NEWS of the BOYS in the SERVICE
Sgt. Robert S. Gillespie writes under date of April 20 that he had spent several days in Cairo, Egypt, and had visited the pyramids, the Sphinx and other points of interest. In March he spent three or four weeks in north Africa visiting Tunis, Bizerte and other towns that figured in the north African campaign. His last letter said these were just stops on his way to an unnamed destination. Sgt. Gillespie has for almost two years been in army intelligence.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, May 5, 1944
Sgt. and Mrs. Bob Gillespie have arrived in LeMars, and this is the last of the war for Bob, as he has received his discharge. He went “for a year of training” with K Company and was eventually transferred to Army intelligence, where he served overseas in the Near East. He was one of the last of the old K. Co. men to be discharged, as his work as intelligence agent was held to be essential. After taking a little vacation, he will be associated with his father, J. C. Gillespie, with the LeMars Sentinel.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, October 22, 1945
***Further Research:
Robert Standish Gillespie was born Oct. 4, 1914 to James Clay and Bertha Ella Bennett Gillespie. He died Aug. 23, 2003 and is buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM.
He was married to Virginia Fleck Gillespie. She was born July 2, 1920 to Charles and Lillian S. Fleck. She died May 22, 1998 and is buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM. Sgt. Gillespie served in World War II with the U.S. Army WAACs and saw duty in the offices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. For three years, starting in 1943, she worked as a civilian in the Security Intelligence Corps of the Army’s Eight Service Command in Dallas, TX. She and her husband lived in LeMars, Iowa for several years following World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
