News About Men in Service From Over Northeast Iowa
Traer—Rev. and Mrs. B. T. Schwab, of Traer, have received word from their son, Lt. Dwight Schwab, of the Marines, that he recently visited the grave of Lynus Briggs, former Traer high school athlete, at Guadalcanal. Briggs, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Briggs, of Traer, was killed in an airplane accident on that island last Christmas Day. Lieutenant Schwab was a former Waterloo attorney.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, April 23, 1944
Awarded Medal
Special to The Gazette.
TRAER - Marine First Lt. Dwight L. Schwab, son of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. Schwab of Traer, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service on Okinawa.
Lt. Schwab, a graduate of Harvard law school, has served in the Pacific area for more than two years. He was with the first invasion force to land at Okinawa last April 1. He is legal officer and assistant adjutant on the staff of Marine Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger.
Lt. Schwab lived in Tokyo from 1914 to 1920 while his parents were serving as missionaries for the Evangelical church. His father taught at Aoyama Gakuin school, one of the largest mission schools in Tokyo. Before the family came to Traer, the Rev. Mr. Schwab served as pastor of the Congregational church at Anamosa.
The lieutenant's younger brother, Staff Sgt. Ward W. Schwab, is stationed in Brazil. A radioman, he is serving on a troop carrier plane returning personnel from the European area. He served in Italy before he was sent to Brazil.
Source: The Cedar Rapids Gazette, August 3, 1945, pg. 4 (photo included)
Dwight Livingstone Schwab was born Mar. 22, 1913 to Benjamin T. and Miriam Knies Schwab. He died Oct. 7, 2008 in Clark, WA.
Source: ancestry.com
