EAGLE GROVE—Pvt. Kenneth Ricketts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ricketts, stationed at a camp in Texas, spent a 10-day furlough with his parents. Two other sons are in the armed forces. Pfc. Lyle Ricketts has been in Africa for three months, and Carl Ricketts is in the Navy.
Source: Mason City Globe-Gazette, July 22, 1943
