spicer, Lineville; S-Sgt. John T. Trobaugh Jr., Lemars, and  Sgt. Kenneth C. Wells, Crescent.

Our Men in Service

The son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brown, 2715 Washington St., Burlington (Des Moines Co.), Pvt. Maurice E. Brown, was inducted into service in June 1944 and is now located at Camp Hood, Texas. He is a former employee of the Burlington freight house. Anxious for mail from his friends, (his military address and photo included).

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, of Route 2, Burlington, have received the Purple Heart, awarded to their son Pvt. Archie O. Smith, wounded in action May 20 in Italy. Pvt. Smith also saw action in North Africa and Sicily. Smith was wounded in the right leg, hand and face and is still hospitalized. He has been awarded several medals, including the good conduct medal and has been overseas 15 months. Recently he sent several souvenirs to his parents, among them the insignia from a German officers With the understanding that no questions would be asked. A graduate of Burlington high school, he was employed in Omaha before entering the service. He writes that he hopes to be sent home in the near future. (Photo included.)

Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Martin of near Salem (Henry Co.), have received word from their son, Emmett D. Martin, somewhere in the Pacific, that he has been promoted from corporal to sergeant.

Mr. and Mrs. Maynard D. Fender, New London, have received word that their son, Wendell Fender, has been promoted to first lieutenant, effective July 1. Inducted into the Army Air Corps in July 1942, Lt. Fender took his basic training in California and advanced training at Luke Field, Arizona. He received his wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant on May 20, 1943. He was made an instructor and sent to Randolph Field and Foster Field, in Texas, returning to Luke Field. He is a graduate from New London high school and attended Burlington junior college in 1941-42.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1944, Page 4

Grandview, Iowa - Master Sgt. Richard Carter, who has been stationed at Salt Lake City, Utah, for some time, is now chief clerk of records at the induction center. Kenneth Carter is receiving his boot training at the naval base at Farragut, Idaho. Pvt. William Krohl has been transferred from Fort Knox, Ky., to Fort Ord, Calif.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1944, Page 5

Our Men in Service

Charles F. McCannon, seaman second-class, has returned to Farragut, Idaho, following a 10-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCannon, 720 Lewis St., Burlington. A former student at Burlington high school, McCannon has been in service since May 29, 1944. He expects soon to be assigned to see duty. (Photo included.)

Flight Officer Kenneth H. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Peterson, 514 N. 8th St., Burlington, was among those receiving silver bombardier weightings on Aug. 14 at Childress, Texas, Army airfield. Now spending a furlough at home, on Delay en route, Peterson will report in 15 days to Lincoln, Nebraska. For further assignment. A graduate from Lockridge high school, he was formerly employed at the Iowa ordinance plan. Before entering military life in February 1943. A brother Corporal Clarence C. Peterson, is serving with the Army in Italy.

Pfc. Gal B. Wagner has returned to duty following a 10-day furlough spent with his wife and son at 1109 Plank St., Burlington. (Military address included.)

Pvt. Robert P. Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brooks, 1009 Arch St., Burlington, was graduated on Aug. 17, from the Department of Armament, of Lowry Field, Denver, Col. Pvt. Brooks, who entered military life on February 22, 1944, is a former student at Burlington high school.

Sgt. John R. Rodruck, has returned to Camp Cooke, Calif., after spending a 17-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Rodrock of Mt. Pleasant.

Master Technical Sgt. Richard Distelhorst, of the United States Marine Corps, a veteran of Solomon islands, left Monday for Cherry Point, N.C., after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Distelhorst, 620 Spring St, Burlington. Sgt. Distelhorst spent 16 months in the South Pacific.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Friday, March 16, 1945, Pages 15 & 16

Oakville boy hurt Oakville, Iowa - Cpl Boyd T. Sheridan, 21, has been wounded in action during a battle on Iwo Jima, according to word sent to  his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Sheridan of Oakville. Although the Sheridans said they had no official notification, they received a message through Cpl. Sheridan's buddy, Bill Griffin, of Columbus Junction. He has been evacuated from the island. Sheridan is a driver of a tank in the Marines 5th Tank Division. In service two years, he went overseas in June 1944. Another son, Pfc. Dean C. Sheridan is a radio operator in the 2nd Marine Division on Saipan. (Photo of Boyd Sheridan included)

Pvt. Norman Winslow, Fairfield, Wounded  Fairfield (Jefferson Co.) - Pvt. Norman Winslow, 21, has been reported by the War Department as injured in the chest on Jan. 25 in action in France, according to message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Winslow, 402 W. Adams St. In a letter from Pvt. Winslow, he stated his wound was not serious and that he was being cared for at the 21st General Hospital in France. His wife is the former Dorothy Gustison of Lockridge.

War casualties (next of kin have been notified.) The following in this area have been listed by the government as wounded in action: Pfc. Charles Wheatley, mother, Mrs. Gertrude Wheatley, Route 6, Ottumwa; Pfc. William A. Wynn, wife, Mrs. Maxine E. Wynn, Ottumwa; Pfc. Homer Dean Jr., wife, Mrs. Lois F. Dean, Muscatine; Pvt. Clarence H. Nichols, mother Mrs. Dolly M. Tutor, but someone; Pvt. Laurence E. Smith, wife, Mrs. Maudeline L. Smith, Keokuk; Pvt. Carl Wetendorf, mother, Mrs. Bertha Wetendorf, Muscatine; Pvt. Virgil Widger, brother, Herschel L. Widger, Ottumwa; Pfc. Carl L. Davis, wife, Mrs. Ethel L. Davis, Ottumwa; Staff Sgt. Warren E. Kurriger, wife, Mrs. Martha J. Kurriger, Muscatine; Pvt. Harlan J. Merrill, wife, Mrs. Gertrude M. Merrill, Muscatine; Tech Sgt. Lawrence J. Gettings, mother, Mrs. Sabina Gettings, Ottumwa; Sgt. Hubert V. Summers, mother, Mrs. Catherine H. Summers, Keokuk; Sgt. Gilbert A. Wood, mother, Mrs. Alma Wood, Ainsworth. The following has been listed by the government as missing in action with the Navy: Lawrence Edward Lepper, seamen 2-C wife, Mrs. Virginia Mae Lepper, Muscatine.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Friday, April 6, 1945, Pages 3, 4 & 7

(Today in history - U.S. entered World War I, 1917. Grand Army of the Republic organized at Decatur, Ill., 1866. Peary discovered North Pole, 1909. Battle of Shiloh, Ten., April 6-7, 1862. Mormon Church organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, Seneca County, N.Y., 1830. Hitler invaded Yugoslavia and Greece, 1941.)

Navy Man Killed; Buried At Sea Morning Sun, Iowa - Philip M. Walsh Seaman 1/c, 23, one of three brothers in service overseas, was killed in action, presumably in the South Pacific area and was buried at sea, according to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Walsh, Thursday. No other details of his death were revealed. Born in Morning Sun Sept. 1, 1921, Walsh graduated from the local high school and enlisted in the Navy three years ago. He had seen extensive service in the Atlantic early in the war before being transferred to the Pacific area. He escaped injury when his ship was torpedoed and sunk off the African coast sometime ago. He lost all his belongings when the ship was lost. Besides his parents, he leaves three brothers, Robert of Burlington; Sgt. John Walsh, in the Army in Germany; and Pfc. Edward Walsh, South Pacific area; and four sisters, Mrs. Dale Douglass, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Harvey Jennings, Winfield; Regina and Patricia at home.

