SOLDIER NEWS.
Camp Wolters, Texas—Pvt. Sumner Ruffus Rhodes, 18, son of Thurman Rhodes of 1008 Central Ave. SE, LeMars, has arrived at this infantry replacement training center to begin his basic training as an infantryman. He has been assigned to a battalion stressing rifle, specialist training, paratrooper.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, September 11, 1944
***Further Research:
Sumner Rufus Rhodes was born Oct. 10, 1925 to Thurman A. and Laura Mae Oldis Rhodes. He died Dec. 27, 2013 and is buried in Lake Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Miller County, MO.
Source: ancestry.com
