Private Elvin C. Lippke, 23, of LeMars, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lippke, of Merrill, Iowa, has arrived at Washington university, St. Louis, Missouri, for a course of army air force instruction lasting approximately five months, prior to his appointment as an aviation cadet in the army air forces.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 9, 1943
NEWS of the MERRILL SERVICE MEN
From Merrill Service Men's News
Elvin Lippke, Pvt., Blks, 1010, 418th T.S.C., Amarillo, AAF, Texas, is now in a special technical school for aviation mechanics. He expects to be there until May.
Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Friday, April 14, 1944
