NEWS of the Boys in the Service.
Home on his second furlough since entering the Army last December is Joe Elving, Jr., who arrived Tuesday night from Camp Breckenridge, Ky. He has been stationed at this camp but one week, having been transferred from Camp Hood, Tex. The soldier was granted a 15-day furlough so will be home about ten days, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Elving, of Remsen.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, August 10, 1943
REMSEN SERVICEMEN NEWS.
Private J. G. Elving, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Elving, is home on a 14-day furlough from his camp at Breckenridge, Ky.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post,
January 31, 1944
***Further Research:
Joseph Gordon “Joe/Buz” Elving was born Dec. 5, 1905 to Joseph E. and Ida Louise Elving. He died July 7, 1983 and is buried in Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery, Remsen, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
