Notes About N.E. Iowans in the Service.
Bristow—Staff Sgt. Pete E. Boomgarden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boomgarden, returned to Ft. Benning, Ga., Monday, having concluded a 16-day furlough. Pete was inducted into the army in October, 1941, and early in 1942 he left for the southwest Pacific area, where he fought in the jungles for 16 months. He was returned to the states in August, 1943, and was stationed at Camp Hale, Colo., where he was made an instructor in jungle fighting.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, December 6, 1944 (photo included)
