Service News From Graettinger Area Soldiers
Local notes list Lieutenants Eva and Kyll Andersen visiting family from Missouri and Nevada training with the Army Air Forces. Nurses trainee Pauline Voigt returns from Clinton after cadet course. Lieut Burl Petersen, wife, and Norman and Doris Petersen visit from Pt. Sill and Los Angeles. Bob Jensen returns to Norfolk. Frank Mammen discharged after four and a half years in Europe and U.S. service. Lillian Volmert begins Cadet Nurses’ Corps training at Broadlawn. Queen Mary sails from Southampton with 16,000 troops. Twenty soldiers miss their train near Estherville after stopping for ice cream. Robert Curry writes from Pearl Harbor Naval Depot. Lieut Eugene Voigt, an Army Air Forces pilot, expected home soon. Marvin Wilson of the US Navy visits home from Great Lakes. Elis Lundgren sees much of Germany by motorcycle. Cpl Warren Bishop returns to Graettinger on furlough from Salina hospital. Sgt Glenn Lundgren, ill at Valley Forge, to remain two weeks for illness, bright note his furlough isn’t cut. LeRoy Miller, Times publisher, welcomes home from Italy after sharing how the paper aided his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Lundgren
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Philadelphia
Glucester
New Jersey
Chet
Lohrville Enterprise
BoAlsenberg
Pfe
Burton Byers
Miarhouse
Germany
Puday
Vin Erry
Gudenberg
Gestapo
Cologne
Ein
City Meat Market Offers Fresh Meats and Groceries
Local Graettinger Iowa shop advertises large stock of fresh and cured meats ham and bacon at low prices plus cream milk bread and fruits and vegetables. Patronage appreciated and Sunday dinners catered.
Iowa war relics gathered after Pearl Harbor visit
The report describes a field visit to a ruined hill with hidden tunnels used by a youth movement and a group of youths wearing swastikas. It notes soldiers removing maps and papers from barracks and burning them, while Iowa’s historical archive grows with materials on women and men in combat and frontline roles. Ora Williams urges preservation of war items for future importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagi
Sone
Iowa
Pearl Harbor
State Historical Department
Ora Williams
Waverly minister’s missing billfold found at Mt. Carmel locale
A Minneapolis minister on vacation at Mt. Carmel reports discovering a billfold with money, ration stamps, and valuables near a small stream feeding Lake Carlos. The meat ticket inside ties the item to a Waverly resident, with locals noting personal connections and a note of affection among several individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Minneapolis
Waterweed Hillfeld
Lake Carlos
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the Stars and Stripes
Eva Andersen
Kyll Andersen
Ary Ces
Springfieh
Missouri
James Andersen
Vernon ‘Forresun
Vernon Torresen
Army Air Forces
Reno
Nevada
Transport Command
Pauline Voit
Wim. Voigt
Clinton
Schick Hospital
Petersen
Burl Petersen
Pt. Sill
Oklahoma
Norman Petersen
Doris Petersen
Los Angeles
Lieut. Petersen
Aere
Norfolk
Bob Jensen
C. A. Jensen
Burt
Frank Mammen
Army
Nich
Udth
Europe
United States
Tne
Lillian Volmert
Max Vollmert
Broadlawn General Hospital
Des Moines
Graettinger
Voellmert
Southampton
England
Estherville
Hatherville
Robert Curry
Robert Th. Curry
SRT
The
Wave
Naval S Yply
Pearl Warher
Robert
PS Sears
Eugene Voigt
Wm. Voight
East of Graettinger
Euiwene Voigt
Tealy
Levut
Veit
Taly
Balkan Countries
Marvin Wilson
Usn
United States Navy
Great Lakes
L. H. Wilson
East of Grachtinger
Elis Lundgren
U. S
Ellis
Opy
Warren Bishop
Cpl
Salina Kansas Hospital
John Swift
Bishop
Baby
Army Hospital
Lee H
Teph
LeRoy Miller
Times
Cpl LeRoy Miller
Italy
Graettinger Times
City Meat Market
Robert Simonsen
Mountain Infantry
Miller
Aleutians
LeRoy
Peter Miller
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Carson
Bob Olson
Navy
Bob
Pacific
Essex
Truk
Saipan
Givo
Carrie
Walter Bahn
EM T
Walter Duhn
Johns
Piney Point
Washington
PD. C
Potomac River
Liberties
San Francisco Bay
Sam
James Sandvig
J Dames Sandvig
Ft. Snell
Irs
John Reeves
John
James
Farmers Creamery Co
Gruettinger
Pantherville
Netherville
Sioux Falls
the Times
H Ville
Terril Record
Ies
George Grow
Bernard
Pat) Grow
Wats
Teril High Sea
Marines
Japan
Corregidor
Stars & Stripes
Farmers Grain Co
Weelecloetes Lostes
Hawkeye Theater
Graettinger, Owa
Oblective
Burma
Errol Flynn
William Prince
Song OF Berladette
Jennifer Jones
Charles Pickford
HOTEL
Berlin
Faye Emerson
Helmut Dantine
Watson Hall
Ray’s Silver Moon
Charter Coach Co
Northwest Iowa
Estherville, Iowa and
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Wallingfort
Emmetsburg
Mallard Havelock
Pocahontas
Gilmore City
Humboldt Badger Corne Fort Dodge
Olga’s
Hellen
Okoboji
Arnolds Park, Ia
Mary Mulligan
Kay Swingle
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