Grant, Red Oak Sergeants Hold a Real Reunion
FORT CROOK, Neb. (AP) – Two Iowa soldiers, who trained together in the National guard, went overseas together and shared the same experiences until both were captured in Tunisia, saw each other again for the first time in more than two years last week at the Fort Crook hospital.
They are Sgts. Stanford R. Grinstead of Grant, Ia., and Kenneth Abraham of Red Oak.
After their capture in Tunisia the two were separated when Grinstead was sent to a camp near Furstenberg and Abraham to a camp near the Polish border.
Visiting the two men Saturday were Sgt. Frederick Kahl and S. Sgt. Calvin l. Wright, both of Marne, Ia., who were captured at the same time and imprisoned with Grinstead.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Monday, July 23, 1945, Page 3
Kenneth Warren Abraham was born Dec. 15, 1920 to Charles Edward and Delia Eugenia Abraham. He died Mar. 27, 1992 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA.
Sgt. Abraham served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry, 34th Division and was MIA/POW while serving his country.
