DOZENS HERE IN JAP ATTACK AREA
R. B. WALLER ENLISTS FOR WAR SERVICE
Outbreak of war between the United States and Japan had repercussions in Algona, affecting the entire populace with a solemn feeling, tinged perhaps with relief that the issue is now decided once and for all.
The first volunteer at the Kossuth draft office as the result of the Japanese wanton attack on Pacific possessions of the U. S. was R. B. Waller, co-publisher, of the Upper Des Moines.
Waller, who is married and has had a class 3-A rating, waived that deferment right and signed up to go in the first contingent in the next draft call. He was given a physical examination yesterday and passed. His brother is in a coast guard artillery unit in California.
Source: Kossuth County Advance, December 9, 1941
