Induction and Kitchen Duty in Private Hargrove Memoir
Marion Lawton Hargrove describes his army induction at Fort Bragg and early training plus a running critique of KP duties and mess sergeants. He recalls exams, uniforms, and the joke of being an executive type while learning kitchen rituals and the value of two canteen police roles.
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Hargrove
Marion Hargrove
Edward Thomas Marion Lawton Hargrove
The
Charlotte
N. C
News
Hoargrove
Fort Bragg
Adams
Lucky Little Rascal
Soldiers Drill and Post Exchange Patrol Observed
A field report describes soldiers at a post exchange performing calisthenics with precise rifle work. Several personal notes follow, including addresses, discharges, and promotions among crew, alongside updated hometown and service details for multiple service members and their families.
Gas News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Continued from page one with updates on service members including Corporal Keith B. Thoma at Douglas Army Service School in Long Beach California and his wife en route to the West Coast. Sailor Jack Adrian moved to San Francisco with his ship home port, while Sgt Donald Hanson reports overseas in England. A Clermont family learns of son John Halverson in Africa with a reconnaissance group.
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Lloyd Corse‘pius
Clermont Residen
Navy
California
Pacific Naval Base
Vertura
Keith B. Thoma
Gulfport
Miss
Douglas Army Service’ School
Douglas Army Service School
Long Beach
Calif
Thoma
Dallas
Texas
West Coast
Jack Adrian
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Cali
Fleet Postmaster
Steff
Donald Hanson
U. S
England
Clermont
Hans Hanson
Minneapolis
Minn
Africa
J. C. Halverson
John
Letter From Soldier Franks Topp and Wartime Echoes
A letter from Pte. Franklin L. Topp dated June 24 thanks supporters at home for war aid. He describes meeting the Japanese in battle, reports three meals a day with butter meat fruit and cigarettes, and praises Dough Boys. The piece notes clothing price stabilization actions by the OPA keeping dresses coats and similar apparel near last year’s levels.
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Rich
U. S
Pte
Franklin L. Topp
OPA
Around Iowa News Snapshots From The Week
Notes from Humboldt Jamaica and Bagley report varied local items. A 60 year old man contracts whooping cough again. Donald Cornelius Jamaica and Francis Harris Bagley fined ten dollars for driving without a license and sold the car to pay the fine. A new world corn yield record of .70 bushels per acre was set in Palermo town. Grundy county and 936 Iowa townships achieved 15 bushels per acre last year. An 81 year old man wandering city streets from Madeira Minnesota was found with about $3000 in cash and returned home. Rev M C Buettell and wife of Waukon celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary June 26 1943.
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B. F. Rutgera
Humboldt
Donald Cornelius
Jamaica
Francis Harris
Bagely
Palermo
Grundy County
Iowa
Charles
Madeira
Minn
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Chapter
Ewd
Reveille
Leutenant
Battery Street
Kelly
Mesa
Rake
Sher
Battery A
Corporal Farmer
Post Exchange
Harare
Grove
Maury
Mr. Hargrove
Halversons
Tie Navy
Findooley
Havana
Cuba
Stanley L
Cooley, E
Brown
Shipyards
Houston
Texed
Chas, Wilson
James Wilson
Mary Ogle
Hlyra Township
Captain Wilson
Mississippi
Harold J. Kiple
Farmersburg
Camp Robinson
Ark
Gruber
Okla
Army
Robert Wenger
Camp Butner, No, Carolina
Chris Wenger
Corp
Virtug Yack
H. D. Yack
Mellien Loftsgard
Lottsgard
Walnut Ridge
C. B. Lottsgard
Sad
B. Barracks
Camden
South Carolina
Hubert Williams
Norfolk
Guy Williams
Donald
Bob Clothier
Clarence Schneider
Harley Jones
Elgin
Cleo Moore
Geo, Jones
Wadena
Marvin Davies
Verni Brandt
BS News
Kenneth’e. Heck
U. 5
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Gerald J Heck
L. G
Destroyer Base
San Diego
Frank Topp
M. C. Buettell
Buettell
Waukon
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Echo
United States Service
Gorpa
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