Black Hawk County

Cpl. Rosina Blackman

 

 

Visiting at her home, 409 La Porte road, is WAC Cpl. Rosina Blackman who is on a two week furlough from the army air base at Sioux Falls, S.D., where she is a radio instructor.

Source: The Courier, Waterloo IA - August 20, 1944

Chaplain Comer H. Hastings officiated at the marriage ceremony Apr. 7, in the post chapel at Hendricks field, Sebring, Fla., uniting in marriage Cpl. Rosina Blackman and Sgt. Frank J Babien of Bayonne, N.J. it was announced today by the bride's father, Louis Blackman, 409 La Porte road.

The bride enlisted in the Women's Army Corps in February 1943 and the groom is an inspector in the motor pool at Hendricks field where both are stationed. They will reside at Hotel Whitehouse in Sebring.

Source: The Courier, Waterloo IA - April 15, 1945 (photo included)