19 Draftees To Fill Call No. 17
The following men have been selected by the Sioux County Local Board to fill Call No. 17. They will leave Orange City on July 8th, at 6 A. M. by bus for the Induction Center at Fort Crook, Nebr. The men selected to fill the call are as follows:
...; Percy J. Bylsma, Hull; ...
Source: The Alton Democrat July 4, 1941 p 1
Percy Bylsma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma, arrived home last Thursday from camp in South Carolina. He is on a 15-day furlough and hitchhiked rides home. He left there Monday evening and arrived here on Thursday morning, said that tourists were very friendly.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 16, 1942 p 13
Percy Bylsma, U. S. Soldier, left on Sunday evening by train for his post located in South Carolina.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 23, 1942 p 11
Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma of Hull have two boys in the service, one now being overseas, as far as they know in Ireland. Peter Bylsma is a Private First Class, has been in the service since May 9, 1941, going first to Camp Claiborne where he remained till January, 1942. He was then transferred to Ft. Dix, N. J. and shortly thereafter left the country. He is in the infantry and his correct address to date is:
PFC Peter Bylsma 17018014
Co. E. 168th Inf.
APO 24, c.o. Postmaster
New York City, N. Y.
Corporal Percy Bylsma was inducted July 9, 1941 and received his first training at Camp Wolters, Texas, was there 15 weeks. He moved then to Ft. Jackson, S. C. where he spent the next nine months. Following that he spent six weeks at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma and then went to Tennessee the next two months. He was recently moved to a new location and his present address is:
Cpl. Percy Bylsma 39161075
Co. M. 13th Inf.
APO No. 8
Camp Forrest, Tenn.
U. S. Army
Source: Sioux Center News Nov. 19, 1942 p 2
Bylsma Brothers Serve USA
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Corporal Percy Bylsma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma of Hull, left July, 1941, for induction into the Army. He has been in four different camps, is now at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. He is with the infantry. Last spring he was given a furlough and he expects to come home again on a seven day furlough before the first of the year. His present address:
Corp. Percy Bylsma
Co. M. 13th Inf.
APO No. 18
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
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Peter Bylsma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma of Hull was inducted into the army in May, 1941. He has been in Ireland and possibly in England. His parents haven't heard from him for about seven weeks. His last letter stated he was going to move but he did not know where to. They think he may be in Africa. His address is:
PFC Peter Bylsma 17018014
Co. A. 168th Inf.
APO 34, c.o. Postmaster
New York City, N.Y.
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 10, 1942 p 1
Percy Bylsma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma of Hull, has a new address as follows: Cand. Percy Bylsma 39161075, 18th Co. 3rd Student Trng. Regt., Fort Benning, Georgia.
Source: Sioux Center News Aug. 5, 1943 p 8
2nd Lt. Percy Bylsma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma of Hull, will graduate from O.C.S. at Fort Benning, Georgia today (Nov. 16). He will arrive home on a ten day furlough Thursday. He will be commissioned as a 2nd Lieut. He reads the News regularly and enjoys it very much.
Source: Sioux Center News Nov. 18, 1943 p 10
2nd Lt. Percy Bylsma is home on a furlough from Georgia. Wednesday he leaves again for Tennessee. His brother Peter who is a German prisoner wrote that he was well but he wasn't receiving any letters from home.
Source: Sioux Center News Nov. 25, 1943 p 12
2nd Lt. Percy Bylsma of Camp Butner, S. C. arrived in Hawarden Friday morning. He has a 15-day furlough.
Source: Sioux Center News Feb. 24, 1944 p 8
2nd Lieut. Percy Bylsma and Alice Beukelman of Sioux Center were married Sunday, April 9, at 5 o'clock by Rev. Vande Kieft at the Service Home in Rawleigh, N. C. The attendants were Lt. and Mrs. Pontier.
Source: The Alton Democrat Apr. 20, 1944 p 4
2nd Lt. Percy Bylsma has been transferred from Camp Butner, North Carolina to the East Coast, and now has an overseas address. Call the News for the address.
