Montgomery County, Iowa

United We Stand
Montgomery County, Iowa in World War I

15 May 1918
Des Moines, Iowa
Thirty-Seven Men Enlisted in the Navy and Army Thursday.

They are:

  • NAVY:
    • Ola E. Skipton, Winfield
    • Geo. R. Merlin, Rockford Illinois
    • Otto Hanegger, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
    • Harold A. Brodrick, Villisca, Iowa
    • Carl Heitman, Keystone
    • Geo. F. Beers, Mystic
    • Arthur R. Jensen, Hurley, South Dakota
    • George F. Curry, Winthrope
    • Clarence E. Logan, Parkersburg
    • Archie B. Burk, Vinton
    • Geo. L. Nodruft, Oxford Junction
    • Harry K. Nodruft, Oxford Junction
    • Joseph P. Roach, Elkader
    • Ole Faro, Ruthven
    • Vernon P. Willet, Centerville
    • Frank F. Goerner, Congress Park
    • Charles L. Wolf, Luverne
    • Everett W. Callison, Grinnell
    • Phillip A. Thorpe, Grinnell
    • Everett E. Fisher, Des Moines
    • William H. Yates, Himestom
  • ARMY:
    • Robert L. Steer, Ottawa, Illinois
    • Glen T. McColl, Princeton, Illinois
    • John H. Gustafson, Des Moines
    • Clement A. DeLong, Des Moines
    • James Smillie, Hocking
    • Carrol G. Galbreth, Penville, South Dakota
    • Otto B. Kelley, Woodward
    • Clifford C. Johnson, Pilot Mound
    • John L. Oliver, Des Moines
    • Floyd G. Schnarr
    • Leonard M. Cox, Alfordsville, Indiana
    • Henry J. Gowans, Cylinder
    • Raymond W. Black, Burt
    • Kenneth M. Wood, Redfield
    • Ralph J. Knouf, Des Moines
    • Robert A. White, Des Moines
Source:
Above article is from a newspaper article found in the Word War I Army trunk of Carroll G. Galbreth, father of William Galbreth
Submitted by: Colleen and William Galbreth, North Dakota
Transcribed by: Constance Diamond for Montgomery County IAGenWeb [14 Jan 2005]

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