Draft News Report
The following were transferred from 3A to 1A: ….. From 0 to 1A Wilbur L. Huisman, …..
Source: Sioux Center News Jan 27, 1944, p 1
Draft Board Minutes of April 18 ….. Wilbur L. Huisman, 1A to 4F …..
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 20, 1944, p 1
Draft Board Minutes of October 7, 1944
Name Old Class. New Class. Wilbur Leroy Huisman 4F 1A …..
Source: Sioux County Capital Nov. 2, 1944, p 1
Draft Board ….. The following men left Friday November 3rd for Fort Snelling, Minnesota for their pre-induction examination: ….. Wilbur Leroy Huisman, Rock Valley …..
Source: Sioux County Capital Nov. 9, 1944, p 1
Wilbur Huisman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Huisman, left Monday evening for the armed forces.
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 7, 1944, p 7
Inducted The following men left Monday, Dec. 4th, for Fort Snelling, Minn. to be inducted into the armed forces: ….. Wilbur Leroy Huisman, Rock Valley …..
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 14, 1944, p 1
Draft Board Minutes of Dec. 12, 1944
Name Old Class. New Class. ….. Wilbur Leroy Huisman 1-A 1-C Ind. …..
Source: Sioux County Capital Dec. 21, 1944, p 1
… Mrs. Nic Draayer, Mrs. Jake Huisman and Miss Tena Dykstra .. of Sioux Center left Tuesday for Camp Roberts, Calif. where (they) will visit Pvt. Wilbur Huisman.
Source: Sioux County Capital Jan. 11, 1945, p 8
Wilbur Huisman, who recently left for the service, has this address: Pvt. Wilbur Huisman, Co. A. 89th Inf. Tng. Bn., 2nd Platoon, Camp Roberts, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 25, 1945, p 4
Pvt. Wilbur Huisman came home Friday from Camp Roberts, Calif. for a 15-day furlough.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 19, 1945, p 10
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Huisman entertained relatives at their home Wednesday evening at a reception in honor of their children, Pvt. and Mrs. Wilbur Huisman, who are home on furlough from Camp Roberts, Calif.
… Pvt. and Mrs. Huisman were married in California about a month ago. Mrs. Huisman is the former Tena Dykstra.
Source: Sioux County Capital Apr. 26, 1945, p 3
(Excerpt of letter from T/4 Stanley R. Freriks in the Philippines) Dear Editor, I am wondering if you thought your paper would have such a world-wide circulation when you first started. We do enjoy getting it here, being that Nelson Muilenburg, Ed Hibma and Wilbur Huisman are all close around here.
Source: Sioux Center News Aug. 2, 1945, p 6
Pvt. Wilbur Huisman, 657th Repl. Co. 14th Bn., APO 703, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. He will get the News first class from now on. Wilbur is a son of Jake Huisman.
Source: Sioux Center News Aug. 9, 1945, p 8
Pfc. Wilbur Huisman 37780615 700th Repl. Co. 141st Repl. Bn. APO 72, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 13, 1945, p 10
Pvt. Richard Vanden Brink…left the States August 3 for overseas duty. He landed in Leyte, Philippines on Aug. 30. On September 2 Richard and his buddy from Ohio were going to church and he met Wilbur Huisman from Carmel.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 27, 1945, p 2
Cpl. Wilbur Huisman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Huisman, has this change of address: 37780616, 646 Rep. Co. 57 Repl. Bn., 23 Repl. Depot, APO 318, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Feb. 14, 1946, p 4
Snafu Snatcher – Corporal Wilbur Huisman has been assigned to the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron. Huisman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Huisman, Rock Valley, Iowa and is married to Mrs. Tena Huisman. He graduated from the Sioux Center high school and was employed as mechanic. He was inducted into the army in December 1944 at Ft. Snelling, Minn. and departed for overseas duty in May ’45. The 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron is famed as the “Snafu Snatchers” of the 13th Jungle Air Force. The oldest rescue organization in the Air Forces, this Squadron has saved the lives of 648 American and Allied airmen whose planes have been forced down into the open sea.
The “Snafu Snatchers” is the most highly decorated outfit in the Pacific, having flown combat rescue, evacuation and path-finder missions throughout a vast area including New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, Borneo, Indo-China, Philippines and adjacent waters. Each day Catalina “dumbos” and B-17 “Flying Dutchmen” of Corporal Huisman’s Squadron guard the sea lanes from New Guinea to Okinawa and from Guam to the China Coast. Source: Sioux Center News Mar. 21, 1946, p 12
(Excerpt of letter from Sgt. Arnold Kaemingk) There are a few more Sioux Centerites in Manila, Wilbur Huisman and I see each other often. He was over today again. Last Sunday Herman Eppink and Wilbur were both over and we had a good visit. We also went uptown, took pictures, etc.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 18, 1946, p 2
Wilbur Huisman Returning Home From South Pacific
Sergeant Wilbur Huisman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Huisman, is now returning to the United States for discharge after more than twenty-one months service with the Army Air Force. Sgt. Huisman entered service in December 1944 and trained as an Aviation Cadet before being transferred to the Air Communications Service. Leaving the United States for overseas in May 1945, Sgt. Huisman was assigned to the Air Communications Service Detachments at Leyte and at Laoag in the Philippines. Sgt. Huisman is a graduate of Sioux Center high school in 1943. Before joining the army, he was a mechanic with the Sioux Implement Co.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 26, 1946, p 1
The following men were discharged from the Armed Forces. ….. Wilbur Huisman, Rock Valley …..
Source: Sioux County Capital Dec. 12, 1946, p 1
Servicemen Discharged Former servicemen who filed their discharges at the County Recorders office at Orange City the past few weeks include: ….. Wilbur Huisman, Rock Valley …..
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 23, 1947, p 10