Source: Sioux Center News May 4, 1944 p 8
NEWS OF OUR MEN and WOMEN IN UNIFORM
Sioux Center:
Mrs. Percy Bylsma received word from her husband Saturday telling her that he had been slightly wounded in action in France, and was in the hospital. He is in the infantry with the 3rd Army in France.
Source: Sioux County Capital, November 30, 1944
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
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PERCY BYLSMA
Mrs. Percy Bylsma received word from her husband who was slightly wounded in action in France telling her that he had been able to leave the hospital, but expected it to be a long time before he would be completely recovered. She also had official word from the war department concerning his injuries.
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 7, 1944 p 8
Mrs. Percy Bylsma received a letter from her husband who is with Patton's 3rd Army somewhere in Germany telling her that their army captain was wounded and that he had been chosen to take his place during the absence of the captain.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 11, 1945 p 2
SERVICEMEN
Receives Decoration.
Mrs. Percy Bylsma, who is staying with her father, A. Beukeleum, while her husband is in the service, received the Purple Heart Decoration last Saturday which her husband was awarded after being wounded in action in Germany last November. She has not had any word from him since December 25.
Source: The Sioux County Capital, Orange City, Iowa, February 8, 1945
Mrs. Percy Bylsma received a letter from her husband the past week which had been written on Jan. 5. He said he was very busy and not able to write, as he is taking over the duties of the captain who was wounded in action.
Source: Sioux Center News Feb. 15, 1945 p 9
Promoted To Captain
With the 35th Infantry Division in Germany:- On February 17th, 1st Lieutenant Percy Bylsma of Sioux Center, Iowa, Heavy weapons company commander with the 134th Infantry, was notified of his battlefield promotion to Captain.
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CAPT. PERCY BYLSMA
Veteran of campaigns in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Germany, Captain Bylsma wears three battle stars. He was wounded in the battle of Foret de Gramercy, France, but returned to duty. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Capt. Bylsma was graduated from Western Air College, Alhambra, Calif. in 1941, after pursuing their Aeronautical Engineering course. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma of Hull. His wife is the former Alice Beukelman who is making her home with her father Mr. A. Beukelman on a farm northwest of town. His brother Peter is a German prisoner from whom no news has come for a long time. They are wondering just where he is at, as the prison camp where he was placed has been moved.
Source: Sioux Center News Mar. 22, 1945 p 1
Mrs. Percy Bylsma received a package from her husband last Saturday which contained some perfume, powder, a bracelet and a book of poems which he sent to her from Paris.
Source: Sioux Center News Mar. 22, 1945 p 2
BYLSMA BROTHERS MEET IN GERMANY
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CPL. PETER BYLSMA
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CAPT. PERCY BYLSMA
It was a dramatic and happy meeting over in Germany a few weeks ago when Cpl. Peter Bylsma, released from a German prison camp where he had been incarcerated for three years, met his brother, Capt. Percy Bylsma, infantry officer in the 9th army.
After the close of hostilities Capt. Bylsma learned through Sam Faber, another Sioux countyite, of the whereabouts of his brother, who was captured at Faid Pass in Tunisia, North Africa. He went to look up his brother, and driving into camp in a jeep was immediately recognized with a glad shout by Cpl. Peter. The latter is now en route home.
The young men are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Bylsma of Hull, who have two other sons overseas in service, both of whom were in the Okinawa invasion, Adolph in the Navy and Louis in the Marines. Word has just come to his parents that Louis has been badly wounded in the back and was barely able to write --- only managed to scribble a line so his that parents would not be so shocked when word of his wounds is received from the war department. (Alton Democrat)
Source: Sioux Center News June 7, 1945 p 2
Capt. and Mrs. Percy Bylsma are back from a short trip to Texas. Capt. Bylsma is awaiting a discharge.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 3, 1946 p 2
Servicemen Discharged
Discharge paper as follows were filed at the office of the County Recorder, Milton Van Roekel, since Feb. 6:
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Percy Bylsma, Hull
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Source: Sioux Center News Feb. 28, 1946 p 10
