Staff Sgt. Ralph E. Bick jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bick, 518 ½ Saxon street, arrived Sunday to spend a 15-day furlough visiting his parents. Staff Sergeant Bick is the personnel sergeant major of the special troops at Fort Knox, Ky. He has been in the Army for two years and seven months.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, August 17, 1943 (photo included)