Pfc. Blair Shaffer wounded on Luzon Mediapolis (Des Moines Co.), Iowa - Pfc. Blair Shaffer, and infantrymen with the U.S. Army, has been wounded in action on Luzon island in the Philippines, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shaffer. He was hospitalized for shrapnel wounds from a Jap shell.

Cpl. Long on Furlough  Winfield (Henry Co.), Iowa - Raymond Long arrived home Wednesday to spend 21 days with his parents, Bob Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Long and family, at Wyman. Corporal Long has been a patient at Winter General Hospital at Topeka, Kansas, since returning to the states in February. He will return to the hospital for further attention and an operation. Corporal Long was in the first Army artillery and received an injury to his left hip on October 21 in battle. Corporal Long is received the Purple Heart, free Pearl Harbor ribbon, ETO bar with three campaign stars for battles in France, Belgium and Germany and the citation ribbon for his first major battle engaged in, which was at St. Lo.

Boy, 11, Is Refused Army Enlistment Steamboat Rock, Iowa (AP) - Praise for the boy's spirit and hope that he will never have to do what he is now asking to do were both expressed in an Army recruiting officer's letter to an 11-year-old lad who had written to inquire if there would "be a chance"  of enlisting in the Army. Harold A. Jaspers had written to the Des Moines Army recruiting office, without the knowledge of his father, A.A. Jaspers, saying he would "like to enlist in the Army."

Henry J. Mertens, USN, Killed Mount Pleasant (Henry Co.), Iowa - Henry J. Mertens, Cox waned in the Navy, was killed during the sinking of an escort aircraft carrier in the Bismarck Sea, according to word received by his wife, Marguerite Burns Mertens. He had been reported missing. Mrs. Mertens and their two children reside with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burns. Surviving also are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mertens; two brothers, Paul and the Army in the Philippines, and Ralph in the Navy at Great Lakes, Ill., and a sister Anna Marie, WAVES in Mississippi.

Our Men in Service

Pvt. Wesley "Rick" Harris, Army cook in France, near the front, wrote February 2 to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris of LaHarpe (Ill.), that he finds plenty to cook, and plenty to eat. At the time he wrote, he was quartered in what had been an old French château before the army took over. His Bible is always with him, he stated, bringing solace in this time of danger.

Lt. J.G. Paul W. Cobb, USNR, of Denver, Ill., has returned from a tour of combat duty in the Pacific, where he served as a pilot of an Avenger torpedo bomber, on one of the Navy's hard-hitting baby flattops. Lt. Cobb, accompanied by his wife, the former Paddy Hecox, has gone to Seattle, Washington, for further assignment.

San Angelo Army Airfield, Texas - Having completed one of the most rigid courses in the AAF training commands program, another class of twin-threats bombardier-navigators has been graduated at the San Angelo Army Airfield. Among them was Robert L. Cuddeback, with the rank of second lieutenant. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Cuddeback of 630 S. 7th St, Burlington.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Rhodes, Crawfordsville, recently received a letter from their son, Maurice, from whom they had not heard for a long time. He arrived safely overseas.

Pfc. James E. Yakle, Carthage (Ill.), is at the front in Germany, according to a letter written on March 9, received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Yakle. He is serving with an anti-tank battalion and has received the infantry combat badge. He has been in service since May 1943 and overseas four months.

A US Strategic Air Force Station in England - Pvt. Donald F. Traber, husband of Mrs. Helen Traber, 413 S. 9th St., Burlington, recently arrived in this war theater of operations. Prior to entering the AAF, he was employed as a shop worker by the Burlington Railroad.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Tuesday, May 8 1945,
Page 1 Headlines

TRUMAN PROCLAIMS NAZI DEFEAT
President Asks Nation to Pray Sunday in Thanks for Triumph
NOW SMASH JAPS, LEADERS' PLEA

(This issue included a commemorative edition marking the close of hostilities in Europe.)

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Wounded in Germany  While serving with a communications unit in Germany, Pfc. Jack Landis, 19, was seriously wounded, according to a message from the War Department. Land is a graduate of Burlington high school, join the armed forces in September 1943, and was sent overseas in March 1944. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Landis, 504 Acres St, Burlington (Des Moines Co.). (Photo included.)

Glover wounded  Capt. Thomas W. Glover, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Glover, 2418 West Ave, Burlington (Des  Moines Co.), pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt, was seriously wounded in action April 5, 1945, in Germany. He was hospitalized in a Jerry hospital, that was in American hands. Glover won high honors as pilot of a fighter plane, was credited with two kills in the air and with participating in actions which destroyed motor columns, set huge oil fires, and caused a lot of other damage. He entered the Army in September 1942. (Photo included.)

Dead in Germany Pfc. Warren Bonewitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bonewitz, 2407 Madison Ave., Burlington (Des Moines Co.), first reported missing in action in Germany, was later listed as killed in action March 24, 1945. He served with the infantry of the 5th division, 3rd army, and had been in service since June 1944. He entered the armed forces six days after being graduated from high school, where he was prominent in student affairs. (Photo included.)

DFC to Marine  Marine Captain James L. Yeast Jr., 22, Fort Madison, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Yeast Sr. was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, cited for extraordinary achievement as a pilot in a torpedo bombing squadron operating in the Solomons.

Sgt. Robbins Missing Sgt. Bertrand, J. Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand J. Robinson, 1411 Osborne St., Burlington, has been missing in Yugoslavia since March 8, 1945. He was with the 15th AAF, has been decorated, and served as a turret gunner of a Liberator bomber. At one time he looked at Germany while hanging head down from the catwalk of his B24 ship, while making repairs to a bomb rack. He is a graduate from St. Paul's high school, entered the air corps in November 1943.

Teacher Wounded in Action - Max Rees, former social science instructor in Burlington high school, was wounded while fighting with the armed forces in Italy. Rees, who had previously served in the Aleutions and in North Africa, is with the combat engineers. He had been in service three years and was supervising a platoon in the reconstruction of bridges and the removal of mines. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Rees, are residents of Marshalltown.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Saturday, June 6, 1945, Page 7

Richmond on Flying Boat Which Sank a 5-Ship Jap Convoy (Navy Press Section, Washington, D.C.) Edward L. Richmond, aviation machinist's mate 1/C, of Route 2 Burlington, Iowa, was an aircrewman of a navy Mariner flying boat, which sank a5-ship Japanese convoy recently. The crew of the big flying boat found the five ships 15 miles off the coast of Formosa on the night of May 18, attempting to run the Americans sea-air blockade under the cover of darkness. For more than an hour and a quarter., the Mariner struck at the five enemy vessels, working them over again and again. First, the flying boat made a run on the whole group of ships from dead ahead. The first large vessel was damaged by near misses from bombs, and the ship began to lose way and settle in the water. Meanwhile, the Navy plane went after the second of the larger ships with machine guns. This strafing run started bright fires and gave the Navy airmen fine illumination for the attack on the other vessels. For the next hour, the Mariner strafed the three remaining ships, a medium cargo vessel and two smaller ships - until all of them sank and the survivors took the life rafts. With the No. 2 ship enveloped in flames, the Mariner concentrated its final runs on the leader of the convoy, and this ship also went to the bottom. When the convoy, totaling 17,000 tons, was completely destroyed, the Mariner continued its patrol.

