Emmet County

 Charles Leo Olson

 

 

With the FORCES
At Camp – On the Sea – In the Air – On the March

Leo Olson Here on 10-Day Furlough

Leo Olson, manager of the JC Penney company store here, who was inducted into the Army, Monday, is in Estherville on a special 10-day furlough granted so that he could settle his business affairs here.  He will report to Fort Des Moines, May 2, to be assigned to active duty.

Source: Estherville Daily News, April 25, 1942

Charles Leo Olson was born Apr. 13, 1906 to Lars Eugene and Christine E. Nelson Olson. He died Sept. 4, 2002 and is buried in East Side Cemetery, Estherville, IA. Charles served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com