NEWS OF THE BOYS IN THE SERVICE.
Sergeant Roy Bouma received word Saturday to report for duty immediately at Camp Polk, La. He left Saturday for Louisiana, but his wife remained here with her mother, Mrs. Tina Miller.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, February 11, 1944
AN EVEN SMALLER WORLD ITEM
Some time ago The Globe-Post published an item about Pfc. Cliff Perry and Sgt. Roy Bouma, cousins and next-door Plymouth County farm neighbors, meeting in Holland. They met, talked and were caught up in the whirlwind of war, and never saw each other again.
But recently, Sgt. Bouma was assigned to a room in a Dutch monastery. Pfc. Perry, hearing he was there, went looking for him. He found a room, nobody there, and went to sleep. You’ve guessed it. It was Sgt. Bouma’s room, and he came in to find his cousin sleeping.
Pfc. Perry told his cousin about leaving his pants, neatly folded, lying in a truck. The Germans shelled or bombed the area, and a piece of shrapnel passed cleanly though the pants, making six holes. Pfc. Perry said he was glad he didn’t have ‘em on.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, February 19, 1945
***Further Research:
Roy LaVerne Bouma was born July 12, 1919 to Lou R. and Laura Mae Perry Bouma. He died Oct. 4, 1966 and is buried in Resthaven Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