List dates for Christmas Mail en route Overseas It may seem a bit early to think of Santa Claus, but the war and post office departments have plans for another American Christmas that girdles the globe. No easing of restrictions on sending gift parcels to overseas servicemen for the fourth wartime Christmas was noted in mailing regulations received at the Burlington Post Office. Same as last year, mailing gates are September 15 to October 15, inclusive, to assure some degree of possibility of delivery prior to Christmas day depending upon the destination and tempo of the war effort, the postal ruling stated. ... Only one parcel can be accepted from  or on behalf of the same person or concern to the same address the during any one week.

Birkhiser in Tough Battles With the 32nd Infantry Division in Northern Luzon, P.I. - Corporal Everett V. Burkhiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burkhiser, Middletown, Iowa, can lay claim to the title of one of World War II's real veterans. He is now in his fourth year overseas with the 32nd Red Arrow Division, and has been places. Burkhiser is a battle-wise vet of six campaigns against the Japanese. His field of action extends from Australia to the Philippines along the long road back through New Guinea and the Netherlands East Indies. His battles included Port Moresby, Buna, Saidor, Aitape, Morotai in opening the way to the Philippines. On Leyte he fought the drive down the Ormoc Corridor. Now he is fighting among the mile-high peaks of the Caraballo mountains in Northern Luzon, where the battle scarred 32nd veterans are destroying Gen. Yamashita's final last ditch defenses along the tortuous Villa Verde trail. Birkhiser has seen  more than 13,000 hours of combat in steaming jungles or on cold mountain heights, meeting and beating the best the enemy has to offer.

Strait Went Through Typhoon on Carrier Aboard an escort carrier in the Pacific - James I. Strait, 29, boatswain's mate, 1/C, USN, son of Mrs. Hattie Strait, 2812 West Ave, Burlington, Iowa, is a veteran of 7 years 6 months of service in the Navy. Strait has seen action aboard this carrier worse than the typhoon that battered the ship in the Western Pacific in December 1944. He and hundreds of other men aboard, using their body weight as ballast, saved themselves and the ship from disaster during the storm. Slipping and stumbling through a raging tide of sea water, oil and gasoline on the hangar deck, the men ran back and forth for hours to place their combined weight of 45,000 pounds against the seawater. The carrier, top-heavy with planes lashed to its flight deck, rolled to a 40° list at the storm's worst. Wind and waves finally tore the planes loose and sent them overboard. Until morning brought calm, the man worked constantly, without meals or hot coffee.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Saturday, July 28, 1945, Page 3

News Of Our Men And Women In Uniform

Ivan Davis, one of seven brothers all in the Navy is on leave after two years duty spent in the Marshall Islands. He is visiting in Burlington with his mother, Mrs. Inez Davis, 1019 S. 12th St., and in Wapello with his wife, the former Margaret Knapp, and young son. He related that just after he received his leave papers, he involuntarily flirted with death. When he suffered first- and second- degree burns from exploding gasoline. He was treated with blood plasma, and recovered well enough to come home on leave, in spite of his injuries. Davis is an aviation machinist's mate 2/C. While in the Marshalls, he met his brother, Melvin, 19, whom he had not seen for three years. Melvin, a petty officer 3/C, serves aboard an LCI, and has had sea duty for more than a year. Later, the two met again at Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Davis has reported the location of her others sons. Marshall, firemen 1/C, is en route to Okinawa for transportation work. George MoM 3/C is on Guam. Oscar, MM 2/C, the eldest has been in Davisville, Rhode Island, for some time where he is training for construction work. The USS Sea Leopard is the name of Sheldon's ship, with a New York Army Post Office address. Sheldon, like George, is a motor machinists mate 2/C. The youngest of the Davis sons is Marvel, S2/C, who serves on the USS Clamp.

S 2/C Albert Hill and SC 1/C Francis Parker have returned to Great Lakes, Ill., Naval Training Center after several days visit with relatives in Burlington.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith of Mount Pleasant (Henry Co.) have heard from Sgt. Earl Craff, who is in the signal air corps located in Berlin. He has charge of a motor pool of 50 trucks. Sgt. Craff expected to come home July 1, but according to his letter, is now in the dark about when he will return.

Pfc. Dwight Stucker of Pleasant Grove left the states several days ago from the West Coast for overseas duty with the Army.

Numerous wounds to his hands were suffered by Pfc. LeRoy Cozad, husband of Mrs. Bonnie Horning Cozad, 521 S. Gertrude St. (Burlington), by the explosion of a shell, which blew him into the air while serving with infantry in Germany March 15. His wounds are nearly healed. Cozad, who has also served in the Aleutians, for more than two years, was employed by the Northwestern Cabinet Co. at the time he left for service 3 1/2 years ago. He went to Europe last December. Cozad's parents reside in Melrose. (Photo of Cozad included.)

After lengthy sea duty in a Pacific, which ranged from a battle for the Marshall Islands to raids against Japan and China, Chief Gunner's Mate Frank J. Koehler is visiting here (Burlington) with his wife and family at 810 N. 9th St, and with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koehler, 512 Summer St. His ship, a 2,100- ton destroyer, participated in naval engagements with the 3rd, 5th, and 7th fleets. These included the battles for the Marshalls, Mariannas, Philippines, Carolines, Formosa, and Iwo Jima. His ship escorted carriers in strikes against Japan, Saigon in French Indo-China, and Hong Kong Shanghai. Koehler's most recent experience was in Okinawa, which he termed the worst of any and where the Navy lost more men than during the whole period of the first World War. He also was at Iwo Jima, where War Correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed. He was entitled to wear the American Defense ribbon with one bronze Star, the American theater ribbon, Asiatic Pacific ribbon with one silver and three bronze stars, signifying eight engagements, the Philippine liberation ribbon with two bronze stars, the Okinawa campaign ribbon with two bronze stars, and the good conduct medal ribbon with one bronze star. On a 30-day leave, he will report Aug. 25 at Washington, D.C. fo gunnery and electric hydraulic schools.

Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss. - The job of helping keep America's giant bombers in fighting trim for their aerial assaults on the axis awaits Pvt. Robert L. Rydberg, son of Mrs. Helen Rydberg, 801 S. 3rd St, Burlington, Iowa. Pvt. Rydbberg was enrolled here this week for Keesler's field's 76-day basic airplane and engine mechanics course, having qualified for the AAF training command technical school with outstanding marks on the army mechanical aptitude tests.

