Plymouth County

Capt. James B. Gillespie

 

 

 

Capt. James B. Gillespie of Urbana, Illinois, who was recently commissioned a captain in the army, reported for duty at the U.S. Air Base in Salt Lake City, Utah, this week. Dr. Gillespie, a former LeMars man, has been a member of the Carle Clinic at Urbana for ten years.

Source: LeMars Sentinel, September 25, 1942

Capt. James B. Gillespie of Urbana, Illinois, who has been in the army air forces in the medical corps at Davis-Monthan Field near Tucson, Arizona, since last fall, was transferred last week to the University of Chicago, where he expects to take several months training in the civilian affairs school of the Allied Military Government which is being set up to administer the affairs of occupied countries until they can establish their own governments. Capt. Gillespie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gillespie, of LeMars.

Source: LeMars Sentinel, August 30, 1943