Our Neighbors in the Services
Westfield, Iowa – Word has been received of the promotion of Dorothy Harshfield of the army nurses corps to first lieutenant at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Harshfield of Westfield, formerly of Sioux City. The Harshfields also have four sons in the service. Sergeant Keith of Camp Pickett, Virginia, Sergeant Stuart, who is in Africa, Lynn, seaman second class of Ames and Wayne, who recently enlisted in the merchant marine and is in training at Sheeps Head Bay, Brooklyn, New York. Another son, Stanley, will report August 12, for induction at Des Moines.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, August 3, 1943 (photo included)
WAR SERVICE NEWS.
Word was received of the promotion of Dorothy Harshfield of the army nurses corps to first lieutenant at Camp Breckenridge, Ky. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harshfield of Westfield, formerly of Sioux City. The Harshfields also have four sons in the service: Sgt. Keith Harshfield of Camp Pickett, Va.; Sgt. Stuart Harshfield, who is in Africa; Lynn Harshfield, seamon second class at Ames; and Wayne Harshfield, who recently enlisted in the merchant marine and is in training at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. Another son, Stanley Harshfield, will report Aug. 12 for induction at Des Moines.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, August 9, 1943
