Lyle E. Swanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Swanson, 3170 Marion avenue, will report Tuesday to the army air force in Des Moines. He will report next to San Antonio, Tex., where he will receive preflight training.
He was graduated from the Davenport high school and attended the University of Iowa for two years, where he was a member of Phi Delta Delta. Last summer he worked at the Rock Island arsenal, and enlisted on July 9, 1942.
Source: The Daily Times, (Davenport, Iowa) – Sat. January 30, 1943 (photo included)
Lyle Elmer Swanson was born Mar. 12, 1922 to John P. and Lynn Besten Swanson. He died Dec. 19, 1993.
Source: ancestry.com