With the 37th Division in the Philippines - Emil W. Johnson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson of 1226 Angular St, Burlington, Iowa, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal for the Luzon campaign. While working on the construction of a Bailey bridge across the Irisan River in the drive on the Baguio, Corporal Johnson was under heavy enemy mortar fire. He and members of his engineering squad, disregarding their own safety, continued to work and completed a new land vital supply line to forward elements. Johnson entered the service in July 1942, and took his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He came overseas in January 1943 and has been stationed on Fiji, Guadalcanal, Russell Islands, and has been through the New Georgia, Bougainville, and the Luzon campaigns. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have another son in the service Pfc. Frank A. Johnson, with an infantry Regiment now serving in the Pacific. He was formerly employed by the Northwestern Cabinet Company.

Raymond L. Butler, 23, discharged service man, of Burnside, Ill., committed suicide by shooting himself at his home. In a note written by Butler, he stated he was taking his life because of a back ailment.

Casualties: Pvt. Dale (Buster) Metzger, Winfield, missing in action on Okinawa since May 18; second Lt. James G. Horan, USMCR, Fort Madison, injured for second time on Okinawa; Keith L. Mounce, Donnellson, killed in action in Belgium; Marion Harper, Brighton, killed June 27 on Okinawa

Promotions: To Captain, 1st Lt. Charles F. Stein, Fort Madison; to 1st lieutenant, William P. Tolbert Jr., Fort Madison; to 1st lieutenant, Irene Shulte, Army nurse, West Point; to technical sergeant Clyde Coleman, West Burlington; to major, Joseph P. Bates, Columbus Junction; to first lieutenant, James Dickson, Wapello; to corporal, Delmore Evans, Columbus Junction; to technician5h grade, Pfc. Joseph C. Menke, Burlington; to second lieutenant, Maurice M. Hannah, Master Sgt., Burlington; to sergeant, Valvert Fleming, Stockport.

Awards: Oak leaf cluster to Legion of Merit to Col. John H. Reipe, deputy assistant chief of staff, G2, in Austria, from Burlington; silver star to Sergeant H. Pollpeter, Fort Madison; purple heart to Willis R. Baldwin, USN, Burlington; bronze star to Sgt. Frank J. Niemann, Burlington.

Honorable discharges: Capt. Charles Jenkins, Harold Boulton, Columbus Junction; Pvt. Robert Daugherty, Cantril; Cpl. Lyle Reidner, Carthage, Ill.; S-Sgt. Sam Thie, Mediapolis.

Medical discharge: to Paul R. Hanson, USN, Burlington.

Home from overseas: Cpl. Loren H. Koenig from England, Burlington; Pfc. Dale G. Hamilton, Tech Sergeant Frank C. Broeg, from Europe, of Burlington; John Dwight, USN, B2/C, Burlington; Robert E. Lee, Hillsboro, S 1/C Max Stineman, USN, Wapello; T-5 William J. Milburn, Wapello, from Europe; Pvt. Kenneth Perrenoud, Winfield, from Europe: 1st Lt. James A. Miller, USMC, from Pacific; 1st Lt. H. Paul Oldham, from Aleutians, Burlington.

Awarded Bronze Star DONNELLSON (Lee Co.) - Captain Jesse L. Saar, member of the 109th medical battalion, was awarded the bronze star and has received a citation. The citation was awarded for meritorious service in support of combat operations from March 12, 1945 to May 2, 1945 in Italy. During this period Capt. Saar was commanding officer of the clearing company of his battalion.

Kenneth Krehbiel, ACRT, of the Naval air school at Memphis, Tennessee, is spending a short emergency leave in his home here, having been called home by the death of his father, Henry J. Krehbiel.

Lt. Hubert Dahms has returned to Pensacola, Florida, after a 15-day leave spent here in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Dahms, his wife and infant son.

Commander Richard F. Armknecht, who served in the Admiralty Islands for the past 18 months, is spending a 30 day leave with his wife and family at Ocean City, New Jersey, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Laura Armknecht. He will be stationed at Norfolk, Virginia.

Sgt. Everette Pohren arrived Wednesday for a 30-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Pohren. He had been in Germany 23 months.

Winifred Coffman, who had been visiting at the home of her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wanerus, left Thursday for her home in Cedar Rapids. Her brother, Ralph Coffman, with the 3rd army fleet, has landed in the states and is expected to arrive at the home of his mother, Mrs. Herbert Morgan in Cedar Rapids. Coffmans were formerly of Brighton.

Lt. Bennie J. Bigley on Leave WAPELLO - Lt. Bennie J. Bigley arrived in Wapello Wednesday to spend a 30-day leave with his wife, Mrs. Barbara Bigley, who has been making her home with her grandmother, Mrs. Norman Marshall. As pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress, Lt. Bigley was recently awarded a second oak leaf cluster to his air metal in sustained bomber combat operations over Germany and Nazi occupied Europe. Prior to his entry into the Army air force in 1943. He was employed by the Lockheed aircraft Corporation, Wichita, Kansas. At the expiration of his leave he will report at Santa Ana, Calif.. His wife will accompany him to California. Another guest in the Marshall home is Richard Platte, brother of Mrs. Bigley, who has been honorably discharged with the rank of Master Sergeant, after serving five years in the Army, working in a colonel's office the past 3 1/2 years in the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia.

Returns to Duty After Being Wounded  Fairfield (Jefferson Co.) - Pfc. Edward E. Miller, son of Mrs. Miller, Route 4, Fairfield, has returned to active duty after being wounded March 23 on Luzon. He suffered gunshot wounds in the back. A member of the infantry, Miller went into the service in October 1943 and went overseas 14 months ago after being trained to Camp Roberts, Calif.. He attended Fairfield high school before entering the Army. (Paper is torn, assuming the first name to be Edward. Fahter's first name is also missing.)

PFC Kenneth Harrell on Furlough, Fairfield (Jefferson Co.) - Pfc. Kenneth Harrell, of the Army engineering corps, who has spent 30 months overseas, arrived on a 45-day furlough, with his mother, Mrs. W. C. Harrell, 902 E. Burlington St. He expects to be sent with his unit to the West Pacific. His wife, the former Alice Fent of Bloomfield, arrived Friday evening to meet him here. He has been in active service in Australia, New Guinea, Leyte Island and Luzon. A brother, Captain Wayne Harrell, of the medical corps stationed in England, is expected to reach home in time to visit his brother before the latter's furlough ends. Their homecoming is saddened by the death of their father since they entered service, and recent particulars regarding the death of their older brother, T-Sergeant Russell Harrell, in Naples, Italy, on April 28. He died of malaria. Sgt. Harrell was in the signal corps. Also a guest at the Harrell home now is a son-in-law, Ensign Richard Moorhouse of Glidden, who has a 14 day leave and is visiting with his wife, the former Thelma Harrell, and their two small sons, David and Jeffrey, who are living with their mother, during the time he is away. Ensign Moorhouse is to report to the Great Lakes Naval Base where he has been assigned to duty on a new destroyer.

Chief Metal Smith 1/C Howard Flack, a Fairfield boy who has been in the Navy for the past 16 years and has been stationed in Honolulu for the past five years, is here for a short visit with his grandmother, Mrs. John Weygandt, 207 Hempstead St. He will report back to Seattle, Washington, and may be permanently assigned to that base.

Crawfordsville - Mr. and Mrs. Ora Marlatt came this week to spend his Navy leave with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Orris and son.

