Woodbury County

 

S/Sgt. Melvin Olson

IN UNIFORM.

S. Sgt. Melvin Olson, son of Arthur C. Olson, 3501 Douglas street, is instructing machine gunners in combat duty for the Italian front.  An article entitled “Nothing Ahead but Krauts” was written by Sgt. Milton Lehman for the Saturday Evening Post about Sgt. Olson’s work.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 6, 1945