3 Letter Carriers Enlist;
Unworried About Carrying Packs
DES MOINES, (AP) – At least three men who enlisted in the army here are not worrying about marching with packs on their backs. The three – Oliver Whitmarsh, 27, Keith Skidmore, 30, and Bob Jacobson, 26 – are Des Moines mail carriers and figured out that the army pack is just about the same weight as a full mail bag.
Source: The Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Tuesday, March 31, 1942
Oliver Zenas Whitmarsh was born Jan. 20, 1915 to He died May 6, 2011 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Warrant Officer JG Whitmarsh served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
