WAR SERVICE NEWS.
Word was received of the promotion of Dorothy Harshfield of the army nurses corps to first lieutenant at Camp Breckenridge, Ky. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harshfield of Westfield, formerly of Sioux City. The Harshfields also have four sons in the service: Sgt. Keith Harshfield of Camp Pickett, Va.; Sgt. Stuart Harshfield, who is in Africa; Lynn Harshfield, seamon second class at Ames; and Wayne Harshfield, who recently enlisted in the merchant marine and is in training at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. Another son, Stanley Harshfield, will report Aug. 12 for induction at Des Moines.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, August 9, 1943
***Further Research:
Wayne Harshfield was born Mar. 22, 1917 to Walter Scott and Mabel J. Malcom Harshfield. He died May 17, 1969 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
