WWII Hero Arvil Erdahl |
Rake - Mrs. M.R. Erdahl received a message from the war department informing her that her son, Pfc. Arvil Erdahl, had been slightly wounded in action in France Dec. 15. He arrived in England only about 2 months ago.
~Mason City Globe-Gazette, January 10, 1945
~contributed by S. Ferrall~*~*~
Rake - Mrs. M.R. Erdahl received the purple heart given son Pfc. Arvil Erdahl for wounds suffered during battle in France Dec. 16. Pfc. Erdahl, who is in an army hospital in England suffered wounds in his right arm, but writes he is getting along fine and is able to be up and around in the hospital. He went overseas during October, and has been in the army for the past 2 1/2 years.
~Mason City Globe-Gazette, February 7, 1945
~contributed by S. Ferrall
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