Two Large Groups Leave For Pre-Induction Exams ….. The following men left Sunday, Feb. 18th, for their pre-induction examinations: ….. Franken, Gerrit Henry, Sioux Center …..
Source: Alton Democrat Feb. 22, 1945, p 8
29 Sioux Co. Men Leave For Service The following men left Friday, April 6th, for Fort Snelling, Minnesota where they will be inducted into the armed forces: ….. Franken, Gerrit Henry, Luverne, Minn. …..
Source: Alton Democrat Apr. 12, 1945, p 1
Draft Board Minutes of April 10, 1945 ….. Arthur W. Kamerman, Gerben Van’t Hul, Gerrit H. Franken, Alfred Beukelman, Peter W. Hofmeyer, and Donald W. Dykstra all transferred fron 1-A to 1-C Ind.
Source: Sioux County Capital Apr. 19, 1945, p 1
Gerrit Henry Franken has this address: Co. 484 U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 19, 1945, p 12
Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Franken have two new addresses from their sons this week. M/Sgt. Everett G. Franken, Lne. Engr., 1155th A.A.F. B.U., APO 619, c/o Postmaster, Miami, Florida. Everett is in South America at present.
Gerrit Henry Franken, Naval Training and Distribution Center, Shoemaker, Calif. The latter just completed his boot training at Great Lakes.
Source: Sioux Center News July 5, 1945, p 2
Gerrit Henry Franken, son of Gt. H. Franken, is now stationed at San Diego, Calif. and has the following address: 984-69-53, TADCEN, Camp Elliot, San Diego, 44, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Jul. 19, 1945, p 2
Gerrit Henry Franken F 2/c recently spent a 30-day furlough at the parental Gerrit Henry Franken home and left last week Wednesday to report for further duty.
Source: Sioux Center News May 2, 1946, p 2
Gerrit Henry Franken F 2/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gt. H. Franken, arrived home Thursday with his discharge from the Navy. He has been in the service for 16 months.
Source: Sioux Center News Aug. 22, 1946, p 12
WWII Bonus Case Files 1947-1954
Gerrit Henry Franken, was born on Dec. 21, 1922, at Sioux Center, Iowa, where he was residing prior to entering the U. S. Navy on April 9, 1945, at Minneapolis, Minn.
He trained at the Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois, departed for foreign service on August 15, 1945, served on the USS Sierra AD 18 and the USS Gurke DD 783, and returned on March 27, 1946.
He was honorably discharged on August 19, 1946. His application for bonus pay was filed on May 20, 1949, for which he received $190.00.
Source: ancestry.com
Gerrit Henry Franken was born Dec. 21, 1922 to Gerrit Henry and Gertie Bosch Franken. He died July 3, 2009 and is buried in Middleburg Cemetery, Sioux County, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
