Woodbury County

 
Pfc. Ronald J. Brady

 


 

IN UNIFORM.

Pfc. Ronald J. Brady, son of Mark Brady, 311 George street, has landed in the Philippines with a combat unit of the 25th infantry (Tropic Lightning) division.  Pvt. Brady is a gunner of both a 37 mm. antitank gun and a 50 caliber antiaircraft gun.  This is his first campaign.  He has served overseas a year, joining the Tropic Lightning division in New Zealand where it was recuperating from strenuous campaigns at Guadalcanal and New Georgia.  He joined the army several months after graduating from Central high school in January, 1943.

Source:  The Sioux City Journal, February 2, 1945