Father and Son War Repeaters—
Veterans of World War No. 1 Have Sons in Service Now
Reporter Finds Nine Such Combinations—May Be More.
By Don Pinkston.
Like father, like son, even unto war and the defense of democracy.
Uniforms are somewhat different—smarter looking these days, the legionnaires of ’17 and ’18 admit—the army rides more, the air arm is more important and a few others things have changed. But there’s many an American father today can look at his son and know his thoughts.
Dad went through it, back in another day when the United States went to war against an aggressor in the world.
Since world war No. 1 and world war No. 2 came only a generation apart, never before in American history have so many soldiers and sailors had veteran-fathers back home.
Sioux City has its quota of those father and son patriots and undoubtedly will have more.
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There’s Edwin Bramble, 520 Ninth street, a switchman at the Northwestern Bell Telephone company, who earned a distinguished service cross in the first world conflict. He got it, said Mr. Bramble modestly, for “going out to repair telephone lines,” but the citation reads, “for maintaining lines of communication under heavy bombardment.” The occasion was the first day of the terrible battle of the Argonne, the battle which broke the back of German resistance and enabled Americans to celebrate Armistice day. Mr. Bramble was wounded at the time.
Now there’s another Bramble serving Uncle Sam—Wayne, 20 year-old son of the decorated lineman of the war of 1917-18. Wayne is a sergeant in the air corps, serving as a mechanic, and is stationed at an airport on the west coast.
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1. Edwin D. Bramble, distinguished service veteran, and his son, Sergeant Wayne S. Bramble, of the army air corps.
Source: The Sioux City Sunday Journal, January 11, 1942 (photos included)
IN UNIFORM
Cpl. Wayne Bramble has arrived safely in the States after serving 32 months in the European theater as an airplane mechanic in the ground crew of the army. He is the son of Mrs. Clara Bramble, 1723 Isabella street.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 4, 1945
IN UNIFORM
Cpl. Wayne S. Bramble, who served 32 months in the European war zone, will arrive shortly to visit at his home 520 Ninth street.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, March 16, 1945
