SOLDIER NEWS.
Mrs. Herman Harms of Brunsville left Friday morning for Seattle, Wash., where she will spend two weeks visiting her son, Willis Harms, a member of the United States Marines. Willis enlisted in the Marines in November 1942 and was called into the service on December 2, 1942. He spent his 19th birthday en route to camp.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, July 15, 1943
NEWS of the MERRILL SERVICE MEN
From Merrill Service Men's News
Willis Harms, Cpl. Hq. & S. Co., 27th Marine, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Cal., is a senior clerk in the Marine Administration Corps. He was operated on for appendicitis in January but is back on the job. He was home in Dec.
Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Friday, April 14, 1944
Willis Herman Harms was born Dec. 5, 1923. He died Mar. 25, 2002.
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