December Draft Call Sets Record
The following named registrants have been ordered to report for Army examination on Dec. 8th. If they are found qualified for army service they will return for a week’s furlough before being called for active duty:
….. 10,250 Edward Herman Jansen, Maurice …..
Source: Sioux County Capital Dec. 3, 1942, p 1
200 Men CLASSIFICATION OF 200 SIOUX COUNTY MEN (Continued from page 1) ….. Class 1-S ….. Edward H. Jansen, Maurice …..
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 24, 1942, p 6 December 23, 1942
Editor of the News
Dear Sir: I thought it would be proper to write a few lines to let you know where I am so I could receive your paper.
Pvt. Edward Herman Jansen Co. 18 A.F.R.T.C. Fort Knox, Ky. P.S. Please send me the addresses of the boys of Sioux Center that are in the same camp. – Ed Jansen
(Editor’s note: - The following three local boys are also in Fort Knox. If you get together have a picture taken and send it to the News. And all you fellows, write us a little letter. Ed Roelofs)
Pvt. Delbert Schipper Batty. A. 405th Arm. F. A. Bn. APO 258 US Army Fort Knox, Ky.
Pvt. Wm. Hiram Taylor Co. C. 15th Bn. 2nd. Plat. A.F.R.T.C. Fort Knox, Ky.
Pvt. Marion Vellinga Co. C. 15th Bn. 2nd Plat. A.F.R.T.C. Fort Knox, Ky.
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 31, 1942, p 7
Mr. and Mrs. Teunis Jansen and Mrs. Edward Jansen visited Pvt. Edward Jansen at Fort Knox, Ky., Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Huitink and Charlotte Oolman of Orange City left the same day for Ft. Knox. They all travelled by train and returned the early part of this week.
Source: Sioux Center News Feb. 25, 1943, p 8
Mrs. Edward Jansen returned home from Fort Knox, Ky. on Tuesday where she spent two weeks with her husband, Pvt. Edward Jansen. Mr. and Mrs. Teunis Jansen returned home from their visit with him a week earlier.
Source: Sioux Center News Mar. 4, 1943, p 10
Pvt. Edward H. Jansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Teunis Jansen, expects to go across in the very near future, as he is sending all his things home. He has not had a furlough since he left home to go into the service last December.
He has been transferred recently from Camp Campbell, Ky. to a new address in San Francisco. Anyone wishing to write him should call his parents or the News office for his new address.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 22, 1943, p 10
Going Overseas
PVT. EDWARD T. JANSEN
Pvt. Edward T. Jansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Teunis Jansen living southwest of town, has recently been transferred from Kentucky to San Francisco with an APO address that indicates he may be going overseas any time if he has not already gone.
Edward entered the army last December 16th, has had no furlough. He is married to the former Gertrude Vander Berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Vander Berg, and she is staying with her parents here. Pvt. Jansen has been with a tank and truck division since entering the service. His family has not heard from him since a week ago last Wednesday.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 29, 1943, p 1
Pvt. Edward H. Jansen, Co. A. Repl. Bn., APO 957, c.o. Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News May 20, 1943, p 8
This week Mrs. Edward H. Jansen received a letter from her husband who is stationed in the Hawaiian Islands which contained some pictures of himself and Donald Mouw of Middleburg, Peter Hipma of Hull and Sam Brink of Hospers.
The boys had spent a day together recently and taken the pictures. Eddie’s address is: Pvt. Edward H Jansen 768th Tank Bn. Medical Det. APO 957, c.o. Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 9, 1943, p 10
Mrs. Edward Jansen received a nice gift from her husband on Tuesday. It came in the form of an ash tray made out of coconut and has the name of Aloha Hawaii printed across the bottom of it. It was made by Pvt. Jansen himself, who is stationed in the Hawaiian Islands.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 23, 1943, p 10
Mrs. Edward Jansen received a letter from her husband who is stationed with the U. S. Army in Hawaii saying that he had met Stanley Roelofs and the boys had a nice visit together. They met at the U. S. O. building on “Iowa Day”.
Source: Sioux Center News April 6, 1944, p 8
Edward Jansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Teunis Jansen, has been promoted to PFC. The rest of his address remains the same.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 11,1945, p 9 (photo)
Dec. 31, 1944 - Dear News staff and readers: I wish to take the time on this Sunday to write a few lines in appreciation for the Newspaper which has been sent to me so regular in the past year. It is still a great paper for its size, and it keeps me posted on most of the news. I read it from cover to cover, the soldier column is really swell. So I wish to thank you for your faithfulness in sending it to me so regular. It would give me great pleasure if you would put this in your next paper. As I wish to thank all the many friends and different organizations for remembering me on Christmas day with gifts and cards and letters and also on my birthday which comes shortly before Xmas. Sorry I can’t write you all personally but it would be quite a task to answer fifty cards.
We had very nice Christmas services in the chapel, and we also had a good turkey dinner. But it cannot be compared to a good old fashioned Christmas at home. Hoping and praying that the New Year has many good things in store for us, as ever, Your friend, Edward H. Jansen (Call News for his complete address)
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 11, 1945, p 10
Pvt. Eddie Jansen, who is stationed in Hawaii, has been promoted to PFC. He recently met Lt. Neal Mol and they had a nice visit.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 11, 1945, p 10
Pfc. Edward H. Jansen Hdqs. Det. Medical Section APO 955, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 5, 1945, p 2
May 19, 1945 - Dear Sirs: Eddie’s address has changed recently – it is as follows: Pfc. Edward H. Jansen 767th Tk. Bn. Med. Det., APO 957, c/o Postmaster, Frisco, Calif. If this should interest you, Neal C. Mol is back in Hawaii for about six weeks and he and Eddie have been visiting together frequently. Since Eddie’s change of location recently, he is again back at Schofield Barracks, where he has spent 22 months. In all, he has been across 24 ½ months.
Here’s hoping you’ll send the News to this new address, as Eddie would certainly hate missing out on a single issue of the News, he thinks it’s a great paper. Sincerely, Mrs. Gertrude J. Jansen
Source: Sioux Center News May 24, 1945, p 2
Pfc. Edward Jansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Teunis Jansen, is expected to arrive in the States soon. He has been serving in the Pacific Theater.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 3, 1946, p 8
HONORABLY DISCHARGED
Discharge papers were filed at the County Recorder Van Roekel’s office the past week by the following veterans: ….. Edward H. Jansen, Sioux Center …..
Source: Alton Democrat Jan. 17, 1946, p 1
Iowa, U.S. World War II Bonus Case Files, Claim Number Edward H. Jansen, was born on Dec. 16, 1920, at Sioux Center, Iowa, where he was residing prior to entering the army on Dec. 16, 1942, at Ft. Crook, Neb. He served with the Med. Det. 766th Tank Bn. and the Med. Det. 767th Tank Bn., left for overseas duty on April 25, 1943, and returned on Jan. 2, 1946. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 8, 1946. His application for bonus pay was filed on May 20, 1949, for which he received $480.00.
Source: ancestry.com
