NEWS FROM OUR BOYS
FRIENDS AT SAN DIEGO
Private Richard L. Mahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mahan, 117 Sioux street, is now stationed at the marine training base at San Diego, along with his friend who left for the service with him, Private Russell Hunter, son of Mrs. Florence Gorrensen, 509 W. Fifth street.
Richard Mahan has a brother, Wilmer A. Mahan, who is stationed with the army signal corps at Camp Crowder, Missouri.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, August 25, 1942
MEN and WOMEN IN SERVICE
Richard L. Mahan, who is with the military police in the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California, has been promoted to private first class, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Laura Mahan, 117 Sioux Street.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, July 10, 1943
WOUNDED
Pfc. Richard Mahan, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mahan, 117 Sioux street, was wounded by Jap mortar fire February 22, in the early stages of the Iwo Jima battle, according to information received by his parents.
Pvt. Mahan, one of three brothers in service, took part in several marine landings before the invasion of Iwo Jima. He now is in a hospital somewhere in the Pacific.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 16, 1945 (photo included)
