PROTIVIN
Protivin, Ia. - Special: Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Polashek have been informed their son, Gerald, is in the marines, and is stationed at Paris Island, S.C. His brother Robert, electrician's mate 2-c, is on duty in the Pacific. Lester Houdek is home on leave after finishing a radio course at Farragut, Idaho.
Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald, April 26, 1945 pg 14, col 5
Sylvester Lester “Les” Houdek was born Dec. 31, 1925 to Louis C. and Anna Novak Houdek. He died Jan. 21, 2018 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lime Springs, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
