WHEREABOUTS
Paul E. Hammond, son of Mrs. Nick Kaloplastos, 718 Van Buren avenue southwest, has been promoted from the rank of sergeant to staff sergeant. He has been visiting in Mason City for the past few days, and returned to the army air base at Sioux City.
Source: The Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Wednesday, March 10, 1943, Page 18
Sgt. Paul E. Hammond Is
Reported Missing in Action
Mason Cityan Was Gunner on Flying Fort in England
Staff Sgt. Paul E Hammond, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kaloplastos, 718 Van Buren avenue southeast, has been reported missing in action by the war department. He was a gunner on a flying fortress, and he had been in England since the early part of April.
Sergeant Hammond attended the Mason City schools and worked for a time at the Jacob E. Decker and Sons Packing company before entering the air corps in June, 1942.
His first base was at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., following which he went to Tampa and Sebera, Fla. The next part of his training was taken in Utah and then in February of this year, he went to Gowen field, Boise, Idaho.
It was while he was at Sioux City air base that he had a short furlough which he spent here with his parents. He left here to go to Kearney, Nebr., and it is believed that the went overseas to England in early April.
His last letter to his parents commented upon visiting London. Sergeant Hammond has three brothers and three sisters.
Source: The Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Tuesday, June 22, 1943, Page 7 (photo included)
Sgt. Paul E. Hammond
Reported Killed in Germany
Mason Cityan Met Death
Year After Entering Air Corps
Staff Sgt. Paul E. Hammond, 21, previously reported missing in action, was killed June 11, a year after his entrance into the service, according to word received from the war department Friday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kaloplastos, 718 Van Buren avenue southwest.
The message came to the war department through the international Red Cross in Germany.
Sergeant Hammond was a gunner and engineer on a flying fortress stationed in England since April. He was born Oct.19, 1921, at Boscobel, Wis. He came to Mason City in 1924 and had lived here until he entered the air corps, June 11, 1942. He attended the Mason City schools and worked for a time at the Jacob E. Decker and Sons packing plant before entering the service.
His army training was received at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Sebring, Fla., and Tyndall field, Fla., where he received his silver gunner’s wings. He also took training at Wendover field, Utah; Gowen field, Idaho; the Sioux City air base; Watertown, S. Dak.; and Kearney, Nebr. From Kearney he went to Maine to an embarkation point.
Surviving are his parents, 3 sisters, Mrs. William Cobeen, 718 Van Buren; Mrs. Ralph Livingston, 312 21st street southeast; Mary, at home; 3 brothers, Emmanual, Jack, and Enoch Kaloplastos, at home; also his grandfather, Enoch W. Groom of Steuben, Wis.
Memorial services being arranged are not yet complete.
Source: The Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Saturday, October 09, 1943, Page 11
HAMMOND RITES TO BE SUNDAY
Memorial Planned at Free Methodist Church
Memorial services for Staff Sgt. Paul E. Hammond, 21, who was reported killed in action overseas on June 11, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Free Methodist church, with the Rev. C. L. Cartwright, Mankato, formerly of Mason City, conducting the services.
Sergeant Hammond was a gunner and engineer on a flying fortress stationed in England since April. The message of his death came to the war department through the International Red Cross in Germany and the war department notified the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kaloplastos, 718 Van Buren ave., S. W.
Surviving Sergeant Hammond, according to his mother, are his fiancée, Miss Dixie St. Pierre, 40 21st St. S. E.; his parents; 3 sisters, Mrs. William Cobeen, 718 Van Buren ave. S. W.; Mrs. Ralph Livingston, 312 21st St. S. E.; Mary at home; 3 brothers, Emmanuel, Jack and Enoch Kaloplastos, at home, and his grandfather, Enoch W. Groom of Steuben, Wis.
Sergeant Hammond had been a resident of Mason City since 1924, having attended the Mason City schools and been employed at the Jacob E. Decker and Sons packing plant before his enlistment in the air corps, June 11, 1942. He was killed a year after his enlistment.
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V. F. W. Auxiliary – Announcement was made that the group will attend the Memorial services for Staff Sgt. Paul E. Hammond Sunday at 2 o’clock at the Free Methodist church.
Source: The Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Tuesday, October 12, 1943, Page 12
