NEWS of the Boys in the Service.
Richard Bean has completed his boot training at the Great Lakes naval training station and is spending a few days with his wife and other relatives in Akron.
Source: LeMars Sentinel, August 10, 1944
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
Richard M. Bean, S2/c, who has been stationed at Navy Pier, Chicago, came Saturday to spend a few days leave with his wife and son, Robert, and other relatives and friends before being transferred to another location. He left yesterday for New London, Conn., where he has been assigned to the U. S. Submarine service.
Source: Akron Register-Tribune, November 30, 1944
***Further Research:
Richard Maurice Bean was born June 3, 1914 to Curtis Brown and Myrtle Edna “Myrtie” Ogden Bean. He died Mar. 2, 1995 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Akron, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
