Largest Group Ordered To Report For Army Exam; Sixty-Five Sioux County Men Must Report On August 18; Eight Of Group From Hull
The following registrants have been sent Orders to Report for Army Examination on August 18th. These men will be sent for examination and if qualified, sworn in and given two weeks furlough before being sent to a reception center for actual induction.
….. 1764—Groen, Peter Jacob, Sheldon …..
Source: Sioux County Index Aug. 13, 1942, p 1
Peter Groen passed the physical examination in Des Moines last week and will leave for the army Sept. 1st.
Source: Sioux Center News Aug. 27, 1942, p 8
Ralph Menning entertained his Sunday School class Wednesday evening in honor of Peter Groen who left for army service Sept. 1. The Newkirk ball team honored Peter Groen who left for the army, at a party Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oolbekkink.
Source: Sioux County Capital Sept. 3, 1942, p 2
Letters, thanking the Newkirk congregation for remembering them at Christmas, were received from Pvt. Peter Groen and PFC Virgil Menning and were read at the Christmas services.
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 31, 1942, p 2
Pvt. Peter Groen of Bolling Field, Washington D. C. spent a few days furlough at his home due to the death of his grandmother. A party was given in his honor at his home last Thursday evening.
Source: Sioux Center News Mar. 4, 1943, p 3
Pvt. Peter Groen of Bolling Field, Washington D. C., who was called home by the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Henry Schol, returned to his base leaving from Alton Sunday.
Source: Sioux County Capital Mar. 11, 1943, p 5
HONORABLY DISCHARGED Discharge papers were filed the past week at the County Recorder’s Office by: ….. Peter J. Groen, Sheldon …..
Source: Alton Democrat April 4, 1946, p 1
Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954, Claim No. 162842
Peter J. Groen, SN 37438044, was born Feb. 3, 1917, at Sheldon, Iowa, where he resided when he entered the army on Sept. 2, 1942, at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He departed for foreign service on June 15, 1945, and returned on Feb. 1, 1946. He served with the Washington National Airport A.A.B. 503rd A.A.F. Base Unit A.T.C. Wash. D. C., Bolling Field, Washington D.C. and 1384th AAF Base Unit NAW-AP ATC, and was honorably discharged on Feb. 8, 1946. His application for bonus pay was filed on June 17, 1949, for which he received $447.50.
Source: ancestry.com
