NEWS of the MERRILL SERVICE MEN
From Merrill Service Men's News
Donald J. Reilly, A/C, Class 44-E, Sqn. 7, Cadet Det., Ft. Sumner, New Mex., has been taking pilot training at Oshkosh, Wis., Chico, Cal., Santa Ana, Cal., Oxnard, Calif., and now is training as a pilot of twin engined medium bomber.
Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Friday, April 14, 1944
FIGHTING SONS AND FATHERS AWAIT V-DAY
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Source: LeMars Globe-Post, July 17, 1944
NEWS OF THE BOYS IN THE SERVICE
Second Lt. Donald Reilly, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Reilly of Merrill, has been awarded an oak leaf cluster to his air medal for “meritorious achievement” while serving as a B-17 Flying Fortress co-pilot in the 401st bombardment group, according to a news release from an Eighth air force bomber station in England.
Source: LeMars Sentinel, February 16, 1945
Donald James Reilly was born Feb. 16, 1923 to Charles Bernard and Edith Eleanor Sargisson Reilly. He died Oct. 27, 2002 and is buried in Assumption Catholic Cemetery, Merrill, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
