Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 47, DeMotte, Jasper County, 6 October 1944 — HOME AFTER 26 MONTHS IN SOUTH PACIFIC [ARTICLE]

HOME AFTER 26 MONTHS IN SOUTH PACIFIC

Ralph Walstra, a Seabee, is home on a 30 day leave after 26 months spent at Guadalcanal and other points in the Pacific. He x will report at a base on the West coast for reassignment at the * end of his leave. Ralph’s brother Peter C. Walstra is in service some where overseas.