Cantril (Van Buren County)- Pfc. Max Canfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emma Canfield, has received an honorable discharge from the service and returned home from New York. He had been in France.

Pontoosuc (Ill.) - Sergeant Newell De Haven of Mayo Hospital at Galesburg spent a short leave with friends here.

Salem (Henry Co.)- Mrs. Ruth McDowell left Saturday for Columbus, Ohio, to visit her son and daughter-in-law, Lt. and Mrs. Harold McDowell. Howard Spray, USN, is on leave of absence with his sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Donaldson. Howard has been in the Navy more than 11 years. 

Denmark (Lee Co.) - Over 200 persons were present Wednesday evening at a reception given for the Lewis Bogner family and the servicemen who are in Denmark and vicinity at the present time. The Bogners are moving to Burlington soon. Servicemen home at this time who attended the reception were John (Bud) Anderson, from Okinawa, who with his wife is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Anderson on furlough from the Percy Jones convalescent hospital at Fort Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.; Lt. James Hazen, who completed 25 missions out of Italy, and with his wife is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Hazen before being assigned to duty in the Pacific area; Arthur Seyb, from North Africa and the Italian campaigns, who has recently been discharged, and is now living with his mother; Carl Wellman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wellman; and William Jess Saeger, who is now visiting his wife in Denmark. Wellman and Seager will be transferred soon to the Pacific area. (The name is spelled Saeger and Seager, unknown which is correct.)

Arrives in Richland From Pacific Area  Richland - Lawrence Muckle were, who has been in the Pacific war zone arrived this week for a short visit with his wife and parents. Major William Trigg, Mrs. Trigg and daughter of California are visiting his sister, Mrs. Kermit Hinshaw and other relatives. Mrs. R. E. Mc Carty and daughter, Mary of St. Louis, and Thomas J. McCarty, who has been in service overseas two years, his wife and daughter of Los Angeles, Calif., are visiting local relatives and friends. Thomas McCarty has been granted a discharge on the points system.

Erect Service Board Nauvoo, Ill. - a service honor roll has been erected at the American Legion Hall through voluntary contributions for its erection, painting and future maintenance.

Salem (Henry Co.) - Harold and Howard Humphrey,  both of whom are in the Navy, have been spending the week at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Humphrey and family. Howard is from Norfolk, Virginia, and will return the last of the week. Harold returned to San Pedro, Calif., Wednesday. Corporal Lavern Judd, who has been overseas for almost 2 years, arrived the first of the week for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Ira Elmore, and his sisters, living northeast of Salem. Major Levi Beery, who is with the Army air corps and has been overseas, arrived this week for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Susie Beery he and his brother, Floyd Beery and family.

Lomax (Ill.) - Lt. and Mrs. Marin Bice, who have been in Madison, Wisconsin, where Lt. Bice was in training, are spending a few days in the V. P. Hopkins home here and with his parents in LaHarpe. They will leave soon for California. Pvt. Everett Cook, who has been in training at Camp Maxey, Texas, came Thursday for a furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Moore Clark.

Lt. Col. Oliver S. Reilly accepted assignment as provost marshal on the staff of the commanding general of the Iowa state guard, in preference to an officers' hearing on his  involuntary retirement to the inactive list.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Tuesday, March 5, 1946, Pages 6 & 9

18 Register for Draft Eleven men registered with Des Moines County draft board No. 1 during February. They were Robert Lee Stephenson, 535 Summer; John Andrew Andersen, 520 Colombia; Leonard Williebob Duke, 2100 S. 15th; Dennis  Carl Harter, 117 S. 7th; Paul Melvin Wilkerson, 1413 Madison; Jean Richard Ibbotson, 1012 S. Sixth St.; Bruce Irving Vernard, 2712 Washington; Jack Lindy Miller, 630 Dunham; Leo Francis Ertz, 1216 Washington; Richard William Hobbs, 728 Harrison; Wayne George Niebuhr, 1304 Brick.  Draft board No. 2 reported seven new registrants during the same month. These were: Harold LeRoy Christner, R.R. 1, Yarmouth; Leo Edward Schulte, R.R. 1,  Sperry; Kenneth Lee Fixon, R.R. 3, Burlington; Duane Clark Burgess, Douglas Ave., Lennox Park, Burlington; Dwight Addison Horn, R.R., Mount Union; Truie Keith Johnson Jr., R.R. 1, West Burlington; Russell Harry Lucas, R.R. 1, Sperry.

Theater Manager - Forrest Sorenson, 34, captain in the air force in World War 2, is the new manager of the Palace theater in Burlington. His wife has joined him here and they live at 930 N. Seventh St. Before entering the service Sorenson managed a theater in Clinton. (photo included)

Vet Again Manager of Mt. Pleasant Store  Mt. Pleasant - Lloyd Keller, resumed his duties as manager of the local Brown-Lynch-Scott store Monday after being in the service for 2 1/2 years. Frank Lankford, manager during Keller's absence, has been named manager of the new BLS store at Bushnell, Ill., and will go there later this month. Mrs. Lankford, deputy county treasurer, will join him there in a few weeks.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Thursday, March 14, 1946, Pages 2, 10, 11 & 12

Draft Boards Seek Data Des Moines County draft board wants information from men classified as 2-C, 2-A, 2-CF, 2-AF, and 4-F, and has requested that they advise the board, by letter, not later than March 20. information wanted from the men is whether they are married, whether they have children, whether the family expects a child. In case a child is expected, the boards announced a statement from the doctor should be submitted with the letter. The information is wanted Des Moines County draft boards one and two.

Trip Halted by Stork It's a good thing local traffic officers weren't looking Wednesday morning of they might have been forced to arrest a stork for speeding. Capt. and Mrs. Robert J. Dore were driving through Burlington en route from an army base in North Carolina to Watertown, S.D., and were suddenly overtaken by the speeding stork. Mrs. Dore gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in Mercy hospital later in the morning. Both mother and child are reported doing fine.

Leaves for service Cantril (Van Buren Co.) - Eugene Robinson left Wednesday morning for Jefferson barracks, Missouri, to enter the service. His parents Mr. and Mrs. D. Robinson, took him to Memphis, Missouri, and his wife Emma Jane, accompanied him as far as key attack, she is a teacher of Niall's school, 3 miles east of Cantril. She is making her home way of the Robinsons in Cantril until the end of the school term.

Bell Opens Law Office in Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant (Henry Co.) - Attorney Tom Bell, recently discharged from the Navy, and a former Iowa Wesleyan College student, is opening a law office in Mount Pleasant over the Benteco (Benner Tea Co.) store. They'll graduated from IWC in 1937 and from the University of Iowa law school in 1942. Mrs. Bell and their two month old son will come to Mount Pleasant as soon as living quarters are found.

Iowa Flyer Killed  Fort Dodge - Lt. JG Kenneth Henton of Fort Dodge, about 24, navy flyer, was killed in a crash Wednesday morning at the Kingsville, Texas, naval air station where he was on duty as an instructor.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Tuesday, March 26, 1946, Page 6

Manila - T.5 Herbert C. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Smith of 1009 Chalfont St., Burlington, has been sent from his former unit to the 5th replacement depot near Manila to await reassignment in this theater. Entering the Army in February 1945 T/5 Smith arrived overseas at Manila last September, to serve with the corps of engineers.

