OUR NEIGHBORS in the SERVICE
Estherville, Ia.—
Bill and Irving Bockman, sons of Mrs. W. G. Bockman of Estherville, met on March 14 on Luzon in the Philippines. Bill, the elder of the two, has seen over three years of service and had not seen any member of his family for 27 months. He is with the 33d division. Irving is a liaison pilot and is evacuating wounded by plane. He got in touch with his brother through the Red Cross.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, April 9, 1945
Irving John Bockman was born Jan. 25, 1921 to William George and Martha Elizabeth Husemann Bockman. He died Apr. 4, 2013 and is buried in Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
