DISPATCHES ON BOYS NAVY IS SENDING HOME
A recent Navy dispatch from Pearl Harbor announced that Jos. R. Esser, Whittemore, was being returned to the States for discharge on the U. S. Laurens, which left Okinawa Dec. 25, and was scheduled to arrive in San Francisco, Jan. 11.
Source: Kossuth County Advance, January 17, 1946
WWII Bonus Case File
J. Roland Esser
Born: 27 May 1923, Whittemore, Iowa
Parents: Joseph M. Esser & Adelia Sophia Wagner
Date of Entry into Service: 12/4/1942
Date of Separation: 1/16/1946
