Des Moines in the Services
Donna M. McPherson, 2606 Dean ave., has enlisted in the WAC here and will be called to active duty about Jan. 3, 1945. Her husband, Lieut. Trent McPherson, is with the army signal corps in Germany. She will be assigned to duty with the medical department following her basic training.
Source: DesMoines Tribune, December 11, 1944
Lt. Trent O. McPherson, right, is being awarded the bronze star medal for heroic achievement in wiping out a German pocket of resistance while making a reconnaissance patrol for a wire route, somewhere in Germany. He is the son of Mrs. J.D. McPherson, 2400 Walnut st., and the husband of Pvt. Donna McPherson, WAC, Fort Des Moines. His father, Trent O. McPherson, sr also lives here.
Source: DesMoines Tribune, February 26, 1945
Des Moines in the Services
Pvt. Donna Marie McPherson, 2606 Dean ave., has been transferred from the WAC center at Fort Des Moines to Wakeman General hospital, Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Source: DesMoines Tribune, April 4, 1945
