Iowa Army Nurse Weds in Morocco
Washington, D.C. -- The army reported Saturday that the first marriage within the armed forces in Morocco was that of Second Lt. Elizabeth Jane Reynolds, army nurse of Bedford, Ia., and Second Lt. Alonzo E. Weaver, Jacksonville, Fla.
Engaged before the war, they had called off the wedding for the duration.
The coincidence of army orders sent them both to Morocco, and they met by chance in Casablanca on Christmas Day.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA, January 10, 1943
AMERICANS WED IN NORTH AFRICA -- Col. E.C. Fleming, left, commander of the army air base in Africa, congratulates the principals in what is believed to be the first marriage of Americans in North Africa since the U.S. troops landed there. They are Lieut. Alonzo E. Weaver of Jacksonville, Fla., and Lieut. Elizabeth Jane Reynolds Weaver of Bedford, Ia. Two days after the wedding the bride was aboard an evacuating hospital ship en route to the United States. She is an army nurse. The bridegroom remained on duty with his air force fighter group.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport, IA, January 21, 1943 (photo included)
