MERLE EDWARDS--Son of Augusta Edwards, of LeMars, was enlisted in the Navy when this picture was taken, but was later given a medical discharge. He expects assignment to ordnance depot in Nebraska soon.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 8, 1943 (photo included)
***Further Research:
Merle Francis Edwards was born Sept. 14, 1921 to Frank and Augusta Gunther Edwards. He died Apr. 11, 1976 and is buried in Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
