EDWIN G. EILERS RECEIVES PURPLE HEART FOR WAR WOUNDS
Pvt. Edwin G. Eilers, son of H. G. Eilers of Craig, returned from 24 months overseas in the European theater of operations on the U. S. Hospital ship, Larkspur. He is temporarily being treated at Stark General Hospital, Charleston, S. D., prior to being transferred to another Army hospital for definite treatment. He has been awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post,
February 12, 1945