Wayne Remmers

November 6, 1941 Davenport Times-Tribune

Oliver Wayne Remmers, at Fort Lewis, has been assigned to the C. A. replacement training center at Camp Callan, Calif.

August 27, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune

Wayne Remmers, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers, who was drafted for training in October, is now in Hawaiian Islands. He is a graduate of the Reardan high school and was employed at Grange Wholesale in Spokane.

February 18, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

P. F. C. Wayne Remmers, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers, writes that he will soon complete a course at a radio school in the Hawaiian Islands. He says while we are having so much snow they had eleven inches of rain in one day and the next day five inches. and that is not unusual to see a rainbow at night by moonlight. He also say the native women attend social affairs barefoot.

January 13, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Pvt. Wayne Remmers and Mrs. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers were callers at the John G. Weyen home one evening last Week. Pvt. Remmers has just returned from the south Pacific.

January 20, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Pfc. Wayne Remmers left on Thursday of last week after spending a two-week furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers. Pfc. Remmers has been in the service for two and a half years and most of this time was spent in the Hawaiian islands. While there, he attended a radio school at the University of Hawaii. He will now be assigned to a school in the States.

March 16, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Pfc. Wayne Remmers writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers, that he is now at Stillwater, Oklahoma, attending the A & M college there as an air student. Pfc. Remmers served several months in Hawaii and attended the University there taking a radio course. He is a graduate of the local schools.

November 30, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Private First Class O. Wayne Remmers is with the infantry in southern France. Staff Sergeant Eugene Clouse is also in southern France.

January 25, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant O. Wayne Remmers, who is with the 103rd division fighting in Germany, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers, that he is back from the front for a rest. He has been all through France and said the going was pretty rough most of the time. He also stated the weather was very cold and that some of them stopped at a farm house to get warm and dry out their shoes. The family gave him a pair of wooded shoes to wear while there. Sgt. Remmers is a graduate of the Reardan high school. Before going to Europe, he spent many months in Hawaii.

March 15, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sgt. Wayne Remmers informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers, that he is in a hospital in Southern France, because of jaundice. Before going to France, he spent nearly two years in Hawaii. Part of the time, he trained for a radio technician. He went to Europe in September and is with the 409th Infantry. He was a graduate of the Reardan high school in 1935.

June 14, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sgt. Wayne Remmers is home on a 30-day furlough. He is convalescing after being in the hospital in France for three months. He is in the infantry and was in combat in both France and Germany.

July 5, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sgt. Wayne Remmers, who was in a hospital in France for several month receiving treatment for a prolonged illness was sent to Madigan hospital at Fort Lewis June 1 for further hospitalization. He was given a 30-day furlough and now has received another 30-day extension. He was among the troops who were completely surrounded for 8 days in the battle of Bastogne. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers.

October 4, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sgt. Wayne Remmers got his honorable discharge at Ft. Lewis on September 17. He has been in the service over three years and served in the Hawaiian Islands a long time. Sgt. Remmers is a graduate of the Reardan high school and prior to entering the service, he was employed at Grange Wholesale in Spokane. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Remmers, met him at Ft. Lewis and spent two weeks visiting on the coast.