HARRY BONNEMA MEETS MARVIN DAY IN SICILY
Mrs. Harry Bonnema, Sr., has received a letter from her son, Harry Bonnema Jr., saying:
Another big move from one country to another. Have seen quite a bit of shooting but things are pretty quiet around here now. Just got some mail, but no letter from you: one from Dick and one from Rita H.
The weather here is hot and dry, just like Africa, but the people seem to be a little better off than those in Africa. Boy! And were the people glad to see the Americans every time we took a town and walked in. They clomb (climbed) all over the Jeeps every time they stopped.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, August 16, 1943
More Pictures of Plymouth Countyans In Service
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, January 1, 1945 (group photos include photograph of Harry Bonnema Jr.)
***Further Research:
Harry Henry Bonnema was born Dec. 10, 1917 to Harry and Dorothea “Dora" Mohlman Bonnema. He died Apr. 19, 1998 and is buried in Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
