The following men left Orange City Sunday, February 18th, for their Pre-induction examination: … Roskam, Guert, Hawarden …
Source: Sioux County Index Feb. 22, 1945, p 5
Draft Board Minutes of April 10, 1945 …
The following men left Saturday, April 14, for Fort Snelling, Minn. to be inducted into the Armed Forces: … Guert Roskam, Hawarden
Source: Sioux Center News April 19, 1945, p 1
Pvt. Gerrit Roskam who entered the service recently has the following address: Co. B. 129 Bn. 33rd Regt., Camp Livingston, La.
Source: Sioux Center News May 10, 1945, p 2
Pvt. Gerrit Roskam has this new address: Co. K. 4th Plat., APO 902, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Nov. 29, 1945, p 2
Address Change Pvt. Gerrit Roskam 135th M.P. Co. APO 377, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.
He landed on Okinawa the first of November and was on sea for 22 days. He believes he will be an M.P.
Source: Sioux Center News Nov. 29, 1945, p 10
New Adress: Pvt. Gerrit Roskam 135th M.P. Co. APO 180, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 31, 1946, p 4
Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954, Claim Number 121273
Guert Roskam, was born Nov. 8, 1924, at Rock Rapids, Iowa, and was residing at Hawarden, Iowa prior to entering the army on April 16, 1945 at Fort Snelling, Minn. He served with Bttry. B 586th AAA AW BN, left for overseas service on Oct. 9, 1945, returned on Nov. 6, 1946, and was honorably discharged on Dec. 29, 1946. His application for bonus pay was filed on May 20, 1949, for which he received $232.50.
Source: ancestry.com
