Black Hawk County

Burdene Livingstone

 

 

Burdene Livingstone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Livingstone, 802 Walnut street, has been promoted from private first class to corporal at Ester field, La., where she is stationed with the Wac. Corporal Livingstone was teaching at Floyd Consolidated school, Floyd, Ia., before entering the Wac.

Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - July 26, 1945 (photo included)

Ex-Wac Mrs T.L. Crews: The Former Miss Burdene Livingstone, she met her future husband, a soldier from Lawrenceburg, Tenn,. while they were both stationed at Camp Chafee, Ark.

Mr Crews is employed in Waterloo as a painter, the same work he did in his hometown before entering service. His wife's parents are Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Livingstone, 801 Walnut street.

Where Are Those GI Janes Since They've Again Become Civilians?

What has happened to those Waterloo girls who looked so smart in Wave, Wac or Spar uniforms, traveled the country and the world and the were discharged from service to return to civilian life?
Well, many of them were married while in the service and have settled in other states or brought their husbands to Waterloo to live. Still others entered new fields of work and have gone on to college through the benefits of education provision of the GI bill of rights.

Source: The Courier (Waterloo) Sunday, March 9, 1947