FORMER SPRINGVILLE MAN IS NOW A MAJOR
Harry B. Raff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam F. Raff of Springville, recently was promoted from captain to major at an Eighth air force command station in England.
Prior to entering service in March, 1942, Maj. Raff was chief of the inspection department at the J. I. Case plant in Rock Island, where his wife now lives. He has been overseas since April, 1943, and has been signal depot commander at a base where battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses were repaired.
A brother, Fred Raff, is an army corporal.
Source: local Cedar Rapids newspaper, May 17, 1945 (photo included)
Copy provided from an old scrapbook, originally owned by C.A. Shanklin, Cedar Rapids
