HEARS FROM SUMMERS
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bartosh are just in receipt of a photo of Sergt. Claude C. Sommers, probably somewhere in the Pacific. The picture was sent from San Francisco, but had apparently been taken in Hawaii. (dark photo included)
Sergt. Sommers was a member of the United States land forces at Midway island when it was attacked by the Japanese. While a resident of Webster City he lived with his brother, now a resident of Ames. He was graduated from the high school here in 1937 and had worked in the Jennings store, the Fastenow drug store and at the Webster theater.
Source: Daily Freeman Journal (Webster City), November 16 1942
In 6 Years
Staff Sgt. Claude C. Summers of this city is a veteran of six years’ service with the marines having joined the corps in 1939. Four years of that time were spent overseas with the Webster City marine returning to the states last year. He is now located at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., where his address is: S. Sgt. Claude C. Summers, Co. C, 15th S. T. R., Ft. Monmouth, N.J.
Source: Daily Freeman Journal (Webster City), April 19, 1945
Claude Chester Summers, Jr. was born Dec. 18, 1919 to Claude Chester (Sr.) and Bertha Esther Wilcox Summers. He died Mar. 20, 1988 in Riverside, CA.
Sgt. Summers served with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II and Korea. In World War II he was with the Tenth Defense Battalions and Battery G, Searchlight and Sound Locator, First Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA.
Source: ancestry.com