Shoemaker, Calif. - Paul V. Hudgel SK2/C, 1022 S. 8th St., Burlington, was discharged from the US Navy here March 16.

Richard Parish, who served as a corporal in the Army until his discharge about two weeks ago, will leave soon to enter Madison College, Nashville, Tenn., to resume his studies in chemistry. Parish, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Parrish, 3002 Valley St. (Burlington), was in service 3 1/2 years and spent some of that time in the Pacific area. (Photo included) Note, the name is spelled with one r and two rs in the original story.

Gets Bronze Star Award of the Bronze Star has been made to Lt. JG Joel C. Youngquist, former Burlington resident for heroic and meritorious action during Jap suicide plane attacks on the destroyer USS Laffey last April. Lt. Youngquist, recently discharged from naval service, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Youngquist, Glendale, Calif., who resided in Burlington until a few years ago. He was graduated from Burlington high school attended Burlington junior college, and was graduated from Occidental College of Los Angeles, and Harvard graduate school of business. The citation accompanying the award reciting the "cool and competent" manner in which Youngquist acted as control officer during the battle, said: "For distinguishing himself by heroic and meritorious achievement in connection with operations against the enemy while serving as my chain gun control officer and while fighting fires aboard the USS Laffey. When she was attacked by many enemy aircraft on April 16, 1945, while serving as radar picket ship north of Okinawa Jima." (Photo of Youngquist included)

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Friday, Feb. 14, 1947, Page 1

Lt. Col. Robert Zaiser Killed in Crash Plane's fiery Plunge Fatal to 7 in Georgia Lt. Col. Robert A. Zaiser, 32, of Burlington was one of 7 killed Thursday night when the army plane he was piloting burst into flames and crashed shortly after a take off from Robins Field, located about 15 miles south of Macon, Ga. Zaiser was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Zaiser, 615 Iowa St. Burlington, who were informed by his wife Friday morning, that he was among the dead. She telephoned from her home in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Associated Press quoted Capt. H. R. Daniels, the field's public relations officers, as stating the wreckage was sighted Friday by searching aircraft in a dense swamp about a mile and a half east of Robins Field. The ship was a twin-engine C-45.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1947, Page 2

Iowa Negro Woman's Son Naval Officer Washington (AP) - Ensign Charles Booker Teal, whose mother lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has become the second Negro to receive a regular Naval commission, the Navy said Wednesday. The Navy public relations office said that errors in preparing information for a news release yesterday resulted in a misspelling of the ensign's name with consequent confusion of his record with that of a reserve officer who is white. The latter is Charles Wesley Teal. Teal, in talking with a public-relations officer, had referred to Indianapolis as his home, a city where he lived for a number of years. However, his official address, is that of his mother Mrs. Winona Teal, 1114 16th Ave., Council Bluffs.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Thursday, Oct. 30, 1947, Page 1

Germans killed Capt. Beckman after he landed by 'Chute  Captain Jack M. Beckman, reported missing in action in 1945, met his death at the hands of four Germans after he had parachuted safely from his plane behind enemy lines, March 1, 1945, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David L. Beckman, 1626 Dodge St. (Burlington). The Germans, all apprehended, have confessed, and they identified an isolated grave near the edge of the wood in which they buried Beckman, a letter from the Quartermaster  General's office in Washington, stated. Beckman, a fighter pilot, parachuted  from his plane near Unterschwaningen, Germany, was captured and was taken to a point near Wassertrudingen where he was killed, the letter set out. It was later learned that one of the Germans had taken possession of his wedding ring, which he later gave to a German girl. The ring has been returned to Beckman's parents. Identification of Beckman's body was made through laundry markings, identification tags, and dental records. The body is now buried in the U.S. military cemetery at St. Avoid, France. Beckman had at least three enemy planes to its credit, and had flown more than 100 missions at the time of his death. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Dec. 6, 1941, and transferred to the American Air Force in 1943. He had been awarded DFC with three clusters, and the air medal with nine clusters. His widow, Mrs. Jack Holmberg of Burlington, and a daughter, Judith Karen, survive in addition to his parents. (Photo included.)

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Monday, Nov. 3, 1947, Page 3

Find 37 of 500 US graves in Poland Warsaw (AP) - An American military mission is in Poland, seeking the burial places of about 500 American airmen and prisoners of war, who died on Polish soil. The task of finding, registering and eventually removing American dead from Poland to the U.S. is being directed by Lt. Col. Hawthorne Davis, of the American graves registration section, Karlsruhe, Germany. Davis reports that the mission has found in two months the graves of 37, mostly airmen shot down by the Germans during bombing missions. He estimated the mission's work would require six months.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Thursday, Jan. 15, 1948, Page 9

29 enlist in Navy here in 6 weeks Twenty-nine young men from the Burlington area have enlisted in the U.S. Navy within the last six weeks, the recruiting office announced today. Some of the  men will be given a chance to attend a navy trade school, others will have on-the-job training aboard ship. The enlistments in the last six weeks bring the total from this office since VJ-Day to 156. (Names have been rearranged from the original article in alpha order by Iowa towns, then Illinois towns.) Included among the 29 are Richard Dameron, Cyrus Folker, Charles Whitmore, Edward Slusher, Orval Hellberg, William Piper, Dalton Koett, Clarence Chevalier and Calvin Stratton, all of Burlington; Robert W. Garhan, Clifford Schrader, John Grosekemper, Glen D. Carter, Glen Trout, Douds (Van Buren Co.); Fort Madison (Lee Co.); Kenneth Tucker, Montrose (Lee Co.);  Morris Lancor, Myron Decker and Delbert Kuhljurgen, West Point (Lee Co.); John Crume, Wever; Richard Edgerton, Colchester, Ill.; John Schroeder and Harlan Wingfield, Dallas City, Ill.; John Croxton, LaPrairie, Ill.; Eddie Peterson, Robert Teel, Hiram Rittenhouse, Macomb, Ill.; William Tracy, Nauvoo, Ill.; Keith Spiker, Niota, Ill.; James Adkisson, Smithshire, Ill.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Tuesday, March 2, 1948, Pages 2 & 10

Pictured is Master Sgt. Lloyd G. Crawley in a clinch with his wife, the former Mary Pfeiffer of Burlington, as they were reunited in Okinawa. Mrs. Crawley reached Okinawa recently, aboard the USA, T., General Brewster to join her husband, who is assigned to the Edina Air Force Base, a unit of the Far East air forces, as the flight engineer. His home is in Lyndale, Texas, and he holds the distinguished flying Cross and Purple Heart. Mrs. Crawley lived with her brother Joseph Pfeifer and family at 3100 S. Central Park Ave, Burlington.

