NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Private Gerald Hemphill, who is stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, arrived home Thursday on a furlough. His father, Sam Hemphill, of Merrill, is in poor health and “Bill” came home on that account.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 2, 1943
NEWS of the MERRILL SERVICE MEN
From Merrill Service Men's News
Gerald Hemphill, Cpl. Hq. M.P.R.T.C., Ft. Custer, Michigan, has been in service about 17 months military policing in a big way. His wife has a good position near his camp.
Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Friday, April 14, 1944
***Further Research:
Gerald George “Bill” Hemphill was born Feb. 18, 1914 to Samuel Irvin “Sam” and Mary Caroline Parker Hemphill. He died Jan. 29, 1978 and is buried in Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, IA
Source: ancestry.com
