Palo Alto County

 

 

Lt. Steven M. Luse

 

Our Neighbors in the Service

Emmetsburg, Ia.—First Lt. Steven M. Luse, 245, of Emmetsburg, has been awarded the fourth oak leaf cluster in his air medal, it has been announced in England.  He is the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress, making long range missions over the north Atlantic to gather weather data for future air and ground operations against the enemy.  The son of Mr. and Mrs. David N. Luse, Emmetsburg, Lt. Luse is a graduate of Emmetsburg high school and was a dairy farmer before entering the army in September, 1942.

Source:  The Sioux City Journal, April 23, 1945