One Dead, 14 Injured. US Destroyer Reaches Port After Blast Long Beach, Calif. (AP) - The blast-torn destroyer Duncan reached port Tuesday with one man dead, 14 injured and a story of valiant crew work to save their ship after an explosion 200 miles at sea. The 390-foot ship got home under her own power. A Navy tow guided her to dock. The starboard side near the stern was rent along the water line, the jagged opening being more than 30 feet long and 3 or 4 feet wide steel deck plates were buckled. Immediately upon arrival the injured were taken off, some by stretcher, and transferred to Long Beach Naval Hospital. The name of the man killed will be announced later. Six sailors were injured seriously enough for hospitalization, mostly by burns, but the Navy said none was in critical condition. Those from Iowa are, C. G. Fresener, S2/, Route 1, Walnut; W. V. Weninger, S 1/C, West Des Moines; A.W. Jansen, boat swain's mate, seabee, 2/C, Aspinwall.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Thursday, April 12, 1948, Page 14

WAVES to Receive Regular Training Washington (AP) - Women sailors are going to get the same recruit and advanced training as men, or "as closely as possible," the Navy said Thursday. Lt. Kathryn Dougherty of Waterloo, Iowa, was named to boss the first peacetime boot camp for WAVES. WAVE recruiting starts September 15, and Lt. Dougherty will get her first class of 160 on Oct. 1, at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.. There will be 160 more recruits every six weeks thereafter until the Navy fills its quota. The goal between now and next June 30 is 4,500 enlisted women. ... the first WAVE officers for their regular Navy are now being selected. Only 200 will be picked from 1,200 applicants, both active and inactive reserve officers. Congress directed that the WAVES be built up gradually to not more than 500 officers and 6,000 enlisted personnel in the next two years.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Thursday, April 30, 1948, Page 2

Coyne Named Health Chief  Temporary appointment of Dr. K. M. Coyne as county and city health officer was announced today by the Des Moines County board of supervisors. As county and city health chief, Coyne succeeds Dr. E. C. Sage, but he will not assume Sage's duties under the state public health service. Supervisors explained that the state department of public health requires its officers to have training in public health, and Coyne does not qualify on that count. His duties will be those of a public health officer in Burlington, consulting physician to the county welfare department and physician for the county jail and county home. The salary was not announced. It will come from county and the city funds, and a definite arrangement has not been set up, it was reported. Coyne came to Burlington with his wife and three children last November after his discharge from the Navy. He served six years in the Navy and was separated as a commander. He was graduated from University of Rochester medical school in 1940 and went immediately into service. (Photo included.)

Lt. Fitzsimmons en route Home  First Lt. Joseph J. Fitzsimmons, former production engineer at the Iowa Ordnance Plant, is en route back to Burlington from Honolulu after serving as ammunition officer for Army ordnance service in the Pacific since October 1945. He joined the Army in 1943, leaving the Iowa Ordnance Plant to go into service. Fitzsimmons is regarded as an expert in the ammunition field, and during the war toured army posts as an instructor and bomb disposal. Mrs. Fitzsimmons is the former Marjorie Parrott of Burlington.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Monday, Sept. 13, 1948, Pages 11 & 12

Local Death The body of T/5 Herman P. Rollins, killed in action in Germany, Feb. 20, 1945, will be returned to Burlington Wednesday. Services  will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m. in Prugh's Chapel with Rev. A. R. Bernadt officiating. Burial, with military rites conducted by the American Legion, will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery. The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rollins, 1114 Osborn St., he was born in Mount Pleasant, Oct. 9, 1914, and attended school at Rome. He entered the army on Nov. 28, 1942, and was stationed at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Ky., and Fort Meade, Md., where he received tank corps training. He went overseas in October 1944, and was with a tank division of the 3rd Army. Surviving are his parents, three sister, Mrs. Nellie Mosier of Sacramento, Calif., Mrs. Hazel Rady and Mrs. Kenneth Steele of Burlington; four brothers, William, Lawrence, Norman and Dan of Burlington. (Photo included.)

What Cheer Teacher on Duty in Germany Wiesbaden, German - Julia Englemann, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.U . Englemann of What Cheer, now a school teacher for American children in Wiesbaden, Germany is one of a  staff of U.S. teachers beginning the fall semester at the Wiesbaden independent school. She graduated from Drake University in 1942, majoring in primary kindergarten and formerly taught in Oakland, Calif.

Draft Registrants  Included among men registered at the Des Moines County selective service office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, where those listed below. Unless otherwise indicated, addresses are Burlington, West Burlington or rural routes. Jack Franklin, Loran Ranes, Albert Fritz Jr., James De Vahl, Frank Storck, Muskegon, Mich.; Harold Kemp, William Davis, Jack Dougherty, Donald Brockway, Charles Long Jr., Levester Cook, Richard Wolverton, Jerome Hemmye, Frank Stridbeck, Harold Darnold, Carl Wellman, B. J. Hill, John Hanna, Harold Ham, Wayne Davis, Harold Alter, Lewis Adams, Charles Coats, J. F. Spicer, Loren Allen, Lee Manning, Arthur Blake, Herbert Stadtlander, Gunnar Johnson, Howard Miller Jr., Robert R. Russell, James E. Garrison, John Thomason Jr., Robert Ashby, Donald Stamler of Mediapolis, Kenneth Wallace, Michael Kurtz of Warren, Ohio, John W. Wolfe, Donald Harris, Kenneth E. Smith, Wayne Hellenthal, Mediapolis Route one, Jack Breuer, James L. Hodges, Carl Schindall, Dale Compton, William Lehman, Herbert Thomas, William Walters, William Buckles, Ralph Gasprin, William Freed, John D. Hartman, Jr., William Breuer, Robert Kendall of Mitchell, Ind., James Reger, Donald Hutchinson, Leonard Rovbruiner of Mount Pleasant, John Elmore, Delbert Hokum, Sidney Ekdale, Leroy Schnicker, Clarence Miller, Ray W. West, James Messner of Mediapolis, Leon Noelke Jr., Leroy Wagner, Charles Burton, Wallace Peterson, Wayne Walker, Robert Wood, Edward Van Dorin, James Gorman, Richard Springsteen, Warren Wunderlich, Hilbert Wagner, Robert Bratton, E;mer Anderson, Raymond Gerst, GEorge Hagan, Myron Schmeiser, Paul Arbuckle Jr. of Mount Pleasant, Marshall Watson, Richard Mellinger of Oakville, Richard Wiele, George Owen Jr., Jack Tenyon Sr. of Alliance, Okla., Joe Vice, Melvin Scarff, Elbert Schenck of Stronghurst, Ill., James Applegate, John Clary of Minden, La.

