1943 . . .
Akron Register-Tribune
May 27, 1943
FORMER AKRON WOMAN HEARS OF SOLDIER-SON'S INJURY Mrs. Frances E. Strobehn of Los Angeles, Calif., a former Akron resident and a sister of James and Frank Trait, in a letter to the Register-Tribune states that her son, Private First Class Clifford Strobehn, serving in the U.S. armed forces in North Africa was wounded in action. Mrs. Strobehn received the following government message, via Postal Telegraph, from Washington D.C., under date of May 5, 1943:
"Deeply regret to inform you your son, Pvt. First Class Clifford M. Strobehn, was seriously wounded in action on April 8th in Northern Africa. An area report of condition expected every 15 days. You will be advised as reports are received. Letter sent April 28th that son making normal improvement. Delay in telegram notification due to difficulty in ascertaining present address. ~JULIO, the Adjutant General."
After receiving the above telegram, Mrs. Strobehn received a letter written by her son, Clifford, under date of April 15, 1943, in which he said:
“Dearest Mother: I just wrote you a little over a week ago, but after that I met with an accident which put me in hospital for quite some time, but I’m O.K. I’ll be good as ever again. I was wounded while attacking a hill.
Mrs. Strobehn expresses the wish that some of Clifford’s friends and former schoolmates around Akron may write to him and cheer him up while he is in the hospital, and gives his address as: Pvt. Clifford M. Strobehn, 20703191, 64th Station Hospital, U.S. Army, New York, N.Y.
Last January, a few weeks after he was shipped out of northern Ireland to Africa, Clifford married an Irish girl, Miss Ann Hunter, of Dundrag Cottage, 26-2-43, Coloraine, Co. L, Derry, Northern Ireland, which is her present address.
Mrs. Strobehn has another son, Donald Francis Strobehn, who is a sailor, his address being: 2/c U.S.N.R., Security Batt., Floating Dry Docks Training Center, Tiburon, California, stationed at San Francisco. He was married to Miss Jerry Esterline, of San Francisco, Calif., May 5, 1943.
Her son, Leo, is serving in Australia. Another of her sons, George Strobehn is head man in the Douglas Aircraft factory at Long Beach, Calif., while her son, Herbert Strobehn, works in a factory in downtown Los Angeles. Her sixth and youngest son, Floyd Thomas Strobehn, is finishing the ninth grade in Washington Irving Junior High school, Los Angeles, this year. LeMars Globe-Post HEART AILMENT CAUSE OF DEATH Pvt. Marvin J. Woolworth, 26, a veteran of World War II, died last Tuesday at the Veteran’s hospital in Des Moines, where he had been under treatment for a heart ailment. Pvt. Woolworth formerly lived at Sioux City. Funeral services were held Saturday in Sioux City with Monahan post, American Legion providing a military escort and music. Burial was made in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Born at Hinton, Ia., on November 9, 1916, Pvt. Woolworth received his schooling there and in Sioux City. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Oma Woolworth of Sioux City; three sisters, Mrs. Hillard MacManigal of Omaha, Mrs. Lawrence Wilcox and Miss Marjorie Woolworth, both of Sioux City. 18 KNOWN DEAD FROM PLYMOUTH Speaking at the city cemetery Decoration Day, Morse Hoorneman gave the names of 18 Plymouth countyans reported killed in action, or died in line of duty in the present war. No complete record has been compiled of Plymouth County wounded and prisoners of war. Those listed as dead are those whose bodies have actually been recovered, or those missing in action under circumstances which preclude the possibility that they may be alive as prisoners. The dead are: Mr. Hoorneman quoted from a letter received a few weeks ago by The Globe-Postfrom members of K Company, then already in action in Tunisia, in which they made it clear that fighting forces in the field rely upon, and need all of the support they can get from home. “This letter,” he said, “in which are included the thoughts of boys we all knew—some of whom are no dead—and others wounded—is flecked with mud—Tunisian mud. It is the very soil in which many Americans, who have paid the supreme sacrifice, now lie buried. When I read over these lines, which convey clearly that our boys out there—and on many another front—often feel that we have forgotten them—I experience a feeling of poignant regret.” But, the speaker added, the opportunity to make our fighting forces feel that we appreciate their sacrifices and are with them heart and soul, is a continuing opportunity. He urged that more and caring letters by written to men in the fighting services. Previously to the ceremony at the city cemetery, a program was given at St. Joseph cemetery and the speaker there was Rev. Bauer, of St. James parish. Fr. Bauer’s theme was the eroding and negative effect of the red. He pointed out that a hatred does not win wars and does not build enduring peace, but hatred is a handicap, rather than an asset, in any war effort. He warned that hatreds now during the present war may be carried over into the ensuing negotiations, and sow the seeds for future wars.
May 31, 1943
Pvt. Marvin Woolworth, 26, Former Hinton Resident Succumbs
Pvt. Woolworth returned from the British Isles to the United States in March and had since been a patient at the Veteran’s hospital in Massachusetts and Des Moines. As a member of the Sioux City National Guard unit, he went into active service when it was mobilized in 1940. After training at Camp Claiborne, La., he was sent to Ireland in February, 1942.
KENNETH PAULIN, of LeMars.
EARL JEFFERS, of LeMars.
GLEN K. COLLINS, whose parents live in Akron and who worked in Plymouth County before he went into the service, and who was a member of K Company.
HAROLD MACK, of LeMars, who is reported missing, for whom hope has, I believe been given up.
DONALD LANGENDORFER, of LeMars.
DONALD BEY, of Akron.
JOSEPH KONZ, who was formerly from Remsen.
JAMES MONTAGNE, of Akron.
DONALD HARNACK, of Remsen.
EILERT W. SEGGERMAN, of Remsen.
HERMAN STOOS, of LeMars.
WILLIAM ROSENOW, of Merrill.
LEO ROLFES, of Craig.
RONALD CAREY, of LeMars.
WALTER REICH, of Struble.
ROY McCARTHY, Westfield.
CLYDE PELTON, missing in action.
