Woodbury County

Pfc. John W. Rathbun

 

 
 

 

MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE

Private John W. Rathbun, 18, son of Mrs. Pauline Rathbun, 409 14th street, inducted May 4 in Seattle, has been assigned to Camp Callan, California, where he is attending officer’s candidate school.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, May 19, 1943

MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE

Private John W. Rathbun has returned to Camp Callan, San Diego, California after spending a furlough with his mother, Mrs. Pauline Rathbun, 409 14th Street.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, October 15, 1943


Pfc. John W. Rathbun, son of Mrs. Pauline A. Rathbun, 409 14th street, has completed the 12-week water purification course at the engineer school, Fort Belvoir, Va.  Pfc. Rathbun attended Trinity high school and the University of Washington, Seattle.  He entered the army April 20, 1943, at Fort Lewis, Wash., and now is attached to the combat engineers at the Fort Pierce amphibious naval training station at Fort Pierce, Fla.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, January 27, 1945