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The following radiogram from the Secretary of War to the Governor of Iowa is quoted:Washington, D. C., January 16, 1941To TheHonorable Geo, A. Wilson Governor Of IowaDes Moines, IowaPursuant to the provisions of executive order No. 8,633 January 14, 1941, war department order being issued this date provides for the induction of all federally recognized elements of thirty-fourth division, Iowa National guard of the United States and all personnel of both the active and inactive National guard assigned thereto into the active service of the United States, effective February 10, 1941.Henry L. Stimson”About 60 men from Le Mars will have a one-year vacation in the sunny South beginning February 24. It will be a vacation from theira vacation m me true sense ui me ] iword it will be far from that for i these men are members of Company j K, 133rd Infantry, of the 34th Divi- ; sion of the Iowa National Guard and lt;they have a job on their hands. 11Along with these men from Le ’ Mars will go 40 or more men from this' area and other sections of Iowa ; who belong to the company. February 10 the company will mobilize in Le Mars and two weeks later the men will be in their new home, Camp Claiborne in Louisiana. That! is, unless the date is changed before [ they get under way. ICompany K men will join the rest of the 34th Division which includes guardsmen from Minnesota I and North and South Dakota at Camp Claiborne and here they will be molded into one unit by months of intensive drills.The camp is situated 14 miles south of Alexandria, almost the center of the state, and 19 miles south of Camp Beauregard, home of the 32nd Division. Approximately 15,000 workers are at work on the camp and it,is costing the government $6,000,000.And now a word about the men.
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Le Mars Semi Weekly Sentinel
Le Mars, Iowa, US
Tue, Jan 21, 1941
Page 3
Full Page
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Karl K.
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