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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
Pfc. Wilmer Mahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mahan, 117 Sioux street, has returned to his unit, the Fifth division in Italy, after spending a 30-day furlough with his parents. Pfc. Mahan has been overseas for 28 months and has seen action in Africa, Egypt and Italy.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 12, 1945
