NEWS of the Boys in the Service
First Sergt. Melvin Gramke of Fort Meade, Md., arrived Tuesday morning on two weeks furlough and is visiting his mother, Mrs. Margaret Gramke, his sister Mary Ann, and his aunt Miss Anna Deitering in Remsen. Melvin is one of the original Co. K boys and returned from overseas two months ago, spending a month here before going to Fort Meade.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, November 21, 1944
