Marine Pfc. Gertrude E. Mueller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Mueller, 1628 Baltimore street, is home on leave after completing training at Bloomington, Ind. She plans to leave today for Indianapolis, Ind., for further training.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo IA - September 26, 1943 (photo included)
Two Waterloo women marines, Margaret Harwell and Gertrude E. Mueller, have been advanced in rank according to word received here Wednesday from Miramar, near San Diego, Cal., where they are stationed.
Staff Sergeant Harwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Harwell, 314 Bryant avenue, now serves as commander of the military police guards in the women's reserve area and as property and supply sergeant for the women's reserve group at the marine air depot. A former employee of the Hinson Manufacturing Co. here, she enlisted for marine duty in March, 1943, and received recruit training at Hunter college, N.Y. and attended non-commissioned officer's school at Camp LeJeune, N.C.
Sergeant Mueller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mueller, 1628 Baltimore street, is clerk-typist in depot headquarters at Miramar. She enlisted for marine duty in April 1943, received recruit training at Hunter College, N.Y., and attended storekeeper's school at the University of Indiana.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - November 15, 1944
