Mason Cityans In The Armed Services
What They’re Doing
Cadet Thomas J. Campbell, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Campbell, 509 Jefferson avenue northwest, has entered the army air forces classification center, Nashville, Tenn. There he will take examinations to determine for which branch of air crew service, piloting, bombardiering or navigating, he is best titled. Campbell has two brothers in the service, Joseph, an aviation cadet, and Erwin, in the infantry.
Source: The Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Friday, August 07, 1942, Page 14
Flying Cadet
At Maxwell Field is Thomas Justin Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Campbell, 509 Jefferson avenue northwest. He was accepted as an aviation cadet July 31 in Nashville, Tenn. His brother, Francis E. Campbell, entered the infantry in 1940, and another brother, Joseph H. Campbell, entered the army air forces in 1940.
Source: The Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Wednesday, September 09, 1942, Page 11
Francis Erwin “Frank” Campbell was born Oct. 13, 1914 to David E. and Loretta Kelsh Campbell. He died Jan. 17, 1998 and is buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN.
Source: ancestry.com
