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14 nesaay aixernoon ax wnuing. weiair’ - and coin the i ofExperiences Ofher id a n.Iowa InfantrymanTook Part In 500 Days Of Fightingis part The have 1 work John Bcckc Nipp ; Mars; Dona] JohnThe Iowa WAC recruiting office ?Jjckl in Des Moines has issued the follow-| ing story about a Sigourney boy f who trained and went overseas r OUtaae with tho 34th Division Part of which For f we reprint because his experiencesrtoH I were shared by many boys from I Plymouth county:and “An Iowa infantryman who has were • gt probably seen as much combat as jame. She any G. I. in the army—500 days of Hathj eart aotual fig'nting—is now back in the schult; ;ned United States, recuperating from gatioi battle wounds. I Jeffeirlos-l He is Staff Sgt. Edward A. Peif-|ductilt; rest- fer, 26, of Sigourney, who this week, to be from his bed in the Army’s Fitz- time Hof-1 simmons General Hospital, Denver,Colo., told a stirring story of infan- i l try life in Ireland, England and U1UScotland—and of combat experience Bui in North Africa and Italy. Sergeant Peiffcr revealed details about thejWa 34th Infantry Division (Iowa’s own)—the first outfit to go overseas in L., World War II. His story was re- brick urth leased in connection with a nation- from aday wide plea by wounded veterans, takin John timed at enlisting thousands of wo-|Tbis Mrs. men aS Wac medical technicians—| tion fol- (See Experiences. Page Four)rs of Awhei disso ent i
Newspaper Details
Le Mars Semi Weekly Sentinel
Le Mars, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 20, 1945
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Sally P.
IL, USA 24 Apr 2017
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