The resemblance between Roy H. Stoller (left) and Ray L. Stoller, 20 year-old twin sons of Harry Stoller, Oakville, Ia., is so great that army air force recruiting officers still aren’t sure if their enlistment as aviation cadets is “legal.” When they took their mental examination, Roy passed but Ray failed. So Roy waited 30 days, until Ray came back to the recruiting office and passed the test. They were sworn in Friday in Des Moines.
Source: The Des Moines Register, September 12, 1942 (photo of the twins is included)
TWINS BROUGHT TOGETHER AGAIN IN BOMBER CREW
An Illinois pilot of a Flying Fortress, Lt. Lester F. Weaver, 101 Oregon st., Polo, Ill., says his bomber’s crew is the only one in the air forces with twin brothers among its members. Both are gunners.
The twins, Sergeants Roy and Ray Stoller, sons of Mrs. Ralph Brown of Oakville, Ia., have been separated only once since they entered the army. That was when they were on different crews for training but Lt. Weaver brought them together again because of their ambition to fight side by side.
The pilot is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Weaver, Polo, Ill., and is now stationed at McDill field, Fla., with the 488th bomb group.
Source: Chicago Tribune, (Chicago, Illinois) April 23, 1944 (photos included)
Roy Howard Stoller was born Dec. 24, 1921 to Harry Joseph and Ida Laura Conn Stoller.
Roy served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and became a POW.
Source: ancestry.com
