Private Elvin C. Lippke, 23, of LeMars, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lippke, of Merrill, Iowa, has arrived at Washington university, St. Louis, Missouri, for a course of army air force instruction lasting approximately five months, prior to his appointment as an aviation cadet in the army air forces.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 9, 1943
NEWS of the MERRILL SERVICE MEN
From Merrill Service Men's News
Elvin Lippke, Pvt., Blks, 1010, 418th T.S.C., Amarillo, AAF, Texas, is now in a special technical school for aviation mechanics. He expects to be there until May.
Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Friday, April 14, 1944
***Further Research:
Elvin Carl Lippke was born Aug. 16, 1919 to Carl Julius and Lilly Helena Miller Lippke. He died Nov. 199, 2000 and is buried in Stanton Cemetery, Plymouth County, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
