FIGHTING SONS AND FATHERS AWAIT V-DAY
[Grouping of servicemen photographs, includes one of Ben Borchers]
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, July 17, 1944
SOLDIER NEWS.
Ben Borchers of the U. S. Navy, writes that where he is stationed at the Solomon Branch, Washington D. C., the water is rationed. It is turned on three times each day. He is attending a Navy specialists school.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, July 24, 1944
***Further Research:
Bernard E. “Ben" Borchers was born Nov. 20, 1908 to Louis and Emma Collman Borchers. He died July 24, 1967 and is buried in Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