Everett Schultz, Earl Benge, William Pierce of Monroe City, Mont., Kenneth McAret of Middletown, George Sodemann of Clinton, Max Curran of Yarmouth, David Burrus, John Fitzpatrick, Paul Greene Jr., Paul Zaiser, Willard Mauer of Gridley, Kan., Donald Daniels f Yarmouth, George Peterson, William E. Davis, Lewis Blow, Eldon Peterson of Sperry, John Hutchcroft of Oakville, Leaford Walker, Albert Eisenman, Claude Richards, Edgar Hockett, Robert Rockefeller, Max Moore, Donald Woodruff of Mediapolis, Robert Boecker, Bernard Linneman, James Eads, Robert Ralston, John Schamper, Herbert Salome, Walter Huppenbauer, Orlan Brunsvale of St. Ansgar, David Schoelll, Darrell Wolbers, Paul C. Jones of Champaign, Ill., Maurice Walker, George Reif of Sperry, Jerome Wanta, Thomas Stratman of St. Loius, Mo., Glen L. Cray Jr., Henry Bohlken Jr. of Middletown, Wayne Charbonneaux of Mediapolis, LeRoy Stout, Milford Woolridge, Charles Roscum, Phillip Malone, Lewis Kuepper Jr., Charles Bartimus, Edward White of Eunice, N.M., Carl OrthmerJr., George Hemphill, Charles B. Doeble, Lowell Hanson of Mediapolis, Ralph Williams, Arthur Sattler, Donald Ackley, Lewis Freitag Jr., William Metz, Donald Clough, Robert Irwin, Mark Harris Jr. of Wever, Alfred Ricks, James Hartman, Hugh Breuer, Gene DeForse, Paul Nelson of Mediapolis, Robert Steingraeber Jr., Lewis Stadtlander, Georg Smyth, Richard Hoglund, James Ladd of Prairie View, ill., Leland VanLeur, Roland Ruppert, Walter Johnson, Vaughn Green, Jack Niker, William McCarty, Nathan Parrott, LaVerne Weyer, Paul Eads, Winston Ditte, Edwin Schwerin of Mediapolis, Daly Burgin, Charles Chapman of Danville, Jack Walter, Lloyd Mathews, Russell Nefsiger of Eirie, Ill., Wendell Colby of Middletown, Donald Armstron, Barney Hitchcock, Neal Jackson of Mediapolis, Richard Smith, Albert Smith, John Schultz, Paul Huppenbauer, Merritt Paxton, Lile Stigge, James Campbell of Yarmouth, Frederick Pitzer, Burnett Smith, Robert Case, Maurice Webster, William Mays, Glen Bussey, V.M. Brownfield of st. Louis, Mo., D. L. Young, John B. Clough, Clarence Rieke, Louis Schreiner, Earl Miller of Mediapolis, James Shoemate, Kenneth Robinson, James Shutt of Mediapolis, Donald Bergman, William Seager, Harold Stuart, James Miller, Earl Joy, Victor Rohmer, Basil Armstrong, Paul McKasson, Walter Birch, Albert Floyd, William Rothlauf, Hartzell Hillyard, Charles Koett, Samuel Johnson, LeRoy Siefken, Kenneth Pfadenbauer, Alda Jackson, James Jordan, John Fagan, William Watson, Milton Paule, Charles Swanson, Robert Payton, Dale Brumm, John Walk, Thomas Wagner, Robert Crabb, Robert Chestnut, Eugene Brodeen, Joe Everhart, Albert Krasuskiu, Richard Henry, Ralph Peterson, Mediapolis; James Arnold, Thomas Schulte, Robert Salked, James Skerk, Robert Link, Dubuque; Richard Distelhorst, Edgar Belter, John Burger, Robert Beckman, George Banguesa, Richard R. Hassel, Richard Bruer, Paul Krekel, George Colby, Thomas McCluskey, Dwain Soma, T. Wakefoul, Keith Kuntz, Sperry; Joseph Ebert, LeRoy Canterbury, Robert A. Nelson, George Fischer, Chicago, ill.; Charles Butler, Burton Wolfe.

Charles Rolf, Jack Wilke, Dwight Byerly, Morning Sun; James Klein, Edward Cook, Harold Otte, William Dowell Marin Van Nice, Mediapolis; Leonard Boxley, Harley Sherwood, Lawrence Murphy, Everet Stearns, Charles Tashner, Max Olomon, E. W. Fenstomaker, Walter Fox, Henry Tompkins, Eugene Lant, Clarence Wasson, Edward Webb, Jack Fehseke, John Stewart, Bruce McKim, LeRoy Cheney, Neal Mosena, Clarence Templeton, Donald Schultz, DeWitt Gilbert, Jerome Custer, Harold Breuer, William G. Davis, Wilber Sesler, Yarmouth; Charles Noble, John Hastitler, Keith McNeil, Middletown; Jerrard Miller, Drew Orton Jr., Willis Charles Heiner, Richard Leasch, William Dameron, Robert Opson Jr., Walter Phillips, Wilber Meyer, Clarence Massner, Mediapolis; Hubert Ochiltree, Warren Ream, Edgar Jeffrey, B. J. Landes, Robert Hogburg, John Daly. Robert Nieman, George Waste, George Brostrom, Elmer Fageol, James Wardle, Leo  Brown, Arthur Miller, Robert Schreiner, Gary Tee, John Schwenker, Dwain Stoneking, John Baldwin, Carl Griggworth, Edwin Minard, Eugene Ertz, Eugene McKee, Colchester, Ill.; Leo Staub, Howard Peterson, Richard Adolphson, Warlyn Snider, Dale Sullivan, Darwin Martensen, Robert W. Wilson, Frank Moser, Mediapolis; Paul Able, Robert Mason, Frederick Deuscher, Mrlbourne Haller, Fred Jakle, Milton Brockins, William Burris, Clifton Mathias David Dehner, George Morrison, Gale Galbraith, Charles Wendtlandt, Jack Beckman, Art Poggemiller Jr., Franklin Jay.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Friday, April 15, 1949, Page 2

Return Bodies From Pacific - Bodies of four Southeast Iowa and four Western Illinois veterans, who lost their lives in World War II have been returned to this country from the Pacific area aboard the US Army transport Sinnett. The Department of the Army listed them, together with next of kin, as follows: Iowa: T/5 Harry S. Feehan; James S. Feehan, Mount Pleasant. Pvt. Kenneth D. Smith; James A. Smith, Keosauqua. Pvt. Monty E. Snyder; Mrs. Bernice S. Lockwood, 1511 S. 12th St., Burlington. T/Sergeant Steven E. Williams; Edward L. Williams, Davenport. Illinois: Coxswain Roy G. Carlson; Hjalmer C. Carlson, Rock Island. Pfc. Melvin L. Thomas; Julia Thomas, Galesburg. Pfc. Joseph J. Van de Voorde; Cecilia Van de Voorde, East Moline. Pvt. Perry E. Warfield; Mrs. Emma J. West, Galesburg.

The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Monday, Sept. 26, 1949, Page 20

War Dead Home From Pacific Area Remains of 925 Americans who lost heir lives during World War 2 have been returned to the United States from the Pacific area aboard an army transport Pvt. Joseph F. Merrill, according to an announcement by the army. Eleven resided in Iowa, 27 in Illinois. The list included, together with next of  kin, the following: Pvt. Raymond L. McFadden; Fay Agnes McFadden, Milton (Van Buren Co.);  Sgt. John A. Mills Jr., John A. Mills Sr.; Mount Pleasant (Henry Co.); Cwo. Robert Moore, Mrs. Goldie Bradley Centerville; Pfc. William Slee; Mrs. Oneta Slee Koch, Keokuk; Pvt. William H. Snodgrass, Davenport (Scott Co.); Lt. Dale R. Anderson, Oscar C. Anderson, Moline, Ill.; Pvt. Alfred R. Day, Leland R. Day, Route 1, Macomb, Ill.; Pvt. Reno D. Gugler, Dominick Gugler, Rock Island, Ill.; Pfc. Daniel M. Mayes, Orlando L. Mayes, Quincy, Ill.