Veteran Sends Four Boys into Service
Thomas W. Nooney, 1007 Ninth Street, was a member of the 27th division, 102d engineers, in the First World War, establishing a family tradition of service in the armed forces which is being carried on by four of his sons, who are serving in the present conflict. Two of the sons enlisted in the army, two in the navy. Thomas W. Nooney, Jr., is a naval aviation student, training at Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Trinity College here before enlistment. John F. Nooney, an apprentice seaman, is in training at the Great Lakes naval training station. P. Joseph Nooney enlisted for service in the army signal corps, departing for Des Moines Sunday night, from where he will be assigned to a training center.
A fifth son, Richard, 16, remains at home. He is a member of the junior class at Trinity High School and has made no decision as to which branch of service he will enter when and if the time comes.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, November 6, 1942 (photo included)
Sioux Cityan Gets Ensign Commission
Thomas W. Nooney, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Nooney, 1007 Ninth Street, was commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve at Corpus Christi, Texas on June 5. He has been assigned to a fighter division at Jacksonville, Florida.
Ensign Nooney is a graduate of Trinity High School and College, and was a member of the National Honor Society of Colleges and Universities of America.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, June 10, 1943 (photo included)
