Black Hawk County

Major Oscar E. Wente

 

 

NEWS About MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE

The commanding officer of the 157th AAF base unit of the Air Transport command in the Philippines, has announced the appointment of Major Oscar E. Wente, a former resident of Waterloo, as executive officer of the organization.  The major’s wife, Mrs. Gwen N. Wente, with their two children, Michael and John, are temporarily with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Newlin, 980 Seventeenth street, Marion.

Source: Marion Sentinel, June 7, 1945