IN UNIFORM.
T. Sgt. Irvin T. Gates, son of Mrs. Josephine M. Hastings, 717 Fifth street, arrived at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on January 29. He will now receive a furlough. He is in the field artillery and has served in the European theater of operations for 35 months.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 2, 1945
IN UNIFORM.
Two residents of Sioux City, who returned to the United States recently for furloughs at home, are now at the army ground and service forces redistribution station, Hot Springs, Ark., awaiting reassignment to a new unit. The returnees and the theaters of operations in which they served are:
Pfc. Wallace Bomar, 817 Cook street, 36 months in Europe.
Irvin T. Gates, technician fourth class, 717 Fifth street, 33 months in Europe.
Pfc. Bomar holds the combat infantryman’s badge and Sgt. Gates holds the purple heart with an oak leaf cluster.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 6, 1945
