SGT. GARMAN HOME ON TEN DAYS FURLOUGH
Sgt. Paul Garman gave his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Garman, a pleasant surprise when he walked in the house Monday noon to spend a 10 day furlough. He came from an air base at Salt Lake City, Utah, where he had gone Oct. 5, having graduated from a gunnery course at Tyndall Field. He hadn't been home on furlough for more than a year.
Cpl. Lou Garman is at Fort Benning, Ga.
Source: The Algona Upper Des Moines, October 21, 1943
T-Sgt. Paul Garman, Wesley, Reported Missing In Action
Wesley: Mr. and Mrs. August Garman received official word last week that their son, Tech. Sgt. Paul Garman is missing in action over Germany since Sept. 11. Paul had received this rating about Sept. 1 and also an air medal which he sent home. It was for meritorious achievement while participating in sustained bomber combat operating over Germany and German occupied countries. He had been a bombardier and on his last mission he was first engineer.
Cpl. Lou Garman, another son, is in a tank battalion and is in England.
Source: The Algona Upper Des Moines, October 3, 1944
Louis Julian Garman was born Feb. 21, 1924 to August Jacob and May Margaret Laux Garman. He died Sept. 9, 1992 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Livermore, IA.
Louis served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the European Theater and the Battle of the Bulge.
Source: ancestry.com
