Tommy Rye and Bill Cross, two of Mason City’s marines in Iceland, are guarding this distant Atlantic outpost of Uncle Sam, distributing point for supplies to England and outpost for defense against nazi raiders.
Source: Globe-Gazette, Mason City IA – December 31, 1941 (photo included)
Thomas Milton Rye was born Sept. 17, 1919 to Carl T. and Margaret “Maggie" Patterson Rye. He died Dec. 5, 1993 and is buried in Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, IA.
Platoon Sgt. Rye served with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II.
Sources: ancestry.com
